DESCRIPTION OF INTERACTIVE

Read about the different travel motivators in the interactive below, then match the examples with the appropriate category.

Interpersonal Motivators - This involves wanting to spend time with people you already know (like visiting relatives) or to meet new people. This can be accomplished by joining a group tour or going on a cruise.

Cultural Motivators - You would opt for this type of vacation when you want to experience a culture that is different from your own. You may choose to do this through food, language, museum visits, dance and/or music, or by visiting famous cultural sites. 

Environmental Motivators - If you appreciate nature and like to incorporate this into your travel, your vacation may fall into this category. This includes taking in different landscapes and seeing wildlife in its natural habitat. 

Business Motivators - If you are  required to attend meetings or conferences, or to visit other offices or clients because of your job, those trips would fit into the business category.

Relaxation Motivators - These are the trips that help you to de-stress and unwind. Remember, what is considered relaxing can vary greatly from person to person. 

Specialty Travel - These are considered once in a lifetime trips. They may be to a special event like the Olympics, or they may include medical treatments or religious travel. 

Adventure travel - This usually involves physical activities like hiking or rock climbing.

Practice by matching the trips to the appropriate travel motivation. 

Travel Motivations

  1. Specialty
  2. Adventure
  3. Relaxation
  4. Business
  5. Interpersonal 
  6. Cultural
  7. Environmental

Trips

  1. Attending the FIFA World Cup
  2. Visiting the mountain gorillas in their Rwandan jungle habitat
  3. Joining a volunteer organization building schools in Haiti
  4. Renting a cottage on Lake Huron for a week
  5. Heli-skiing in the American Rockies
  6. Visiting a satellite office to do an annual review
  7. Spending the summer in China learning Mandarin Chinese

Answers:

  1. Specialty - a. Attending the FIFA World Cup
  2. Adventure - e. Heli-skiing in the American Rockies
  3. Relaxation - d. Renting a cottage on Lake Huron for a week
  4. Business - f. Visiting a satellite office to do an annual review
  5. Interpersonal - c. a volunteer organization building schools in Haiti
  6. Cultural - g. Spending the summer in China learning Mandarin Chinese
  7. Environmental - b. Visiting the mountain gorillas in their Rwandan jungle habitat