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The double-edged effects of visualizing wine style: sweetness scale on wine label International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management (IF 11.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-29 Anqi (Angie) Luo, Donna L. Quadri-Felitti, Anna S. Mattila
Purpose A visual sweetness scale with an arrow pointing to a specific sweetness level is now required on all labels of AOC Alsace. The sweetness scale makes it easier for consumers to understand what is in the bottle. What is less clear, however, is whether such labeling is always effective. To fill this gap, the current research paper aims to examine the positive and negative effects (double-edged
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Governance for the implementation of the sustainable development goals in tourism: a 2050 horizon paper Tourism Review (IF 7.689) Pub Date : 2024-03-29 Maria D. Alvarez
Purpose This paper aims to discuss the capability of current governance models to achieve the sustainable development goals (SDGs) in the tourism sphere and propose a broad model of governance to support the SDGs agenda. Design/methodology/approach The paper reviews the existing literature and uses it as a basis for developing a model of governance. The proposed model is inspired by recent studies
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National tourism organizations and climate change Tourism Geographies (IF 11.355) Pub Date : 2024-03-25 Stefan Gössling, Ralf Vogler, Andreas Humpe, Ning (Chris) Chen
There is a consensus that the global tourism system needs to undergo decarbonization and achieve net-zero emissions by mid-century. However, given the anticipated growth in the most energy-intensiv...
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Infusing pre-registration into tourism research Tour. Manag. (IF 12.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Zengxiang Chen, Xiang ( Robert) Li
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Stronger family ties vs. less social contact: Use intention of autonomous vehicles in family tourism J. Destin. Mark. Manag. (IF 7.158) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Yao-Chin Wang, Takumi Kato, Yue (Darcy) Lu
Autonomous vehicle-related services, such as Waymo, are now available for tourists, creating a new era of ground transportation in the tourism industry. However, research on autonomous vehicles in tourism literature remains in the beginning stage. To enrich understanding of autonomous vehicles in tourism and to contribute practical insights, this study examines potential users’ assessment, expectancy
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Can AI fully replace human designers? Matching effects between declared creator types and advertising appeals on tourists’ visit intentions J. Destin. Mark. Manag. (IF 7.158) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Mengmeng Song, Hongyu Chen, Yuchen Wang, Yucong Duan
Artificial intelligence (AI) offers digital tools that advertisers can use to create ads and automate various advertising processes. It has reorganized and upgraded traditional advertising and specifically improved advertising efficiency for tourist destinations. Adopting the computers-are-social-actors paradigm and spreading–activation theory, this study examined how the relationship between declared
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The influence of green inclusive leadership on green creativity: a moderated mediation model J. Hosp. Market. Manag. (IF 12.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-25 Lütfi Sürücü
Empirical research that offers nuanced insights into the antecedents of green creativity in the hospitality industry is scant. Therefore, this research focuses on the antecedents of employee-level ...
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Tourism geopolitics: roots and branches Tourism Geographies (IF 11.355) Pub Date : 2024-03-22 Jamie Gillen
This paper critically reviews tourism geopolitics’ lifespan with a focus on both recent developments and its longer history. Contemporary times show increased attention paid by geographers to touri...
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Entangled engagements: a posthumanist and affirmative ethics for tourism geographies Tourism Geographies (IF 11.355) Pub Date : 2024-03-21 Jaume Guia, Tazim Jamal
This review summarizes some key moments in the development of ethics in tourism research and practice where three main areas of concern are identified: socio-economic inequalities, cultural discrim...
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Climate change and tourism geographies Tourism Geographies (IF 11.355) Pub Date : 2024-03-21 Stefan Gössling, Daniel Scott
Climate change is no longer in the future, it is an evolving business and policy reality for tourism. Extreme weather events including heavy rainfall and flooding, drought, heat waves, storms, and ...
