Autonomous/controlled travel motivations and their effect on travel intentions of Indian Millennials: a mixed method approach

Yousaf, A ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5234-7474, Mishra, A and Amin, I ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-8012-4921, 2023. Autonomous/controlled travel motivations and their effect on travel intentions of Indian Millennials: a mixed method approach. Tourism Recreation Research, 48 (2), pp. 286-304. ISSN 0250-8281

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Abstract

With the self-determination theory (SDT) as grounding, the current study uses qualitative investigation with twenty-five respondents and a two-stage quantitative validation with 782 respondents, to propose seven travel motivations for Indian millennials. These motivations are knowledge-seeking, escape, sense of accomplishment, experience stimulation, social relationships, destination rewards, and social media compulsion. These motivations are mapped to specific regulations in the SDT and organized into autonomous and controlled motivations. Both autonomous and controlled motivations have a significant impact on travel intentions. A judgemental sample of Indian millennials is drawn from the eligible client-list of a prominent tourism agency used as the sampling frame. The study guides destination managers to position their destinations aligned with the motivations that drive Indian millennials to travel.

Item Type: Journal article
Publication Title: Tourism Recreation Research
Creators: Yousaf, A., Mishra, A. and Amin, I.
Publisher: Routledge
Date: 2023
Volume: 48
Number: 2
ISSN: 0250-8281
Identifiers:
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Type
10.1080/02508281.2021.1891741
DOI
1761950
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Divisions: Schools > Nottingham Business School
Record created by: Jonathan Gallacher
Date Added: 08 Jun 2023 08:42
Last Modified: 08 Jun 2023 08:42
URI: https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/49142

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