Comparison of the holiday tourism constraints of mono- and bicultural people

Abstract

Purpose

This study aims to investigate whether the three-dimensional leisure constraints model which is adapted to holiday tourism shows the same structure for mono- and bicultural people and perceptions of these groups differ from each other.

Design/methodology/approach

Separate surveys are conducted on Turkish people who are resident in Turkey, representing the mono-cultural structure, and Turkish people who live in Germany, representing the bicultural structure. The model is tested by factor analysis for each group, whereas perception differences on holiday tourism constraints are compared with t-tests.

Findings

The analysis results showed that the factorial structure of the leisure constraints model is not the same in the holiday tourism context. Hence, new constraints dimensions were obtained in each case. A comparison of the holiday tourism constraints also showed that the perceptions of the mono- and bicultural people were significantly different from each other.

Originality/value

The current study has contributions to the literature in terms of examining the holiday tourism constraints by using the adapted version of the leisure constraints model. Moreover, targeting Turkish people who live in Turkey and Germany, as the study samples, indicates a unique representation of mono- and bicultural structures.

Citation

Davras, Ö., Caber, M. and Crawford, D. (2018), "Comparison of the holiday tourism constraints of mono- and bicultural people", International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research, Vol. 13 No. 2, pp. 190-203. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCTHR-05-2018-0071