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Real in virtual: the influence mechanism of virtual reality on tourists’ perceptions of presence and authenticity in museum tourism International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management (IF 11.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Minglong Li, Xiaoyang Sun, Yu Zhu, Hailian Qiu
Purpose An increasing number of immersive technologies have been adopted in museum tourism in response to shifting consumer habits in the digital era. In contrast, the authenticity experience of museum tourists relies on genuine relics, the environment and activities, which are ancient or traditional. This raises the question of whether tourists can perceive authenticity in immersive technology-based
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What is beautiful is good: attractive avatars for healthier dining and satisfaction International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management (IF 11.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-25 Fei Hao, Adil Masud Aman, Chen Zhang
Purpose As technology increasingly integrates into the restaurant industry, avatar servers present a promising avenue for promoting healthier dining habits. Grounded in the halo effect theory and social comparison theory, this study aims to delve into the influence of avatars' appearance, humor and persuasion on healthier choices and customer satisfaction. Design/methodology/approach This paper comprises
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Is tourism development associated with employment of low quality? Tourism Review (IF 7.689) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Santiago Melián-González, Jacques Bulchand Gidumal
Purpose The purpose of this study is to analyze whether higher tourism development in a region is associated with lower-quality employment in that region. Design/methodology/approach The analysis is based on the last two editions of the European Working Conditions Survey and on the tourism development of European regions. Two samples were studied (2015 and 2021). Findings Tourism development does not
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Did COVID-19 grants support tourism firms in securing survival and employment? Evidence from Croatia Tour. Manag. (IF 12.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-23 Nebojša Stojčić, Maruška Vizek
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Service Experience and Customers’ eWOM Behavior on Social Media Platforms: The Role of Platform Symmetry International Journal of Hospitality Management (IF 11.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-23 Xiaoyan Liu, Piaoran Ren, Xingyang Lv, Shaobo Li
Empirical evidence has demonstrated that customers often share diverse, and sometimes even conflicting, eWOM information on various social platforms, bringing new challenges to eWOM management. Based on the platform symmetry theory, this work explores how customers’ positive or negative service experience alters their choice of social platforms for eWOM communications. Using five studies, across restaurant
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Stimulating customer participation behaviour and boosting value co-creation in hotels International Journal of Hospitality Management (IF 11.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-23 Jinous Sadighha, Patrícia Pinto, Manuela Guerreiro, Ana Cláudia Campos
Considering the competitive environment of the hospitality industry in delivering superior value to customers, customer participation in value co-creation with the service provider through interaction becomes pivotal. By bonding the co-creation theory with the equity theory, this study proposes a model for stimulating customer participation behaviour (CPB), which includes customer co-creation perception
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South Korean DMZ tourists’ experience co-creation explained by motivation, interaction, and emotional solidarity J. Destin. Mark. Manag. (IF 7.158) Pub Date : 2024-03-23 SoJung Lee, Dongoh Joo, Choong-Ki Lee, JaePhil Lim
Despite the military and political tensions surrounding the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), over 1.2 million individuals visit the destination each year. Considering various tourist motivations and the group-oriented tour setting at the DMZ and employing the Interaction Ritual Theory as a theoretical guide, this study examined how South Korean DMZ tourists' motivations and interaction led to emotional
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Virtual reality and perceptions of destination presence International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management (IF 11.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-25 Hongxiao Yu, Haemoon Oh, Kuo-Ching Wang
Purpose This study aims to examine the underlying emotional process that explains how context-specific stimuli involved in virtual reality (VR) destinations translate into presence perceptions and behavioral intentions. Design/methodology/approach In total, 403 potential tourists participated in a self-administered online survey after they watched a randomly assigned VR tour. The Lavaan package in
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“Give me an upgrade or I will give you a bad review!” Investigating customer threats in the hospitality industry Tour. Manag. (IF 12.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-22 Achilleas Boukis, Lloyd Harris, Christos D. Koritos
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Learning from user behavior: A survey-assist algorithm for longitudinal mobility data collection Travel Behaviour and Society (IF 5.85) Pub Date : 2024-03-22 Hannah Lu, Katie Rischpater, K. Shankari
GPS-based travel surveys are widely used in mobility studies to gather crucial qualitative data, like purpose, transportation mode and replaced mode. However, survey response still poses a burden to users, especially in long-term mobility studies, leading to response fatigue. We explore a survey-assist strategy to ease this burden by a novel, user-level modeling approach that leverages past responses
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International development and tourism geographies Tourism Geographies (IF 11.355) Pub Date : 2024-03-19 Regina Scheyvens
This commentary reviews the state of tourism and international development scholarship with special attention to publications from this journal, Tourism Geographies. Rather than assuming that touri...
