Destination Choice Sets. An Inductive Longitudinal Approach

Alain Decrop

doi:10.1016/j.annals.2009.08.002

Destination Choice Sets. An Inductive Longitudinal Approach

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Choice or consideration set formation focuses on how consumers deal with the multitude of brands that are available in many product categories. This paper investigates the formation and evolution of destination choice sets over time through a longitudinal qualitative study of vacation decision making. A typology of seven choice sets is presented (i.e., available set, awareness set, dream set, evoked set, exclusion set, surrogate set, unavailable set); the emergence process and connections of those sets are then explained. Choice sets prove to be continuous and to undergo turnarounds. The paper indicates that, to a large extent, final destination choice is driven by constraints and opportunities. © 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	93-115
Number of pages	23
Journal	Annals of Tourism Research
Volume	37
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2009.08.002
Publication status	Published - Jan 2010

Keywords

choice sets
consumer behavior
destination evaluation
interpretive research

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