| Abstract [eng] |
The aim of the thesis is to establish the impact of the psychological personal needs, travel expectations and motives, as well as behavior factors, on the tourists’ desire and intention to travel to long-haul destinations. Statements to be defended in the thesis: 1) The impact of travel expectations on the desire to travel to long-haul destinations is mediated by travel motives (ego enhancement, escape and relaxation, novelty and knowledge seeking); 2) The impact of travel expectations on the desire to travel to long-haul destinations is mediated by behavioral factors (attitude, subjective norms, anticipated positive emotions, and perceived behavioral control); 3) The impact of psychological personal needs on the desire to travel to long-haul destinations is manifested through the nature of each specific psychological need manifesting the mediation of the motives to travel. The empirical results of this dissertation thus established that the impact of travel expectations on the desire to travel to long-haul destinations is partly mediated by the motives of ego enhancement, escape and relaxation, and the novelty and knowledge seeking; the impact of travel expectations on the desire to travel to long-haul destinations is partly mediated by the attitude, subjective norms, anticipated positive emotions, and perceived behavioral control; the impact of the need for relatedness on the desire to travel to long-haul destinations is partly mediated by the motives of ego enhancement, escape and relaxation, and novelty and knowledge seeking; the need for autonomy regarding the desire to travel to long-haul destinations is partly mediated by the motives of ego enhancement, and escape and relaxation. |
