Tourism: What Type Of Vacationer Are You?
It is scientifically proven: taking vacations is excellent for physical and mental health. However, we do not all have the same definition of this word! Some prefer to escape alone while others never leave without their tribe... To find out what type of vacationer you are, discover the 5 profiles below! There is a good chance that you will recognize yourself in at least one of them.
1- The tribal chief.
If you take advantage of the summer to welcome your children and grandchildren to your home or second home, you have the profile of the tribe leader.
Far from being a solitary vacationer, you take advantage of this time of year to bring together under the same roof a often blended or geographically dispersed family. For you, this period is one of reunions. It allows you to experience rare and therefore precious moments with your loved ones.
Family vacations, even if they give work to the host, are good for everyone. They give grandparents the opportunity to take care of their grandchildren while their parents can let go and relax. As for the grandchildren, they take advantage of it to be pampered, so that all members of the tribe benefit from it!
2- The faithful friend
If you make it a point to meet up with your group of friends every year for a few days of vacation, you have the profile of a loyal friend.
Just like in the movie "Les petits mouchoirs" by Guillaume Canet, this parenthesis among friends is a tradition that you never deviate from. From one year to the next, you set up meetings with people you have known since your childhood / adolescence / youth.
For you, the summer period is an opportunity to maintain long-lasting friendships and to rejuvenate through shared memories and laughter.
If these moments with friends are so precious, it is also because they offer a stable reference point in our often disrupted schedules and allow us to drop the social mask. There is no need to play a role with friends who have known you forever! You can be yourself and fully enjoy these regressive vacations that remind you of your youth.
3- The globetrotter
If you are eager to travel and plan a trip abroad every year, you probably have the profile of a globe-trotter.
For you, vacations are an opportunity to break away from your daily routine and leave the borders of France to explore the diversity of our world...
Even if you take the opportunity to visit tourist sites and famous museums, cultural tourism is not your only motivation. You also enjoy the change of scenery and exoticism in the noblest sense of the term, meaning the discovery of other cultures and ways of life.
It is by meeting others that you personally enrich yourself. You know that your way of life is not the only valid one, and you enjoy discovering other lifestyles, culinary specialties, and customs.
4- The eco-friendly vacationer
If you don't take the plane to limit the carbon footprint of your vacation, you probably have the profile of an eco-friendly vacationer.
For you, it's out of the question to contribute to climate change by going to the other side of the world. You prefer to find a change of scenery and relaxation not too far from home, and always with respect for the environment.
In this perspective, you prefer staying in a guesthouse rather than a luxury hotel, and natural activities rather than the standardized programs of tour operators. In short, you associate summer vacation with simplicity! A green setting is enough to make you happy as long as you can go hiking and enjoy swimming in the river.
For vacationers who fit this profile, this time of year is an opportunity to go green and fulfill a need for nature that everyday life doesn't always allow to satisfy.
5- The adventurer
If you never plan your vacations in advance and choose your destination and mode of transportation at the last moment, you have the profile of an adventurer.
Unlike the majority of vacationers who plan and anticipate their vacations months in advance, you have a sense of adventure and spontaneity. You know how to seize the opportunity that presents itself and listen to your current desires.
Instead of filling your schedule in advance, you prefer to stay free and open to whatever may happen. You don't know what you're going to do, but it doesn't worry you. On the contrary, this element of unknown even gives you a little adrenaline rush!