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Metaverse-driven sustainable tourism: a horizon 2050 paper Tourism Review (IF 7.689) Pub Date : 2024-03-21 Lobel Trong Thuy Tran
Purpose This study aims to delve into the transformative potential of metaverse-driven sustainable tourism (MDST) to envision a sustainable and inclusive future for the tourism industry. Design/methodology/approach The author uses a forward-looking approach by drawing insights from existing literature, visionary articles and an analysis of technological developments to project the MDST trajectory to
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Developing a thriving domestic tourism sector in emerging economies: a horizon 2050 paper Tourism Review (IF 7.689) Pub Date : 2024-03-22 Elizabeth Agyeiwaah, Bob McKercher
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to argue for the development of a vibrant domestic tourism sector in emerging economies as a means of moving towards a more sustainable tourism sector and achieving many of the goals outlined in the UNWTO’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Design/methodology/approach It uses a perspective approach through a critical state-of-the-art review of selected domestic
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Using tourism intelligence and big data to explain flight searches for tourist destinations: The case of the Costa Blanca (Spain) Tour. Manag. Perspect. (IF 7.608) Pub Date : 2024-03-21 Jorge Pereira-Moliner, Mario Villar-García, José F. Molina-Azorín, Juan José Tarí, María D. López-Gamero, Eva M. Pertusa-Ortega
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Co-creation of the tourist experience: A systematic assessment scale Tour. Manag. Perspect. (IF 7.608) Pub Date : 2024-03-21 Yitong Deng, Hoffer M. Lee, Timothy J. Lee, Sunghyup Sean Hyun
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The impacts of mountain campsite attributes on tourists’ satisfaction and behavioral intentions: The mediating role of experience quality J. Destin. Mark. Manag. (IF 7.158) Pub Date : 2024-03-21 Qiang Guo, Xi Yang, Haodong Xie
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The orientation of Gen Zs towards metaverse tourism J. Destin. Mark. Manag. (IF 7.158) Pub Date : 2024-03-21 Santanu Mandal, Justin Paul, V.V. Devi Prasad Kotni, Manoj Gour Chintaluri
Our study explored the enabler role of perceived usefulness, enjoyment, and ease of use from metaverse tourism on Gen Z engagement and satisfaction. Furthermore, the enabler role of Gen Z's engagement and satisfaction with metaverse tourism on their word-of-mouth intentions are also explored. Lastly, the study examined the contingency effects of age, annual family income, and gender. Data were collected
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Mindful luxury: A case of the Faroe Islands Tour. Manag. (IF 12.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-20 Marina Leban, Amy Errmann, Yuri Seo, Benjamin G. Voyer
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“Feel the green”: How a handwritten typeface affects tourists’ responses to green tourism products and services Tour. Manag. (IF 12.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-20 Dickson Tok, Yunhui Huang, Lu Yang
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The behavioral contagion effect of tourists’ risk decision-making J. Hosp. Tour. Manag. (IF 7.629) Pub Date : 2024-03-20 Jiangchi Zhang, Chaowu Xie, Feifei Lai, Songshan (Sam) Huang
This study investigated the contagion effect of other tourists' risk-seeking behavior on tourists' risk decision-making. It further examined the mediation of two contrasting motivational systems (approach-avoidance), and the moderation of destination management deterrence. Four experiments were conducted focusing on the risk decision-making of tourists in the context of undeveloped natural areas and
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The digital revolution in the tourism industry: role of anthropomorphic virtual agent in digitalized hotel service International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management (IF 11.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-21 Sihem Ben Saad
Purpose In the tourism industry, immersive technologies become increasingly vital, amplifying traveler experiences and industry growth. By studying “e-booking” applications prevalent in hotels, this study aims to analyze the impact of integrating an anthropomorphic virtual agent (AVA) on user perceptions of humanness and service usage intent. Design/methodology/approach Two experiments were conducted
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Investigating the moderating role of utilitarian function and environmental identity in consuming insect-based food in restaurants International Journal of Hospitality Management (IF 11.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-19 Yunyao (Jennifer) Liu, Seongseop (Sam) Kim
This study aimed to explore how the benefits sought from consuming insect-based food affect its outcome variables through the moderating effects of utilitarian function and environmental identity. In this study 13 constructs were analyzed using structural equation modeling and multigroup analysis. The results showed that the four domains of benefits from eating insect-based food positively influenced
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Effects of trust and customer perceived value on the acceptance of urban air mobility as public transportation Travel Behaviour and Society (IF 5.85) Pub Date : 2024-03-19 Rattawut Vongvit, Kyuho Maeng, Seul Chan Lee
Urban air mobility (UAM) is expected to become an innovative mode of public transportation. Although multiple factors may facilitate the adoption of UAM, its implementation may be difficult owing to the lack of customer acceptance and usage intentions. This study proposes a research model to explore the effects of trust and customer perceived value on the acceptance of UAM as public transportation
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Regenerative tourism in Australian wine regions Tourism Geographies (IF 11.355) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Rebecca E. Pearson, Douglas K. Bardsley, Marco Pütz
The tourism industry is complex and deeply embedded into the social, environmental, and cultural fabric of social-ecological systems. Tourism presents an additional rural development pathway for re...
