Most of the tourist or traveler motivation was related with the ‘push and push’ factor theory which has been introduced by Dann (1977) and was employed by other academic (Balonglu and Uysal , 1996, Crampton, 1979 and Kim and Lee, 2002)
According to Dann (1977) attempted to answer the question what criteria lead people travel. There are two types of factors were identified Dann studies which are push and pull factor that lead people to travel and leave home and example of ‘pull’ factors that features of the destination that attract people to visit a destination. Based on Dann studies and having interviewed 422 people, Dann (1977) concluded that two ‘push’ factor lead people to make travel and leaving their home …show more content…
According to Crompton (1979), there are seven push factor in the first group which are escaping from the perceived mundane environment, exploration and evaluation of self, relaxation, prestige, regression, enhancement of kinship relationships and facilitation of social interaction. Then for the pull factor motivation factor exist which are novelty and education. Since Crompton’s research according to tourist motivation then there many studies have been attempted to determine push and pull motivation factor among the tourist perspective in different setting (Cha, 1995; McDonald, 1990; Isu- Aloha, 1991). There have been defined for push factor motivates such as knowledge-seeking, relaxation, family togetherness and for pull factor motivates such as natural and historic environment, cost, facilities, safety and …show more content…
Anomie motivation considers the need to stay away or escape from one’s daily routine whereas ego-enhancement is the need for recognition and status that can be gained through tourism activities. Iso-Aloha (1982) subdivided these 2 elements into two which are personal and interpersonal. Thus, a tourist may be motivated from escaping from the personal world such as problems, troubles or failures and for interpersonal world which is including co-workers, family and relatives. Moreover, tourist may be motivated from seeking personal rewards such as learning about other cultures and relaxation and for interpersonal rewards are social interaction such as interaction with new people or other tourist in the group. Dunn and Iso- Aloha (1991) conducted survey among 225 tourists who took a bus trip in Washington DC. The study aimed to understand motivation and satisfaction dimension of sightseeing tourists in USA. The results indicated that there are six motivational dimensions which include: general knowledge, social interaction, escape, impulsive decision, specific knowledge and shopping for souvenirs. The research concluded seeking dimensions (knowledge, seeking and social interaction) are very important motivational factor for sightseeing