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Do destination personality and self-congruity matter for the pro-environmental behavioral intention? Nature-based pro-environmental behavior International Journal of Tourism Cities Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Yingqi Long, Chung-Shing Chan
Purpose The study aims to draw on the self-congruity theory to investigate the relationship among destination personality (DP), self-congruity and tourists’ pro-environmental behavioral intention (BI) among Guangzhou citizens who have experienced nature-based tourism (NBT). Design/methodology/approach The survey-based quantitative research was divided into two rounds, namely, a preliminary study exploring
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Transforming urban industrial landscapes through art tourism – a gentrification aesthetics model from Abu Dhabi’s case International Journal of Tourism Cities Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Nataša Slak, Paolo Mura
Purpose This paper aims to explore the opinions of business owners in an industrial area of Abu Dhabi that could be potentially turned into an art tourism destination. Design/methodology/approach By mobilizing the concept of “gentrification aesthetics,” the authors use a recall technique to explore support toward art from business owners, regression analyses to understand how the type and content of
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Metaverse cannot be an extra marketing immersive tool to increase sales in tourism cities International Journal of Tourism Cities Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Lázaro Florido-Benítez
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the metaverse platform in a social context to better understand the future of this tool in tourism cities and how this can help to improve the well-being of residents in both digital and physical scenarios. Design/methodology/approach In this paper, the current and probable developments in the metaverse, and its use in tourism cities and companies have
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Livable cities in the global south: Buenos Aires city in the new normal International Journal of Tourism Cities Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Maximiliano Emanuel Korstanje
Purpose Social sciences have discussed the host–guest relation from many theoretical lenses and perspectives. Violence as well as local crime has been studied as one of the major risks concerning tourism security. Anyway, less attention was given to homeless people and their interaction with foreign or local tourists. The purpose of this paper is oriented to explain how globalization has winners and
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Emotions or numbers in tourism advertisements? A comprehensive analysis of two neighboring destinations in the pre- and post-COVID-19 period International Journal of Tourism Cities Pub Date : 2024-02-13 M. Bahadır Kalıpçı
Purpose By analyzing tourist choices in Side and Alanya, well-known destinations for tourists in Türkiye’s thriving urban tourism sector, this study aims to fill a crucial vacuum in the body of knowledge about urban tourism. The study examines the changing dynamics of consumer preferences for advertisements and closely examines the underlying factors that influence these preferences, both pre and post-influential
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The social construction of anti-tourism protest in tourist cities: a case study of Barcelona International Journal of Tourism Cities Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Francesc González-Reverté, Anna Soliguer Guix
Purpose Focusing on critical discourse analysis, this paper aims to propose a framework for analysing the way activist anti-tourism groups construct their social action of protest. The authors argue that activist groups use different narrative strategies to construct and legitimise their discourse of protest to convey social meanings for social action practices. This study represents an attempt to
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Synthesizing qualitative insights: a meta-ethnography of tourism disaster management literature International Journal of Tourism Cities Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Muhammad Asif, Hesham Fazel
Purpose Disasters can affect the important sector of tourism across the world. This study aims to combine qualitative findings from 13 publications to enhance disaster management plans for the security and resilience of the tourist industry. Design/methodology/approach The authors used Noblit and Hare’s seven-step meta-ethnography method, identifying 13 qualitative studies on tourism disaster management
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European historic cities and overtourism – conflicts and development paths in the light of systematic literature review International Journal of Tourism Cities Pub Date : 2024-01-26 Michał Żemła
Purpose This paper aims to check if destinations with powerful similarities also show similar tourism/overtourism effects that differentiate them from other destinations. This paper gathers and compares data on overtourism in European historic cities already presented in the existing literature and points out features and problems typical for these destinations. Design/methodology/approach This paper