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Stylish virtual tour: exploring fashion’s influence on attitude and satisfaction in VR tourism International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management (IF 11.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-19 Maher Georges Elmashhara, Marta Blazquez, Jorge Julião
Purpose This study aims to investigate the influence of different virtual fashion styles on attitude and satisfaction within virtual reality (VR) tourism experiences. The investigation considers the mediating effect of perceived attractiveness, popularity, novelty and weirdness, as well as the moderating role of self-congruence with avatar clothing and the desire for unique products. Design/methodology/approach
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Vlogging gastronomic tourism: understanding Global North-South dynamics in YouTube videos and their audiences’ feedback Tourism Geographies (IF 11.355) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Ateeq Abdul Rauf, Fahad Mansoor Pasha
Gastronomic tourism is a developed research stream in tourism studies. Previous literature, however, has mainly shed light either on the micro-context of food itself or on meso-contexts such as her...
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The spectral geographies of slavery: tourism and the hauntings of dissonant colonial heritage Tourism Geographies (IF 11.355) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Dan Knox
The spectral geography of the colonial legacy in Bristol is marked by a series of absences from official and tourist narratives about the city. The people and practices of the Atlantic slave trade ...
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Refocusing on the start and end of tourists’ decision-making: Measuring thresholds and information loop limits Tour. Manag. (IF 12.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Ruizhe Fang, Li Pan
In this era of abundant travel-related information, tourist decision-making processes have become increasingly complex and nonrational. This study focuses on the initiation and conclusion instances of decision-making between the pre-decision, decision-in-progress, and post-decision phases to capture the diversity of decisional behaviors. Building upon the Cyclic Model of Tourist Decision-Making, two
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When green meets gamification: A winning combo for hotel revisit intentions International Journal of Hospitality Management (IF 11.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Aili Wu, Juhee Kang, David Kwun, Wei Wei
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Travel Behavior of Older Adults in the USA, 2001-2017 Travel Behaviour and Society (IF 5.85) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Ralph Buehler, John Pucher, Rico Wittwer, Regine Gerike
This study examines trends in the mobility of older adults in the USA between the years 2001 and 2017 and how mobility varies among 5-year subgroups of older adults from 55 to 80+ years. Based on data from the 2001 and 2017 National Household Travel Surveys (NHTS), we use descriptive, graphical, and multilevel regression analysis to detect differences in travel behavior and its determinants. Mobility
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Shopping trips and deliveries then and now: How the behavioral shift differs by income level and urban size Travel Behaviour and Society (IF 5.85) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Woojung Kim, Xiaokun Cara Wang
Online shopping has significantly increased for the past decade. As e-commerce grows and evolves since its first appearance, consumers’ shopping behaviors also change, leading to the co-evolution of people’s shopping trips and urban freight deliveries. This co-evolution has important impacts on traffic, vehicle-miles-traveled (VMT) and parking demand in the short term, and is expected to influence
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Development and validation of the new resident empowerment through Tourism Scale: RETS 2.0 Tour. Manag. (IF 12.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Edson Redy Moreira dos Santos, Luís Nobre Pereira, Patrícia Pinto, B. Bynum Boley
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Tourists’ sense of place and heritage protection when visiting natural disaster memorials J. Destin. Mark. Manag. (IF 7.158) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Jinwei Wang, Zhihua Zhou, Ting Lei, Jie Sun, Hong Zhang, Lili Qian
Sense of place primarily reflects the relationship between people and places. Dark tourism is an activity that establishes an emotional interaction between tourists and the destination. However, research on tourists' sense of place in dark tourism is scarce. Therefore, this study examines the relationship between tourists' sense of place and heritage protection in dark tourism. The results show that
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Wriggling in the crowd: An inquiry into the interactions between electric bikes and pedestrians in a shared space Travel Behaviour and Society (IF 5.85) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Khashayar Kazemzadeh, Amir Pooyan Afghari
