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Analysing preference heterogeneity and willingness to pay for nature-based tourism activities in Gran Canaria for young Germans Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Tim Fichter, Concepción Román
This paper examines the heterogeneity in preferences and willingness to pay for various nature-based tourism activities that can be carried out in natural areas on Gran Canaria Island (Spain). A di...
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Wine landscapes and culture as drivers of local and regional development in pandemic times: a comparative study among Peruvian and Spanish cellars Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Maria del Pilar Leal, Sandra Sotomayor, Michele Barton
During the lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic, the wine cellars – some of them considered tourist attractions – have been forced to rethink and reshape their touristic offer. This situation has focu...
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Adoption of tools for sustainable tourism development: role of environmental vulnerability Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Linus Nyiwul, Megha Shakya, Aayusha Lamichhane, Zhining Hu
There is consensus on the need to develop indicators as tools for assessing progress toward sustainable tourism. This effort is constrained by limitations related to data that allow for comparisons...
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Detecting the Olympic tourism legacy: a data-driven approach Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Steven E. Moss, Jun Liu, Janet Moss
This research applies a data-driven approach for identifying changes in time series to model the Olympic tourism legacy. Measuring potential legacy effects from mega-sporting events has been proble...
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Does rising inflation affect the tourism industry? Evidence from Nigeria Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events Pub Date : 2024-02-14 Isiaka Akande Raifu, Joshua Adeyemi Afolabi
The rising spate of inflation in Nigeria has become worrisome in recent years, considering its implications on the quest for tourism development in the country. This study, therefore, empirically e...
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Barriers and policies affecting the implementation of sustainable tourism: the Portuguese experience Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events Pub Date : 2024-02-14 Álvaro Dias, José Viana, Leandro Pereira
This paper identifies and ranks the factors that hinder the implementation of sustainable tourism in a developing destination. It uses a Delphi method combined with Q-Sort technique with three roun...
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Impact of tourism sustainability on regional development: a systematic literature review Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events Pub Date : 2024-02-14 Shilpi Tyagi
This review highlights the status of tourism sustainability and regional development studies. A search of two major databases (Web of Science and Scopus) was conducted to determine relevant article...
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Understanding the behaviour of medical tourists: implications for strategy development Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Mahmud Akhter Shareef, Dong-Young Kim, Atikur R. Khan, Muhammad S. Akram, Irfan Butt, S. S. M. Sadrul Huda
Strategy and policy development for medical tourism largely depends on knowledge and understanding of the behavioral intentions of patients for cross-border travel to seek healthcare services. This...
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Tourism and sustainable development: a bibliometric and complex systems methodology approach Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Silvia London, Emiliano Alvarez, Valeria Posadas
Tourism is a significant economic activity, but its complex relationships with the environment and natural resources raise concerns about sustainability. This study explores the interplay between n...
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Pamanang Haraya (Inherited Vision): a videographic manifest content analysis of Philippine Local Government Units’ (LGUs) tourism practices during the COVID-19 pandemic Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Aleza Mae R. Bernal, Carmina C. Samson, Franzcess Nicole B. Aglugub, Gershei Mae K. Quirao, Kristel Pearl B. Capulong, Patrisha Clare B. Santos, Jame Monren T. Mercado
The research assessed the tourism practices of the Philippine local government units (LGUs) during the COVID-19 pandemic through a videographic manifest content analysis of 29 videos produced that ...
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Online social support exchange among medical travelers in South Asia: a content analysis of Facebook posts Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events Pub Date : 2024-01-10 Areiba Arif, Rajesh Chandwani
In recent years, more than half of the total medical travelers visiting India each year belong to Bangladesh. This study explores social support exchange in an online health community comprising pa...
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The nexus between tourism, economic growth, and environmental pollution at a regional level in Spain: a new CS-ARDL approach Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events Pub Date : 2023-12-26 Alejandro Alcalá-Ordóñez, Francisco Alcalá-Olid, Martín Olivera
Over recent decades, tourism has undergone rapid growth, contributing to economic growth. Moreover, recent studies have included environmental variables in their analyses, although they tend to use...