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How perceived crowding changes the interrelationships between perceived value, tourist satisfaction and destination loyalty: the empirical study at Hoi An International Journal of Tourism Cities Pub Date : 2024-01-16 Long Nguyen Phi, Dung Hoang Phuong, Thong Vu Huy
Purpose This paper seeks to revisit the interrelationship among tourists’ perceived value of the destination, tourist satisfaction and destination loyalty in the heritage tourism site of Hoi An. In addition, the moderating role of tourists’ perceived crowding, which has become remarkably common at the site, in such a triangle relationship will also be explored. In other words, this study aims to validate
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Impact of memorable tourism experiences on tourists’ storytelling intentions: an empirical investigation International Journal of Tourism Cities Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Ayush Guleria, Richa Joshi, Mohd. Adil
Purpose This study aims to examine the impact of the structural linkages between memorable tourism experiences, destination attachment, tourists’ satisfaction and customer-based destination brand-equity on tourists’ storytelling intentions. Design/methodology/approach The authors proposed a conceptual model that examines how memorable experiences contribute to tourists’ sense of attachment to a destination
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Tourism representation and strategies on public signs: linguistic landscape of a Saudi southern tourist destination International Journal of Tourism Cities Pub Date : 2024-01-09 Abduljalil Nasr Hazaea, Bakr Bagash Mansour Ahmed Al-Sofi, Abdullah Alfaifi
Purpose This study aims to investigate multilingual representation on public signs in the High City tourist destination in Abha, Saudi Arabia. It also reveals the linguistic strategies used in such representation. Design/methodology/approach This exploratory qualitative study used purposive sampling to analyze bottom-up public signs collected from the target tourist destination. A preliminary analysis
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Constructing Spanish smart destinations: a new guide for the tourism industry International Journal of Tourism Cities Pub Date : 2024-01-01 Lázaro Florido-Benítez
Purpose The purpose of this study is to analyse Benidorm, San Sebastián, Gijón, Málaga, Tenerife Island and Santander smart tourist destinations (STDs) as a touristic model and example to follow by other destinations in Spain and all over the world. Design/methodology/approach To fulfil the stated objective, this study follows several phases that introduce and classify a set of measures implemented
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Reinforcing sustainable consumption practices through promoting gastronomic tourism: a cross-sectional study from India and Bangladesh International Journal of Tourism Cities Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Kaushik Samaddar, Sanjana Mondal
Purpose Food not only satisfies the need and nourishes positive experiences but also enhances involvement with the cultural, social and environmental attributes of a destination. As urban tourism is embracing sustainable consumption practices (SCP), this study aims to explore tourist’s responsible behaviour by embracing traditional gastronomic delicacies. More specifically, it pinpoints the driving
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Mapping the landscape of tourism cities research: a bibliometric analysis of the International Journal of Tourism Cities International Journal of Tourism Cities Pub Date : 2023-12-14 Deep Jyoti Gurung, Vanessa Gowreesunkar
Purpose This research addresses the pressing need for comprehensive studies in the rapidly evolving field of city tourism. This study aims to understand the overall performance of the International Journal of Tourism Cities (IJTC), the structure of knowledge in city tourism research and the prevalent themes and trends arising from IJTC. Design/methodology/approach A bibliometric analysis was conducted
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“I would like to visit a bone chapel, but …”: facilitators, constraints, motivators and death anxiety International Journal of Tourism Cities Pub Date : 2023-12-14 Maria Amélia Machado Carvalho
Purpose The study aims to understand the relationship between facilitating, demoting, motivating factors and visit intention; and to clarify the role of death anxiety before visiting a dark exhibition. Design/methodology/approach Partial least squares structural equation modeling was adopted to analyze data from 426 potential visitors to the Capuchin Crypt in Rome (Italy). Findings Results demonstrate
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Police service in urban destination points: does it promote urban destination advocacy among tourists? International Journal of Tourism Cities Pub Date : 2023-11-09 Rashmi Singh, Lalatendu Kesari Jena
Purpose This study aims to test an integrated model that examines the relationship between the service qualities of police at any urban tourist destination and the tourist urban destination advocacy at tourist cities in the Shimla region of India, where tourists’ trust in police acts as a mediating variable. This study mainly focused on the type of service shown by police officials to develop trust
