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The influence of children on vacation attraction choice

The purpose of this study was to answer the question: how do children influence attraction choice while on vacation? A cross-sectional, self-administered, web-based survey of 99 adult facilitators visiting one of three tourist attractions in Winnipeg, Canada with at least one child between the ages of six and 17 was used to: 1) gain insight on how groups with a child/children prefer to travel; 2) understand the reasons why groups with a child/children choose to visit a select type of attraction; 3) examine the views of adult facilitators who travel with a child/children on the child/children’s participation with regards to the selection of tourist attractions; and 4) investigate which attraction characteristics adult facilitators believe provide their entire group with the most satisfying experience. Results indicate that children have relatively little direct influence within the family or group unit on attraction choice.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:MANITOBA/oai:mspace.lib.umanitoba.ca:1993/4155
Date10 September 2010
CreatorsRobin, Christian G.
ContributorsMacKay, Kelly (Kinesiology and Recreation Management), Van Winkle, Christine (Kinesiology and Recreation Management) Linden, Rick (Sociology)
Source SetsUniversity of Manitoba Canada
Languageen_US
Detected LanguageEnglish

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