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Embracing the industrial revolution: the impact of technological advancements and government policies on tourism development in Oman Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events Pub Date : 2023-12-19 Fadi Abdelfattah, Abrar Al-Alawi, Mohammed Sani Abdullahi, Mohammed Salah
This study explores the potential effects of technological advancements, such as artificial intelligence and other Fourth Industrial Revolution innovations, on the development of the tourism sector...
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Power and rent-seeking in the second homes tourism market: evidence from selected villages in Iran Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events Pub Date : 2023-11-29 Zabih-Allah Torabi, C. Michael Hall, Zaheer Aallam, Ali Mokktari Karchegani
Numerous studies have examined the challenges associated with developing second-home (SH) tourism in rural areas. However, little attention has been given to exploring the influence of power dynami...
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Correction Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events Pub Date : 2023-11-14
Published in Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Predicting urban carrying capacity to support sustainable tourism using GIS Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events Pub Date : 2023-11-09 A. W. Sejati, S. N. A. K. Putri, W. P. Tyas, I. Buchori, W. Handayani, Y. Basuki, G. Barbarossa, I. N. Husna
This paper aims to quantifying urban carrying capacity prediction to support sustainable tourism industry in the Urban Area of Labuan Bajo Flores. This study uses the superimpose method with weight...
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Tourism and economic growth in Asia: a symmetric and asymmetric causality Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events Pub Date : 2023-10-29 Tsung-Pao Wu, Hung-Che Wu, Ya-Tian Liu, Shaodian Chu, Zhiyun He
This study aims to investigate the causal relationship between economic growth and real international tourism revenues (RITRs) in 11 Asian areas from 1995 to 2019. The method employed in this study...
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Destination image and loyalty: examining satisfaction, place attachment, and perceived safety Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events Pub Date : 2023-10-24 The-Bao Luong
This study examines the complex connections between destination image, overall satisfaction, place attachment, perceived safety, and destination loyalty among Vietnamese domestic visitors. The stud...
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Leveraging folklore and fantasy to promote small destinations: the case of Visit Wales Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events Pub Date : 2023-10-03 Dorothy Yen, Jungmin Jang, Liyuan Wei, Nigel Morgan, Annette Pritchard
This paper analyses how folklore can be harnessed by destination management organizations (DMOs) and related agencies through story-telling, screen tourism and product development. It presents a tw...
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The enactment of leisure-time physical activity policy for older adults in community leisure settings Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events Pub Date : 2023-09-28 Michael Butson, Ruth Jeanes, Justen O’Connor
This paper examines the enactment of local government leisure policies in community leisure facilities through the lens of policy enactment. Leisure policies typically get enacted through a complex...