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The influence of dark tourism motivational factors on revisit intention: a moderated mediation approach International Journal of Tourism Cities Pub Date : 2023-11-08 Subhadeep Bowal, Prosenjit Ghosh
Purpose In India, travellers are beginning to pay attention to dark tourism recently. This study aims to empirically investigate tourists revisit intention (TRI) to dark tourism destinations (DTD) in Indian urbanscapes. Here, a comprehensive moderated mediation method was applied to enhance TRI towards DTD via dark tourism motivational factors (DTMF). Understanding history, mass and social media and
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Perceptions of Airbnb’s impact beyond the tourist bubbles of Cusco, Peru: an exploration of resident irritability International Journal of Tourism Cities Pub Date : 2023-11-06 Mildred Arevalo, Jonathon Day, Sandra Sotomayor, Nancy Karen Guillen
Purpose Specifically, this study aims to examine residents’ perceptions regarding the following: the sociocultural, environmental and economic impacts generated by the presence of Airbnb and the irritability caused by the presence of Airbnb based on Doxey’s Doxey (1975) irritation index (i.e. index). Design/methodology/approach Twenty-one semistructured in-depth interviews were conducted between February
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Brand assets: a prerequisite to promoting a developing destination International Journal of Tourism Cities Pub Date : 2023-10-30 Zhansaya Turgambekova, Metin Kozak, Antonia Correia
Purpose The purpose of this study is to develop and test a practical model to identify a developing destination’s assets. Using the existing destination branding concepts and theories in the research, this study aims to identify how the assets of a developing destination differ from those of a developed destination. Design/methodology/approach The study followed the “practical model for determining
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The role of attributes of cycling tourism and enduring involvement in developing tourists’ place attachment International Journal of Tourism Cities Pub Date : 2023-10-24 Junfeng Wang
Purpose This study aims to investigate the advancement of place attachment within the bicycle tourism context. Specifically, this study seeks to ascertain whether the four attributes of bicycle tourism (tourism attractions, accessibility, amenities and complementary services) and enduring involvement can serve as predictors of tourists’ place attachment. Also, the research endeavors to examine the
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Cities (r)evolution in the smart era: smart mobility practices as a driving force for tourism flow and the moderating role of airports in cities International Journal of Tourism Cities Pub Date : 2023-10-18 Filippo Marchesani, Francesca Masciarelli, Andrea Bikfalvi
Purpose The significance of smart mobility practices in shaping cities from a smart perspective has grown in recent years, influencing policies and the choices made by inhabitants. This transformation has led to the emergence of novel services and strategies, creating a new, vibrant and highly personalised urban environment that caters to the needs and preferences of both local residents and visitors
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Unveiling destination choices: uncovering the influence of missing visual information on tourists’ decision-making and visit intention International Journal of Tourism Cities Pub Date : 2023-10-06 Fatemeh Khozaei, Claus-Christian Carbon, Mi Jeong Kim, Qamar Ul Islam, Wesam Beitelmal, Israr Ul Hassan
Purpose This research aims to investigate the impact of missing visual information on tourists’ decision-making processes and visit intention. Drawing on perception completion law and signaling theory, the study hypothesized that tourists might use visual information to infer about a destination, even if the information is incomplete or ambiguous. Design/methodology/approach To assess the impact of
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Using geographical information systems in literary tourism: an analysis to the “An English family” novel, from Júlio Dinis International Journal of Tourism Cities Pub Date : 2023-10-03 Sofia Oliveira, Helena Albuquerque
Purpose The paper aims to present a literary itinerary inspired in Julio Dinis’ novel An English Family (Uma Família Inglesa) through a comparative analysis of the places identified in the novel and the touristic attraction proposed by Visit Porto website. This novel is representative of the cultural identity and society of Porto city in the 19th century. Developing an itinerary based on this novel
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To return or not to return: an investigation of dilemma among medical students to revisit Ukraine for educational tourism International Journal of Tourism Cities Pub Date : 2023-09-28 Samiha Siddiqui, Sujood, Naseem Bano, Sheeba Hamid
Purpose Ukraine hosts thousands of international students for educational tourism, of which more than 18,000 Indian medical students were compelled to escape Ukraine under emergency conditions of war. This paper aims to examine their intention to return to Ukraine to complete their education based on an integrated theory of planned behaviour (TPB) framework with added constructs, i.e. risk perception
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Guided tours and tourist attractions in the postpandemic world: thematic evolutions and spatial changes International Journal of Tourism Cities Pub Date : 2023-09-18 Narcís Bassols i Gardella