Shared spaces for active mobility aim to offer safe and comfortable mobility for vulnerable road users by separating them from motorised vehicles. However, the distinct navigation characteristics of these users may increase the complexity of their interactions. The emergence of e-bikes which are faster and heavier than regular bikes has further increased this complexity. This study aims to shed light
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Geopolitics of mobile masses: refugee and tourist metaphors in Finnish-Russian bordertown media Tourism Geographies (IF 11.355) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Vilhelmiina Vainikka, Joni Tuomas Vainikka, Eeva-Kaisa Prokkola
This paper examines the discourses on mobile others as objects of massification or likened to natural forces. By creating a dialogue between theories of crowds/masses and popular geopolitics, we ex...
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An investigation of the asymmetric relationships between service quality attributes and customer engagement: a three-factor theory approach J. Hosp. Market. Manag. (IF 12.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Tahir Albayrak, Özgür Davras, Meltem Caber, Josip Mikulić
The antecedents of customer engagement have been extensively examined in marketing and management literature since it is vital for the firm performance. Researchers have long assumed that relations...
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Gastronomy and wine tourism transformation towards resilient destinations Tourism Review (IF 7.689) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Dora Rašan, Marina Laškarin Ažić, Krešimir Mikinac
Purpose The purpose of this study is to develop research questions and explore industry expert perceptions related to the process of transformative changes in post-COVID-19 gastronomy and wine tourism. Design/methodology/approach To achieve this purpose, the authors applied individual and collective brainwriting techniques using the digital whiteboard, Mural. The research questions were answered within
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The asymmetric impact of Twitter Sentiment and emotions: Impulse response analysis on European tourism firms using micro-data Tour. Manag. (IF 12.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Efstathios Polyzos, Anestis Fotiadis, Tzung-Cheng Huan
This paper examines the characteristics that drive conflicting outcomes on the impact of Twitter data on firm returns using financial micro data. Using 314 European tourism firms as a case study and a sample of 63 million Tweets, we build sentiment and emotion (anger, fear, joy) data series and use them to compute impulse response functions for firm returns. Our results indicate that firm size and
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Tourist destination choice on five priority destinations of Indonesia during health crisis J. Destin. Mark. Manag. (IF 7.158) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Beatrice Amabella Utari, Sheryta Arsallia, Muhamad Abdilah Ramdani, Fitri Rahmafitria, Prawira Fajarindra Belgiawan, Puspita Dirgahayani, Reza Ashari Nasution
Destination choice is an important component of measuring tourism competitiveness. Although various studies have been conducted to analyze factors influencing destination choice, exploration during a health crisis (i.e. pandemic) has not been widely carried out. Besides, understanding the behavior of domestic tourists in choosing destinations during a pandemic can help tourism/destination managers
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Uncovering suppressed travel: A scoping review of surveys measuring unmet transportation need Travel Behaviour and Society (IF 5.85) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Matthew Palm, Paromita Nakshi, Elnaz Yousefzadeh Barri, Steven Farber, Michael Widener
Unrealized travel and its associated activity participation is included in many overlapping concepts in the literature—unmet need, latent demand, suppressed travel, and forgone travel. In this scoping review, we focus on , which we define as travel, and associated activity participation, that is unrealized due to transportation-related social exclusion and associated mobility barriers. We review how
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Do imprinting effects on CEOs affect tourism and hospitality enterprises’ corporate innovation? International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management (IF 11.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Yawen Shan, Da Shi, Shi Xu
Purpose Based on imprinting theory and episodic future thinking, this paper aims to study how CEOs’ attributes and experiences inform innovation in tourism and hospitality businesses. It also explores ways to quantify innovation in this sector. Design/methodology/approach The authors quantitatively analysed innovation in tourism and hospitality using extensive data from companies’ annual reports. They