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Sustainable rural tourism from the perspective of triple bottom line scientific framework Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events Pub Date : 2023-09-04 Bhayu Rhama
ABSTRACT This review examines sustainable rural tourism's impact on economic, social, and environmental development pillars. The study analysed 250 high-ranking journals across disciplines such as economics, business, anthropology, sociology, and ecology, apart from tourism journals, from 2019 to February 2023. Few contributions were found in economics and sociology journals, while anthropology and
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Visa requirements and visit intention: applying the theory of planned behavior Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events Pub Date : 2023-09-01 Chisava Juma, Anneli Douglas
ABSTRACT When tourists contemplate an international destination to visit, the ease of obtaining a visa is seen as an important consideration. Even though the theory of planned behavior has been used extensively to predict tourists’ visit intentions, the purpose of this study was to understand how the expectations that tourists have of visa requirements moderate the relationships between attitudes,
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Addictive leisure: an evaluation of the morality-economic politics of balancing casino development with local gambling policy Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events Pub Date : 2023-07-17 Neil Ormerod, David Parsons, Alexandra J. Kenyon
ABSTRACT Legalised gambling is a regulated leisure activity and a public health problem. Permissive regulation attempts to balance the morality-economic politics of these opposing aspects through a combination of national policy oversight and regulatory devolution from national to local level. Local contexts of gambling harm and support have been important foci within public health research but have
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Hotel employees’ support for federal government during crisis: extension of social exchange theory Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events Pub Date : 2023-07-10 Swechchha Subedi, Lali Odosashvili, Marketa Kubickova
ABSTRACT This research aims to investigate the determinants of political trust from the hotel employees’ perspective. Further, it seeks to explore the influence of political trust on support for the federal government during COVID-19, using Social Exchange Theory. A total of 350 surveys of frontline hotel employees in the United States were collected using mTurk. The data is analyzed using structural
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Research progress, trends, and updates on the relationship between tourism, economic growth and energy consumption: a bibliometric analysis Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events Pub Date : 2023-07-05 Juan Gabriel Brida, Lorena Ford, Martin Olivera
ABSTRACT Many authors have tried to understand the relationship between tourism activities and economic growth, especially since the development of the Tourism Driven Growth Hypothesis (TLHG) (Balaguer & Cantavella-Jordá, 2002). However, it is becoming increasingly important to analyse the current and future economic, social and environmental impacts of this activity on communities. Tourism is now
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The role of satisfaction in the relationship between destination image and behavioral intention: a case study of Vietnamese visitors to Thailand Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events Pub Date : 2023-07-04 The-Bao Luong
ABSTRACT Destination image constructs, including international marketing and tourism, have received sustained interest over the past decades. In this study, a conceptual framework designed to examine the correlation between Thailand's destination image and Vietnamese behavioral intentions is developed and tested. Additionally, satisfaction is discussed as a mediator in these proposed relationships
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The (in)visibility of equality, diversity, and inclusion research in events management journals Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events Pub Date : 2023-07-04 Julia Calver, Katherine Dashper, Rebecca Finkel, Thomas Fletcher, Ian R. Lamond, Ellie May, Neil Ormerod, Louise Platt, Briony Sharp
ABSTRACT The field of events management has been critiqued for being overly focused on operational and managerial concerns to the detriment of critical analysis of power and representation, of which equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) is an important aspect. This paper reports on an audit of the four leading events management journals over the period 2011–2021 to assess the current state of play
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The mediating role of integrated agritourism cluster development on regional development in Indonesia Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events Pub Date : 2023-07-03 Marimbun Marpaung, Zulkifli Nasution, Sirojuzilam Sirojuzilam, Lita Sri Andayani
ABSTRACT The advancement of agritourism is a crucial component of regional economic growth, but the integration of the cluster development has received insufficient attention. Therefore, this study aimed to analyze the role of integrated agritourism cluster development in mediating the role of the government in regional growth. It used a quantitative approach in contrast to previous study, which adopted