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to widen the understanding of the shifts the tourism industry experienced as it went though the Covid-19 pandemic. To contribute to this question, an empirical comparison is made between the supply of guided tours and sights at an urban destination in the pre- and postpandemic eras, thus gauging the changes in the guiding tours industry after the pandemic. Desi
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TALC: the role of TMM on loyalty intention and financial literacy as confounding variable in destination rejuvenation stage International Journal of Tourism Cities Pub Date : 2023-09-15 Ika Barokah Suryaningsih, Sumani, Rahmad Solling Hamid, Tria Putri Noviasari
Purpose This study aims to examine the role of the tourism marketing mix (TMM) and the perceived quality of tourism services on tourist satisfaction and loyalty intention in marine tourism in East Java, i.e. beaches. In addition, this study also examines the impact of financial literacy on loyalty intention. Design/methodology/approach The sample consists of 320 tourists who were visiting the beach
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Analysis of the competitiveness factors for MICE tourism: the case of Mazatlan, Sinaloa International Journal of Tourism Cities Pub Date : 2023-09-13 Margarita Guadalupe Zazueta-Hernández, Mónica Velarde-Valdez
Purpose Meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (MICE) tourism has established as a tourism segment that is growing in popularity. It is less seasonality dependent, promotes the offer of services and contributes to the development of the sector. Therefore, this study aims to analyze the competitiveness factors for the improvement of MICE tourism in the city of Mazatlan. Design/methodology/approach
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Sustainability orientation and sustainability performance in response to hostile environments in cultural tourism destinations International Journal of Tourism Cities Pub Date : 2023-09-07 María José Ruiz-Ortega, Mateo Manuel Córcoles-Muñoz, Gloria Parra-Requena, Pedro Manuel García-Villaverde
Purpose The purpose of this study is to understand how sustainability orientation influences economic, environmental and social sustainability performance and the moderating role of environmental hostility on these relationships. This study aims to deepen the consequences of the strategic commitment to sustainability of tourism firms located in the World Heritage Cities of Cusco, Lima and Arequipa
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Social media sites and nightlife tourism: an empirical study of tourist decision-making on nightlife entertainment consumption International Journal of Tourism Cities Pub Date : 2023-08-31 Chayanon Phucharoen, Surarak Wichupankul, Nichapat Sangkaew, Kristina Stosic
Purpose This paper aims to investigate the effect of tourists’ social media usage when planning trips on the probability of tourists consuming nightlife activities and their spending on nightlife consumption. Design/methodology/approach Two thousand questionnaires comprising questions about social media usage, consumption of nightlife entertainment and decisions to consume nightlife activities are
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Key performance indicators in short-term rental accommodation International Journal of Tourism Cities Pub Date : 2023-08-28 João Pardinha, Jorge Mota, Rui Augusto Costa
Purpose The boom of new players in the accommodation sector has led to an increase in the level of competitiveness and has highlighted the importance of using key performance indicators (KPIs) in organisational decision-making processes as efficient tools for thriving in the growingly competitive environment. This study aims to assess the use of KPIs by owner-managers of small and medium-sized short-term
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Understanding place identity in urban scale Smart Heritage using a cross-case analysis method International Journal of Tourism Cities Pub Date : 2023-08-17 Shiran Geng, Hing-Wah Chau, Elmira Jamei, Zora Vrcelj
Purpose Smart Heritage is a recently established discourse that entwines smartness and the heritage discipline. Studies have shown that place identity is at the core of value-based frameworks of built heritage. This study aims to unveil the role of identity in existing Smart Heritage frameworks, which is currently a gap in existing research. Design/methodology/approach To better understand place identity
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The relationship between visitors’ motivations and satisfaction about a Brazilian sacred complex International Journal of Tourism Cities Pub Date : 2023-08-08 Jaqueline de Souza Brogni, Luciano Torres Tricárico, Pablo Flores Limberger, Thamires Foletto Fiuza
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the relationship between the motivation and satisfaction of visitors, both tourists and residents, of a sacred urban complex located in Santa Catarina, Brazil. Design/methodology/approach This descriptive research uses quantitative and survey methods to collect the data. The sample of this study consists of 400 visitors, comprising tourists and residents
