Tourism 1.4

Question 1

personality types of tourists

Answer 1

dependables and venturers

Question 2

what are the charactersistics of dependables

Answer 2

• more cautious about spending money
• guided by authority to make travel decisions
• follow travel trends set by ventures
• prefer a set routine and travelling in groups
• visit popular destinations with well developed tourism destinations
• prefer mass tourism because of the predictability

Question 3

ventures and their characteristics

Answer 3

• spend money more readily
• guided their personal judgement rather than authortity figures in making travel decisions
• explores less developed and more unique places – even if its less convienient
• like to visit new places everytime

Question 4

how do personality characteristics influence travel patterns

Answer 4

Personality of tourisits can determine prefernces and patterns (tourist destinations and activies)

some destinations may appeal more to specfic personality types

tourist activty cater to the prefernces of personality characterstics may only be found in CERTAIN destinations

Question 5

how does personality types affecting tourist destinations development

Answer 5

a destination is constantly evolving, when their features change,** the type of tourist also changes**

as ventures set travel trends, it may influence travel decisions of dependable type tourists, the location may lean from venturer to dependable type location

planners and stakeholders attract certain personality characteristics