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Impact of multidimensional distances on inbound tourist arrivals: evidence from India Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events Pub Date : 2023-06-12 Kalpana Tokas
ABSTRACT Despite the vital significance of the tourism sector for economic growth and employment generation in India as well as the growing popularity of India as a tourist destination, the literature examining the country-pair specific determinants for international tourism demand remains scarce. CAGE (Cultural-Administrative-Geographical-Economic) Distance framework by Ghemawat [(2001). Distance
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Transformative power of small-scale LGBTQI+ festivals and events Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events Pub Date : 2023-05-30 Willem J. L. Coetzee
ABSTRACT Numerous gay and lesbian Pride Mardi Gras or Carnival events are held worldwide. Festivals and events involving lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgenders, queers, intersex and asexual people, and those of other genders or sexualities’ (LGBTQIA+) act as a powerful driver for international gay tourism. This special issue argues that LGBTQIA+ festivals and events do more than support the institutional
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The societal impact of tourism research of the Research Excellence Framework 2021 Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events Pub Date : 2023-05-18 Alba Viana-Lora
ABSTRACT The aim of this article is to analyse the REF 2021 impact cases on tourism that show evidence of societal impact. The method used is a content analysis. The REF 2021 database was used to download the case studies of tourism with societal impact through the application of search filters. A filtering process was carried out in which each of the downloaded case studies was read, excluding impact
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Millennials as potential creative tourists in South Africa: a CHAID approach to market segmentation Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events Pub Date : 2023-04-28 Anneli Douglas, Gijsbert Hoogendoorn, Greg Richards
ABSTRACT Creative tourism has recently emerged as an important area of tourism development, particularly in the Global North. In the Global South, studies of the profile of creative tourists and their motives for partaking in creative tourism are limited. This paper investigates creative tourism demand among South African millennials, analysing what motivates their participation and developing a descriptive
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The moderating role of digitalisation in the tourism-growth nexus: evidence from small island economies Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events Pub Date : 2023-04-19 Boopen Seetanah, Sheereen Fauzel
ABSTRACT An overwhelming amount of studies has investigated tourism as a driver of growth and there is a wide consensus on a positive relationship (tourism-led growth hypothesis). However, recent studies have also pointed out that the tourism-growth nexus may be conditional on certain elements like development level and infrastructure, education and human capital among others. Another factor which
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Heterogenous effects of ICT application on local tourism development: a quantile regression approach Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events Pub Date : 2023-04-03 Dao Van Le, Tuyen Quang Tran
ABSTRACT Applying a quantile regression approach, this study examines the heterogeneous effects of information and communications technology (ICT) on tourism development, using data from Vietnam’s 63 provinces in 2010-2019. Basing itself on cluster analysis, the study confirms the role of education in exploiting ICT in local tourism development. The disparity in the impact of ICT on outcomes is also
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Are shocks to tourist arrivals transitory? Evidence from new panel stationarity tests with structural breaks for 12 MENA countries Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events Pub Date : 2023-03-03 Jamal Husein, S. Murat Kara, Chuck Pier
ABSTRACT This study examines the stationarity properties of the number of tourist arrivals for 12 MENA countries during the 1995–2019 period. We utilize a novel panel stationarity test that utilizes a Fourier approximation to capture gradual structural breaks and other nonlinearities present in the data generating process. Additionally, we apply several new panel stationarity tests that complement
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Investigating the effect of economic policy uncertainty and tourism: evidence from wavelet approaches Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events Pub Date : 2023-02-12 Tsung-Pao Wu, Hung-Che Wu, Zun-Ren Wei, Chuin-Hong Chen, Michael Gelfand
ABSTRACT This paper re-examines the relationship between European economic policy uncertainty and tourism activities in Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain between 1995 and 2020. The new three-dimensional wavelet transform context structures were used by the researchers to enable the decomposition of time-series at various time frequencies. The researchers develop unique three-dimensional wavelet
