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where tourists can relax and rejuvenate themselves, away from the stresses of daily life. Research is sparse, but Lehto et al. (2005) produced the first profile of yoga tourists as mainly female, professional, well-educated, aged 35-54, spiritual but not religious and, interested in holistic therapies and healthy lifestyles. Destinations can specialise their experience offerings and package them in such a way that they will resonate with this new post tourist market. In Florida’s (2002) ‘Creative Class’ he cites travel to interesting locations that engage with them physically and intellectually as being paramount. They are seeking experiences, specialisations and display an understanding and respect for the environment. Thus, by focusing on niche markets in which a destination has particular strengths (i.e., the growth of Yoga and Wellness Tourism to India has resulted in one state, Kerala, promoting its Ayurvedic practices and marketing the destination as ‘Gods own Country’) and appealing to distinctive and focused market segments and the use of psychographic and demographic profiles, the destination can help to create a long terms sustainable competitive advantage (Hsu et al., 2002). 2.6 Niche Tourism as a contributor to Destination Development In 1981, Ries and Trout argued that the concept of positioning is not only applicable to a brand but also to a place. The positioning of a destination therefore involves the positioning of that place in the eyes and mind of the consumer (Gartner, 1989). Most studies examining destination image and positioning have followed the traditional approach based on image creation through attributes that reflect the destinations most attractive products. However, it has been suggested that for effective destination positioning it is important to first identify the attributes that the visitor perceives as important and those that are unique and differentiate it from other destinations (Crompton et al., 1992; Botha, Crompton and Kim, 1999; Morgan, Pritchard and Piggott, 2002).
Destination image research has been dominant in tourism and Pike (2002) identified 142 studies published between 1973 and 2000. Echtner and Ritchie (1991) propose that most studies lack any real conceptual framework and most definitions were vague and did not allude to the unique properties of destination image. Chon’s (1990) review of 23 of the most cited works in this field found that the most popular themes were its influence and role of consumer buying behaviour and satisfaction. Echtner and Ritchie (1993) also believe that destination image should contain components that are holistic and based on attributes. Therefore, the identification and analysis of these attributes incorporated with personal variables such as tourist needs and wants can help to identify the potential niche markets that could be used to develop the destination. The use of well developed niche based products can act as a destinational pull and lead to growth of market share. As a result, to ensure the successful positioning of a destination it is important to identify the image of the destination and the associated attributes that satisfy the needs and desires of the tourism consumer. This can then be used to identify specific niche markets for the development of the destinations positioning strategy (Ibrahim and Gill, 2005). The targeting of niche tourism segments is considered to encourage repeat visitation as it allows DMOs to focus on tourist needs and wants enabling more effective product positioning (George, 2001). There is little published work however on the development of niche tourism at a destinational level, particularly in relation to tourist needs and profiles. 2.6.1 The ‘Long Tail’ approach to Niche Tourism Long Tail tourism is seen to exemplify the tourism economy of the 2000s and is important as it provides some of the latest theoretical research examining destination development. The Long Tail theory (Lew, 2008) highlights the behaviour of economic
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Appendix 1 Research and Publication
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