Types of tourist

This is a fascinating list of our various categories of tourists; you may be one of them, or shockingly several of them. Let's see where you land!.

The Drifter

Drifters are the kind of travelers who are least involved with the mass tourism industry. They typically have an authentic and deeply immersive travel experience, choosing to stay with locals rather than in hotels and spending their time in the local community.

The Explorer

However, these types of tourists do frequently contact a little more with the products connected to the tourism sector. Explorers also prefer novelty to the familiar. For instance, an Explorer might travel alone and take in a rich cultural experience, yet they might end the day by sleeping on a hotel cushion. This kind of traveler prefers to dine and buy locally, but don't be surprised if they occasionally enjoy a KFC.

The Individual Mass Tourist

These kinds of travelers want familiar foods, the ability to converse in a familiar tongue, and accommodations that are comfortable for them. Although they may organize their vacation through a travel agent or hire a local tour guide, the Individual Mass Tourist is not restricted by the likes of group tours and activities and will often choose solo travel over group tours.

The Organised Mass Tourist

The organized mass tourist looks for the familiar while usually traveling in a planned group. These travelers frequently travel in groups and prefer the comfortable over the exotic. They prefer the familiar above novelty. The organized mass traveler usually has a schedule or plan in place and follows it.

Allocentric tourists

The organized mass tourist looks for the familiar while usually traveling in a planned group. These travelers frequently travel in groups and prefer the comfortable over the exotic. They prefer the familiar above novelty. The organized mass traveler usually has a schedule or plan in place and follows it.

Psychocentric tourists

Allocentric tourists are the polar opposite of psychocentric tourists. Psychocentric visitors are most typically connected with well-developed or over-developed tourism destinations. Many individuals will have gone there before them, so it has been tried and tested. These travelers are at ease knowing that their vacation destination will give them with the comforts and familiarities that they have come to expect.

Mid-Centric tourists

Mid-centric visitors are somewhere in the middle; they enjoy some adventure as well as some of their home comforts. Perhaps they book their vacation through dynamic packaging yet spend the most of their time in their vacation resort. Or perhaps they book a pre-arranged package but then opt to escape the crowds and explore the surrounding area.