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Analysis of the measures of COVID-19 (SARSCoV-2) in the image, satisfaction and loyalty of visitors to a world heritage city Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events Pub Date : 2022-12-26 Nuria Huete-Alcocer, Virginia Navajas-Romero, Ricardo David Hernández Rojas
ABSTRACT This study examines the effects of the prevention measures taken against Coronavirus on the image, satisfaction and loyalty of tourists in world heritage cities. Data was obtained from tourists who visited Córdoba (España). Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to verify the proposed hypothetical relationships. The results show that implementing Coronavirus prevention measures improves
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Tourist attraction efficiency and its determinants using a two stage, double bootstrap data envelopment analysis: a case study in Indonesia Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events Pub Date : 2022-12-25 Rio Benedicto Bire, Yudha Eka Nugraha, Imelda Regina Pellokila
ABSTRACT Tourist attractions account for a critical component of tourism competitiveness. However, empirical research regarding tourist attraction efficiency is absent from literature. Respectively, this paper explores efficiency levels of tourist attractions and its determinants. 34 provinces of Indonesia were selected as the study setting. We employed the two-stage double bootstrap data envelopment
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Public valuation of social impacts. The comparison between mega and non-mega sporting events Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events Pub Date : 2022-12-13 Krystian Zawadzki
ABSTRACT The main aim of this study is to assign value to intangible effects, including social impacts, which appear when organising sporting events of various scales in the city of Gdansk located in northern Poland. A survey was conducted to determine the city residents’ willingness-to-pay (WTP) using the contingent valuation method (CVM). The average WTP values, which ranged between PLN 6.04 and
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Using a contingent valuation method to evaluate an ecotourism site in Borneo, Malaysia: a case of the Rainforest Discovery Centre, Malaysia Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events Pub Date : 2022-12-05 Fiona Jane Francis
ABSTRACT This empirical article intends to examine the conservation value of an ecotourism site in Borneo, Malaysia, specifically the Rainforest Discovery Centre (RDC). The second objective is to determine the visitors’ willingness to pay (WTP) and their heterogeneity with regard to the RDC. In addition to the bid prices and the socio-demographic characteristics of visitors, the dichotomous-contingent
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Building back better tourism sector post-COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia: input-output and simulation analysis Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events Pub Date : 2022-12-05 Carunia Mulya Firdausy, Pihri Buhaerah
ABSTRACT This study, by employing an input-output and simulation analysis, aims to examine policies to build back better the tourism sector's post-COVID-19 pandemic by taking Indonesia as a case study. The result confirms that to build back a better tourism sector in the post-COVID-19 pandemic, the government of Indonesia needs to maintain the supply of domestic inputs used as the primary source of
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Supply side sentiments and international travel: a novel dynamic simulation of policy options for business and investor sentiments Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events Pub Date : 2022-11-09 Gbenga Adamolekun, Festus Fatai Adedoyin, Ilhan Ozturk
ABSTRACT The tourism literature widely documents how emotions, mood and optimism drive the demand for tourism. However, the literature is mute on whether sentiment plays a role in the supply side. We use a forward-looking forecasting model to investigate the interplay between various sentiment measures and travel. The simulation robustly accounts for the effect of trade, real GDP, and foreign direct
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Tourist arrivals to Indonesia: does religion matter? Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events Pub Date : 2022-10-28 Romi Bhakti Hartarto, Dyah Titis Kusuma Wardani, Wahyu Tri Wibowo
ABSTRACT The Government of Indonesia has initiated halal tourism strategies to attract tourists from Muslim countries. The number of tourists coming from Muslim countries has been increasing, yet it remains smaller than that of non-Muslim countries. This study uses a gravity model framework for tourism flows to investigate the effect of Muslim countries on the number of tourist arrivals in Indonesia
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Revealed preferences for vacation home ownership in a small island destination: a choice experiment analysis Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events Pub Date : 2022-10-12 Manuel Rivera, Robertico Croes, Marcos Medeiros
ABSTRACT Vacation homes emerged as an alternative accommodation sector with strong growth potential in small island destinations. As tourists scrutinize vacation home features, bundling their best attribute sets materializes as a critical strategy for vacation home developers. This study examined tourist preferences for vacation homes in Aruba, employing a choice experiment analysis. The experiment
