Year: 2019
Type: conference-paper
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Purpose -The purpose of this study is to examine Millennials' selection of future travel destinations especially destinations they dream to visit as well as to identify pull factors that attract them to dream destination.As Millennials are becoming dominant travel segment it is important to explore how they evaluate and based on what characteristics they select their dream destinations they plan to visit.Design/Methodology -The empirical research aimed to explore Millennials' dream destination.Research framework is based on Morgan and Xu (2009) and Kapferer (2008) research.Also, information seeking patterns of Millennials are explored.Empirical research collected data of 420 European travel Millennials.Results were analysed using qualitative and quantitative research techniques.Findings -Research results indicate that young travellers prefer to visit countries in South and Mediterranean Europe.Mainly choosing countries that are famous for their physical attributes and cultural interactions.Several pointed out beautiful nature, cultural heritage and sea & sun.Dream travel destinations are chosen as they offer destination-oriented and socially-oriented attributes.Originality of the research -The paper contributes to understanding Millennials motives for planning future tourist destinations.Also, it contributes to identifying Millennials' perspective in process of selecting future experience as tourists.The research results are valuable to marketing managers in tourist destinations to help them identify future travellers' motives in selecting a tourist destination.
DOI: 10.20867/tosee.05.54
Institutions: University of Rijeka, University of Maribor
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2972392280