Influence of cognitive distance in vacation choice Academic Article

abstract

• The study investigated the relationship of cognitive distance to the assignment of vacation destinations into individuals' choice sets: late, inert, reject, action, and inaction. Survey data were used to test four hypotheses. A positive relationship between respondents' mental ordering of destinations in the late set and the degree of preference for those destinations was generally confirmed. Cognitive distance estimates to destinations in the late set were more accurate than those to destinations in the reject set. Another hypothesis was partially supported since destinations in the late set were associated with cognitive distance underestimates. Further, analyses confirmed that underestimates of destinations in the action set were significantly higher than those in the inaction set.

authors

• Crompton, John

published proceedings

• ANNALS OF TOURISM RESEARCH

altmetric score

• 3

author list (cited authors)

• Ankomah, P. K., Crompton, J. L., & Baker, D.

citation count

• 109

complete list of authors

• Ankomah, PK||Crompton, JL||Baker, D

publication date

• January 1996

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Annals of Tourism Research  Journal

keywords

• Choice Sets
• Cognitive Distance
• Decision Process
• Destinations

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/0160-7383(95)00054-2

start page

• 138

end page

• 150

volume

• 23

issue

• 1

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1016%2F0160-7383%2895%2900054-2

user-defined tag

• 3 Good Health and Well-Being