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Investigating tourism and exchange rate dynamics on economic growth in Sri Lanka Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events Pub Date : 2022-10-10 Bosede Ngozi Adeleye, Lukman Shehu Adam, Paiman Ahmad, Oluyomi Ola-David
ABSTRACT We re-examine the tourism-growth relationship to interrogate the role of the exchange rate as a future driver of the nexus. Using quarterly data on Sri Lanka from 1995 to 2018, preliminary tests reveal a long-run association among economic growth, tourism expenditures and the official exchange rate. Conclusions drawn from the linear models suggest that a percentage change in tourism expenditures
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Event management literature: exploring the missing body of knowledge Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events Pub Date : 2022-10-10 Greg Richards, Dianine Censon, Daniela Gračan, Mossa Haressy, Alžbeta Kiráľová, Elena Marulc, Giulia Rossetti, Marina Barkiđija Sotošek, Davide Sterchele
ABSTRACT English is increasingly the dominant language of academic scholarship. This means that much research produced in other languages is overlooked, a tendency strengthened by the growing power of global publishers and university ranking systems. This initial scoping study provides an exploratory review of non-English scholarship in the field of event management, drawing on an extensive literature
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Interest in volunteering for the FIFA 2022 World Cup in Qatar: a nationally representative study of motivations Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events Pub Date : 2022-09-22 Abdoulaye Diop, Šemsia Jatić, John Lee Holmes, Kien Le Trung, Engi El Maghraby, Maitha Al Naimi
ABSTRACT Qatar is the first Muslim and Arab country to host the FIFA World Cup. The Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy, the organisation responsible for providing the required infrastructure, host country planning and operations, is already offering volunteering opportunities across numerous activities, events and tournaments. However, few studies have examined citizens and resident expatriates’
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Could similar clusters have different perceptions? Motivation segmenting of local food festival Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events Pub Date : 2022-09-14 Özge Kılıçarslan, Doğuş Kılıçarslan
ABSTRACT This study aims to contribute to the academic and practitioner festival tourism literatures by suggesting the segmentation of the festival participants’ motivations and perceived destination service quality. To meet the study's aims exploratory factor analysis, cluster analysis, and variance analysis were used on 301 surveys from Alaçatı Herb Festival, Turkey. As a result of cluster analysis
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Impact of COVID-19 on a tourist dependent economy and policy responses: the case of Mauritius Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events Pub Date : 2022-09-14 Zameelah Khan Jaffur, Verena Tandrayen-Ragoobur, Boopen Seetanah, Narvada Gopy-Ramdhany
ABSTRACT Tourism-dependent countries are disproportionately affected by the pandemic, so much that the negative impacts are likely to be more pronounced relative to other economies. Mauritius being a tourist-dependent economy has been no exception to the effects of the pandemic. The paper investigates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic coupled with the health containment measures on the Mauritian
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Creative destination, creative cultural experience, and destination brand self-congruence (DBSC) Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events Pub Date : 2022-08-16 Rasoul Shahabi, Zahed Ghaderi, Maryam Soltaninasab, Mana Khoshkam, Ian Patterson, Farhad Tabatabaie
ABSTRACT Previous studies have examined the various constructs of creative tourism, but the way travelers integrate the image of their self with a creative destination brand has not been taken into consideration. Therefore this study aims to conceptualize this integrity in a creative cultural destination in Iran. This survey involved 308 inbound travelers who revealed that destination uniqueness, perceived
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The question of solidarity in tourism Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events Pub Date : 2022-08-08 Freya Higgins-Desbiolles
ABSTRACT Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 inspired some within the tourism industry to react rapidly to support Ukrainians in the crisis. This presents an opportunity to address solidarity through tourism as we confront change in the global order and cascading crises. While some tourism analysts hailed the response in support of Ukraine, others raised critical questions about the absence
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Modelling the association between tourism and real exchange rates Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events Pub Date : 2022-08-01 Nikeel Nishkar Kumar, Arvind Patel
ABSTRACT Fiji’s tourism industry has evolved significantly over the past 3 decades with past and present governments striving to support the development of the sector. In this study, we test the association between tourism measured by international visitor arrivals and Fiji’s real exchange rate using annual data over the period 1980–2018. Structural breaks are identified with the Gregory-Hansen test
