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International Tourism: Cultures and Behavior

PhD, Yvette Reisinger

Chapter 13

Consumer buying behavior - all with Video Answers

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Chapter Questions

Problem 1

Describe how the political and legal environment influence (a) buying time shares in Hawaii, and (b) buying an airline ticket.

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Problem 2

Describe how the socio-economic and cultural environment influence (a) buying a meal in a local restaurant and (b) buying a cinema ticket.

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Problem 3

Do people from your own culture differ from other cultures in consumption patterns? Show and explain some differences in their (a) needs and wants; (b) information search (e.g., attitudes to different promotional techniques); (c) motivation to buy things; (d) product evaluation (e.g., attitudes to specific product qualities, spending patterns on different products, attitudes to owing products, brand awareness); (e) making choices (e.g., style of shopping, brand loyalty, preferences for packaging, buying online, attitudes to discounts, bargaining and complaints, importance of product features); (f) post-purchase behavior (e.g., attitudes toward re-sail, rental, give away, re-use).

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Problem 4

How do tourists from different cultures shop? Why do they shop the way they do? Explain Japanese shopping behavior by identifying specific Japanese cultural traits.

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Problem 5

Identify different travel products that you believe would require an intensive prepurchase information search. Then, identity the specific characteristics of these products that make an intensive pre-purchase search likely.

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Problem 6

Develop a list of destination features that you will use as the purchase criteria in evaluating different regions you plan to visit next year.

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