Short Notes on Gray’s Interpretation on Travel Motivation
WONDERLUST AND SUNLUST Wanderlust and sunlust both are the factors of motivation that create the desire in people to travel. wanderlust is described as the desire to exchange the known for the unknown. People's motive to travel is to go from familiar environment to unfamiliar, to leave things, places to go and see different places, people and cultures or architecture of the past. This also involves seeing current fashions, music, attending seminars, etc. Their leading force to travel is curiosity. This type of tour is related to cultural tour and is of the short term. Sunlust lovers are the adventure travellers. Their activities are conducted out-door. They are mostly young tourists who prefer to take part in sport, trekking, rafting, mountaineering, etc. Most popularly they are the people who enjoy sea beaches and spas. The duration of their travel is of long term compared to wanderlust tourists.