The aim of this course is to give PhD students the social psychological conceptions, theories, methods and emprical research findings that are necessary to develop an approach toward tourism as a social, psychological and social psychological phenomenon.

Social psychological approach to tourism, social psychology as a research subject, theories and methods; social cognitive perspective: concepts and expalanations; attitudes: definition and theories; related concepts and attitudes measurement, changing attitudes; tourist motivations; tourist decision making; destination image; tourist-host relations; tourist groups; the psychological, social and cultural effects of tourism.