tourist motivation
tourist motivation is a complex subject that draws upon the academic discipline of psychology to explain individuals' decision-making processes and the reasons why they behave as they do both before and during their holidays. Individuals' motivations reflect their inner needs and push them to seek out holiday experiences that will bring satisfaction. people are intrinsically motivated to enjoy holidays and other forms of leisure for many divergent reasons, including relaxation, prestige, socializing, personal devel opment, a desire for something different, excitement, adventure, experiencing different cultures/ways of life, meeting people with similar interests and intellectual enrichment. crompton suggests that people take holidays to re-balance their state of disequilibrium a condition that is brought on from the routine of everyday living.