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Rethinking sustainable substitution between domestic and international tourism: a policy thought experiment Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events Pub Date : 2022-07-13 Siamak Seyfi, C. Michael Hall, Jarkko Saarinen
ABSTRACT The role of domestic tourism as a substitute for international tourism has not received adequate attention in the literature. However, the potential for substitution has become particularly important in the COVID-19 pandemic context which has significantly impacted travel flows as well as the urgent need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Drawing upon data on major tourism destinations and
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Travel risk perceptions and behavior in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic 2021: a cluster analysis Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events Pub Date : 2022-07-13 Juan Gabriel Brida, Victoria Mogni, Miriam Scaglione, María Nela Seijas
ABSTRACT This paper discusses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tourism destinations in Uruguay by exploring travel behavior. Through a survey carried out between DEC2020 and JAN2021, the study reveals that despite the pandemic, the desire for holiday tourism remained. The empirical results show that, despite the fact that the vast majority have a high perception of the risk of COVID-19, there
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Food festivals as builders of the image of a tourist destination Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events Pub Date : 2022-07-07 Maria del Pilar Leal Londoño, Alexandra Georgescu-Paquin, Jordi Arcos-Pumarola
ABSTRACT This paper analyses how the image of a tourist destination is built through food festivals and the role played by the stakeholders in the image construction process. The study is based on a food festival in the municipality of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat close to Barcelona. The conceptual framework is based on tourist destination image construction, focusing on the role of local agents and particularly
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Can festivals bring social change in an ECoC city? Emotional intelligence and willingness to volunteer among university students Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events Pub Date : 2022-06-21 Edit Kővári, Ágnes Raffay-Danyi
ABSTRACT Veszprém in Hungary was awarded the title of the European Capital of Culture (ECoC) in the year of 2023. The project aims to involve a wide range of audience, with special attention to younger people including university students, however, this depends on their willingness to be involved both as participants and volunteers. The current study aims to assess the willingness of university students
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On the asymmetric link between exchange rate variability and tourism inflows: recent evidence from the asean-5 countries Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events Pub Date : 2022-06-11 Khalid M. Kisswani, Michel Zaitouni, Amjad M. Kisswani
ABSTRACT We shed new light on the long- and short-run asymmetric impact of exchange rate on tourism inflows over the period of 1995–2019 for selected ASEAN countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand; ASEAN-5). The investigation utilized Shin et al. (2014 Shin, Y., Yu, B., & Greenwood-Nimmo, M. (2014). Modelling asymmetric cointegration and dynamic multipliers in a nonlinear
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Conceptualization of inclination towards domestic tourism during COVID-19 crisis Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events Pub Date : 2022-06-11 Maysam Shafiee Roodposhti, Fatemeh Meymandi
ABSTRACT This study aimed at investigating inclination towards domestic tourism during COVID-19 pandemic. Accordingly, 19 international tourists received in-depth interviews on domestic tourism during COVID-19 crisis in the first phase (qualitative) of the study. The interviews were thematically analyzed to identify 29 codes and 5 concepts (economic, communicational, psychological, health, and executive
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Resident perceptions towards COVID-19 public policies for tourism reactivation: the case of Thailand Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events Pub Date : 2022-05-18 Pipatpong Fakfare, Aswin Sangpikul
ABSTRACT This study aims to identify the key components of COVID-19 public policies for tourism reactivation in Thailand and evaluate their various influences on the local resident’s satisfaction, fear of external threat and avoidance behaviour. It also investigates the moderating role of affiliation with the tourism industry. Through the lens of stimulus-organism-response (SOR) model, this study applies
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Sanctions and second home tourism: the experience of rural areas in Shemiranat, Iran Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events Pub Date : 2022-05-12 Zabih-allah Torabi, C. Michael Hall, Zaheer Allam, Zahed Ghaderi, Ayyob Sharifi
ABSTRACT This study explores the impact of sanctions on the development of second home tourism in the context of a rentier state. The subject was examined with special reference to rural regions of Shemiranat County in Tehran, Iran, where second homes have developed over the past four decades. The results indicating that devaluation of the national currency, caused by the sanctions, led to turmoil