A latent class approach to examining migrant family travel behavior
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2021
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Elservier
Abstract
Despite numerous studies suggesting the presence or absence of children influence family vacation travel, there
has been little focus on migrant families. Latent class analysis was used to create empirically derived travel
behaviour clusters of Western professional migrant families with and without children based on their motive to
move, self-concept and how they construct a sense of home in the Hong Kong and Macau Special Administrative
Regions of China. The analysis identified six distinct classes. Three groups were families without children and the
rest were those with children. Each segment has markedly different travel behavior patterns with differences in
demographic and migration characteristics also apparent. Implications for tourism management and future
research are discussed.
Description
Tourism Management 87 (2021) 104387
Keywords
Children,Family vacation,Western professional migrant,Latent class analysis,Travel behavior,Motive to move,Sense of belonging,Self-,