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From text to insights: understanding museum consumer behavior through text mining TripAdvisor reviews International Journal of Tourism Cities Pub Date : 2023-07-25 Ivan Burkov, Aleksei Gorgadze
Purpose This study aims to determine consumer satisfaction dimensions that lead to a willingness to share positive emotions through the study of TripAdvisor users’ reviews on St. Petersburg museums. The explorative study reveals the most significant factors that could predict museum visitors’ behavioral intentions. Design/methodology/approach The study is based on the theory of planned behavior and
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PSR_ti model, an adapted pressure-state-response (PSR) framework for measuring tourism impacts: the case of Madrid International Journal of Tourism Cities Pub Date : 2023-07-18 Diana Gómez-Bruna, Clara Martín-Duque, Aurkene Alzua-Sorzabal, Aurora Ruiz-Rua
Purpose Assessing the impacts generated by tourism has become an essential element for the industry’s sustainability. The increasing intensity of the impacts and the need to evaluate them from a resident’s perspective calls for new approaches to assist tourism management. This paper aims to advance from the pressure-state-response framework (PSR) to measure the tourism impacts in urban destinations
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Imaginaries about intangible cultural heritage and tourism in Mexican Bajio cities International Journal of Tourism Cities Pub Date : 2023-07-18 Driselda P. Sánchez-Aguirre, Ilia Alvarado-Sizzo
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to compare the imaginaries of Generation Z inhabitants of heritage cities in the Mexican Bajio regarding their city of residence and the institutional imaginary of urban tourism. Design/methodology/approach A total of 186 students from five Mexican heritage cities completed an online questionnaire and participated in focus groups. The authors used a mixed approach
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Measuring visitor flows using mobile positioning data in three Hungarian second-tier cities International Journal of Tourism Cities Pub Date : 2023-07-17 Zoltán Kovács, Melanie Smith, Zhanassyl Teleubay, Tamás Kovalcsik
Purpose The research analyses the spatial-temporal behaviour of international visitors using mobile positioning data (MPD) in three second-tier cities in Hungary: Szeged, Debrecen and Pécs. The purpose of this study is to identify the origins of visitors, length of stay, seasonal concentrations and mobility between cities. Design/methodology/approach A large volume of data generated by foreign mobile
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Events image from the host-city residents’ perceptions: impacts on the overall city image and visit recommend intention International Journal of Tourism Cities Pub Date : 2023-07-17 Cecília Lobo, Rui Augusto Costa, Adriana Fumi Chim-Miki
Purpose This paper aims to analyse the effects of events image from host communities’ perspective on the city’s overall image and the intention to recommend the events and the city as a tourism destination. Design/methodology/approach The research used a bivariate data analysis based on Spearman’s correlation and regression analysis to determine useful variables to predict the intention to recommend
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Destination image and tourist motivations as antecedents of tourist engagement International Journal of Tourism Cities Pub Date : 2023-07-13 Miguel Ángel Moliner-Tena, Lucio Hernández-Lobato, Juan Carlos Fandos-Roig, María Magdalena Solís-Radilla
Purpose This paper aims to establish the causal relationship between destination image and tourist motivation and engagement. Design/methodology/approach A causal model with seven hypotheses was tested into a sample of 438 domestic tourists in Acapulco (Mexico). Findings Cognitive destination image is the main antecedent of tourist engagement, exerting an important direct and indirect effect through
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Co-creating a city brand image based on cultural identity: the case of Cali and the Salsa music and dance scene International Journal of Tourism Cities Pub Date : 2023-07-11 Norberto Muñiz-Martínez
Purpose This paper explores Salsa co-creation processes in the city of Cali, Colombia. The purpose of this paper is to uncover the processes of bottom-up and top-down place governance at work in the system. This study proposed that these processes are founded on a place-based cultural identity in Cali’s civil society. Design/methodology/approach This research draws on practice and structuration theories
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A conceptual framework on finding the nexus between sustainability and desired outcomes for smart cities – the moderating role of green leadership International Journal of Tourism Cities Pub Date : 2023-07-10 George Kofi Amoako, Theresa Obuobisa-Darko, Kwasi Dartey-Baah, Genevieve Sedalo
Purpose This paper aims to focus on the nexus between sustainability and desired outcomes for smart cities. The main focus is on how green leadership influences the relationship between smart and sustainable activities and stakeholder management. Design/methodology/approach The work is essentially a non-empirical review of the literature to develop a conceptual model to be tested in a subsequent study
