What is it about?
Despite the danger they pose to humans, volcanoes are valuable tourism resources. These land forms offer a variety of experiences for individuals to enjoy. This paper examines tourist motivations for visiting Mount Pinatubo, an active volcano in Philippines known for its cataclysmic eruption in 1991. A survey of visitors showed novelty-seeking associated with the volcano's exotic landscape as the primary factor that draws tourists to the site.
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Why is it important?
There are thousands of volcanic tourism attractions world wide. The findings of the research provide insights for marketing and managing experience at other volcanic tourism sites.
Perspectives
Writing this article allowed me to enjoy two things I love doing: tourism research and visiting volcanoes. I hope that this paper shows how tourism and tourist experiences are relative, depending on the setting and situations where it occurs.
Mr Richard S Aquino
University of Santo Tomas
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This page is a summary of: Analysing Push and Pull Motives for Volcano Tourism at Mount Pinatubo, Philippines, Geoheritage, July 2017, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/s12371-017-0254-z.
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