Cohen’s tourist typology is a model that aims to categorise tourists into different types. Cohen’s theory is well known as being the first to attempt to categorise types of tourists. … See more

The types of tourists identified by Cohen in his typology are based on a continuum- a spectrum that allows tourists to be placed at some point between the familiar and the novel. Esse… See more

Cohen describes institutionalised tourism as the organised mass tourism. This is the tourism industry that is designed to make the tourist experience as smooth and as organised … See more

Cohen’s noninstitutionalised tourists are the opposite of institutionalised tourists. These types of tourists do not seek the commodified products and services that the mass touris… See more