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The impact of destination-brand social media content on consumer online brand-related activities (COBRAs) Tour. Manag. Perspect. (IF 7.608) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Fernando Oscar Grosso, Miguel Ángel Rodriguez-Molina, José Alberto Castañeda-Garcia
On social media, the social cues accompanying a destination-brand-related post (likes, comments, shares), the relevance of its content, and the content-source are all determining factors that impact on consumers' engagement with that brand on social media. The study identifies consumers' engagement via their levels of participation in consuming, sharing, and creating content (COBRAs) about a destination
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Beyond boundaries: exploring the Metaverse in tourism International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management (IF 11.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Zhisheng Chen
Purpose This study aims to investigate the engagement gap between Metaverse and in-person travel, the influence of Metaverse tourism on tourists and the industry and the challenges and responses associated with Metaverse technology. The study presents practical cases and highlights the implications of this research for practice, society and future research. Design/methodology/approach This study uses
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Corrigendum to “Role of trust in customer attitude and behaviour formation towards social service robots” [Int. J. Hosp. Manag. 114 (2023) 103587] International Journal of Hospitality Management (IF 11.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Valentina Della Corte, Fabiana Sepe, Dogan Gursoy, Anna Prisco
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Country branding in post-truth Era: A configural narrative J. Destin. Mark. Manag. (IF 7.158) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Pramukh Nanjundaswamy Vasist, Satish Krishnan
This study investigates the impact of online disinformation and hate speech on a country's image, considering its implications for the destination's image and tourism prospects. Utilizing the theoretical lens of soft power, the study performs a macro-level empirical analysis across 56 countries on the influence of a diverse array of online disinformation variants and hate speech on the nation's brand
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Tourism destination development: the tourism area life cycle model Tourism Geographies (IF 11.355) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Richard Butler
The tourist area life cycle has been in existence for over four decades since its publication in The Canadian Geographer and was described as ‘one of the most cited and contentious areas of tourism...
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Significance of biocultural heritage, cultural landscape and islandness for responsible tourism: a Knoydart case study Tourism Geographies (IF 11.355) Pub Date : 2024-03-10 Tamara Griffiths
The COVID-19 pandemic, environmental crisis and increasing growth in tourism prompted interest in more responsible tourism. So called responsible tourism (RT) entails diverse ingredients and an aim...
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The effect of implied motion in travel photographs on visit intention: The mediating role of mental imagery Tour. Manag. (IF 12.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-10 Fangxuan (Sam) Li, Jianan Ma
Travel photographs play a crucial role in tourism marketing, and implied motion, that is, the use of techniques that give the illusion of movement, (e.g., through the use of blurring techniques, slow-speed photography, and images with rippling waves, or falling leaves) is a common feature within these images. The effect of implied motion in tourism photographs on tourist behavioral intention, however
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Tourists’ on-site immersive experience for shortening psychological distance in the context of homologous and non-homologous cultures J. Hosp. Tour. Manag. (IF 7.629) Pub Date : 2024-03-10 Feng Xu, Weili Wu, Aijing Liu, Cuijing Zhan, Wenlin Su
Based on the Stimulus-Organism-Response and Construal Level theories, this study collected 467 samples from Qingzhou and 494 samples from Kashgar to explore the mechanisms behind tourists’ cultural contact, destination familiarity, immersive experience, word of mouth, and revisit willingness from the perspectives of cultural homology and non-homology. The results indicated that cultural contact in
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The impact of congestion and dedicated lanes on on-demand multimodal transit systems Travel Behaviour and Society (IF 5.85) Pub Date : 2024-03-10 Jason Lu, Anthony Trasatti, Hongzhao Guan, Kevin Dalmeijer, Pascal Van Hentenryck
Traffic congestion can have a detrimental effect on public transit systems, and understanding and mitigating these effects is of critical importance for effective public transportation. Implementing Dedicated Bus Lanes (DBLs) is a well-known intervention to achieve this goal. A DBL is a designated lane for bus transit, which avoids congestion and substantially lowers the travel time. This makes transit