Abstract

This study aims to improve the cultural tourist typology methodology that uses cultural centrality and depth of cultural experience in its framework. Using a sample of Chinese tourists in Macau (n = 595) collected via questionnaire surveys, the study confirmed the determination effect of cultural centrality on depth of cultural experience. Subsequently, the study demonstrated an improved approach that eliminates such a determination effect in typology identification. Compared to McKercher's () approach, the improved typology presents a balanced segmentation of cultural tourists and distinguishes the segments more clearly in their sociodemographic characteristics. The improved typology generated more meaningful practical implications.

RAS ID

27449

Document Type

Journal Article

Date of Publication

2018

Location of the Work

United Kingdom

School

School of Business and Law

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons, Ltd

Comments

This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of: Chen, G., & Huang, S. S. (2018). Towards an improved typology approach to segmenting cultural tourists. International Journal of Tourism Research. 20(2), 247-255. Available here.

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Link to publisher version (DOI)

10.1002/jtr.2177