Essay TRM20001: Conceptualizing the Tourist – Tourist Motivations, Expectations and Satisfaction – Tourism Assignment Help

Assignment Task:

Unit Introduction
1a. Using The Conversation article, “Authentic outsiders? Welcome to the age of the ‘post-tourist’” (link in the study guide and focus of a study guide/tutorial activity), define/describe a tourist AND give an example when you have been a tourist.(3.5%)
1b. Using The Conversation article,“Authentic outsiders? Welcome to the age of the ‘post-tourist’”, define/describe a post-tourist AND give an example when you have been a ‘post-tourist’.(3.5%)
1c. How has technology enabled or facilitated the emergence of the ‘post-tourist’?  Illustrate with two examples.(2%)

Topic 1: Conceptualizing the Tourist
2a. Based on your own understandings of your home country as well as doing a little investigation using different forms of popular culture such as movies, books, tv shows and the Internet, write down the characteristics of tourists that originate from your country (i.e., what motivates them to travel? Where do they like to go? How often do they travel for holidays? What position does being a tourist hold in that society? What do they typically like doing on holiday?  Who do they typically travel with?)  (4%)
2b. Explain Urry’s concept of The Tourist Gaze.  Then explain how YOUR tourist gaze shaped how YOU saw a destination you have been to (its attractions, people, etc.).  This should be a place other than your hometown.  It can be a domestic or international destination. (5%)

Topic 2: Tourist Motivations, Expectations and Satisfaction
3a. Can you think of an aspect of a recent holiday when you were a tourist in which you were not satisfied?  What was the basis of your dissatisfaction?  Explain. (3%)
 
3b. Explain how each of the following concepts impact satisfaction/dissatisfaction with the tourist experience by giving an example of either satisfaction/dissatisfaction from your own experience or that of someone you know regarding:
1. The dimension of controllability
2. The dimension of equity

Topic 3: Destination Decision Making and Destination Image
For this question refer to Pearce – Reading 3.2 and answer the following question.
On p. 91 of this reading, there are EIGHT (8) image formation agents according to Gartner (1993).

4a. First list each agent.  (1%)
4b. Then for ONE (1) destination of YOUR choice, explain how any FOUR (4) of the EIGHT (8) agents helped shaped YOUR image of that destination.  Be specific.  For instance if you say information from a television ad shaped your image of the destination, you need to describe the ad and indicate how it shaped your image of the destination. (4%)