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dc.contributor.authorYang, ECL
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-27T06:01:49Z
dc.date.available2020-11-27T06:01:49Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.issn1368-3500
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/13683500.2020.1839025
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/399585
dc.description.abstractContemporary lifestyles and social changes have precipitated the popularity of solo travel. Despite the growing prominence of the solo travel market, it remains an under researched area. This study explores the definitions, motivations, and constraints of solo travel, taking into consideration both existing and potential solo travellers, and provides a gender-balanced investigation and subsequent in-depth understanding of the underlying factors that drive solo travel motivations and constraints. Interviews were conducted with 14 solo travellers and 14 non-solo travellers. The findings suggest that solo travel as an evolving and fluid concept, varies according to individual travel experiences and personal circumstances. Solo travel motivations can be broadly categorized into ‘solo by circumstances’ and ‘solo by choice’. Transformative experience, freedom, and flexibility are key motivators for solo travellers, while anticipated self-discovery and freedom inspire the potential solo travellers. Safety, cost, and social constraints emerged as the top three inhibitors impeding or constricting solo travel participation and experience. The findings reveal the institutionalization of solo travel and proclivity to join tours as strategies to build confidence and overcome safety and social constraints. Recommendations for the travel industry to cater to the solo travel market were also examined from the travellers’ perspectives.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.sponsorshipGriffith University
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherInforma UK Limited
dc.relation.ispartofjournalCurrent Issues in Tourism
dc.subject.fieldofresearchTourism marketing
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode350804
dc.titleWhat motivates and hinders people from travelling alone? A study of solo and non-solo travellers
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationYang, ECL, What motivates and hinders people from travelling alone? A study of solo and non-solo travellers, Current Issues in Tourism, 2020, pp. 1-14
dc.date.updated2020-11-24T01:54:24Z
dc.description.versionAccepted Manuscript (AM)
gro.description.notepublicThis publication has been entered as an advanced online version in Griffith Research Online.
gro.rights.copyrightThis is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of an article published in Current Issues in Tourism, 28 Oct 2020, copyright Taylor & Francis, available online at: https://doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2020.1839025
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gro.griffith.authorYang, Elaine


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