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Determinants of tourism participation of Yoruba traditional and festival of class (Eyo and Ojude-Oba) in southwestern Nigeria International Journal of Tourism Cities Pub Date : 2023-07-07 Hafeez Idowu Agbabiaka, Olufemi Emmanuel Omisore, Omotayo Ben Olugbamila
Purpose Every community with the potential to organize a festival aims to actualize increased participation to transform the community image and socio-cultural cohesion. Hence, this study aims to investigate the motivational factors influencing festival participation of Eyo and Ojude Oba in southwestern Nigeria, using the push and pull and activity theories as theoretical footing. Design/methodology/approach
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Does Covid-19 reduce food waste in the hospitality sector in Dubai? International Journal of Tourism Cities Pub Date : 2023-07-07 Rihab Grassa, Anca Bocanet, Ayesha Adulla, Hanene Ben Abdullah, Nourchene Ben Ayed
Purpose Food waste (FW) is a significant problem in the hospitality sector worldwide. The Covid-19 pandemic has imposed a health protocol on the hospitality sector to protect the customers and the community. This paper aims to evince a new understanding of the tourist city during the Covid-19 pandemic by exploring the effects of the new health protocol on FW management at the consumption stage in the
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Examining the impact of the platform economy on Spain’s cultural destinations through the lens of free tours International Journal of Tourism Cities Pub Date : 2023-07-06 Jorge Rivera-García, Asunción Fernández-Villarán, Ricardo Pastor-Ruiz
Purpose Free guided walking tours are one of the most successful tourism segments in the digital platform economy. It is beginning to be associated with negative impacts in some of the destinations where it is spreading rapidly. Although the platform economy is generating increasing academic interest, the free tour model remains largely unexplored area in the literature. This study aims to examine
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Does tourism flow in cities drive green practices in the current smart city trajectories? Empirical evidence from Italy International Journal of Tourism Cities Pub Date : 2023-06-28 Filippo Marchesani, Francesca Masciarelli
Purpose The concept of a smart city is becoming more closely linked to tourism destinations. The relationship between the environment, sustainability and tourism has become more interrelated. An eco-friendly city environment can influence tourists’ decisions, but tourist flows can also negatively impact the local ecosystem by increasing energy consumption, air pollution and environmental sustainability
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Accessible heritage cities International Journal of Tourism Cities Pub Date : 2023-06-28 Tin Doan, Hai Nguyen
Purpose This viewpoint note aims to discuss the challenges and the suggestions of using assistive technologies to improve the accessibility for travellers with disabilities and their companions at heritage cities. Design/methodology/approach The viewpoint note used the narrative approach which conceptualised accessible tourism, challenges and solutions of using assistive technologies for improving
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Thoughts on Spanish urban tourism in a post-pandemic reality: challenges and guidelines for a more balanced future International Journal of Tourism Cities Pub Date : 2023-06-21 Anna Torres-Delgado, Francisco López Palomeque, Josep Ivars-Baidal, Fernando Vera-Rebollo
Purpose This study aims to identify the challenges faced by urban destinations in Spain in the current transitional stage towards a new reality of tourism, caused by the outbreak of COVID-19 and the ongoing global changes in the tourism industry. Design/methodology/approach An extensive literature review and an analysis of current debates were conducted to identify the different factors that have influenced
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Street art and creative place-making: urban tourism regeneration in Toronto, Canada International Journal of Tourism Cities Pub Date : 2023-06-07 Kelley A. McClinchey
Purpose This paper aims to discuss the place-making processes of street art within the context of Toronto, Canada, and potential for street art as alternative tourism to contribute to new urban tourism and encourage urban regeneration in the city. Design/methodology/approach The study applies reflexive thematic analysis to analyse secondary data sources such as reports, maps, videos, websites, news
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Theory of repeat purchase behavior (TRPB): a case of green hotel visitors of Bangladesh International Journal of Tourism Cities Pub Date : 2023-05-30 Abdulla Al-Towfiq Hasan
Purpose This study aims to explore customers’ green hotel revisit behaviors, proposing the theory of repeat purchase behavior. Design/methodology/approach An empirical study is conducted through a questionnaire survey method, using personal interview survey approach in Bangladesh. In all, 401 usable data is collected from participants who have visited green hotels before. The following data are analyzed
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Understanding tour operators’ perception and behaviour towards shopping streets: a qualitative perspective International Journal of Tourism Cities Pub Date : 2023-05-30 Baizuri Baharum, Mohd Salehuddin Mohd Zahari, Mohd Hafiz Hanafiah, Muhammad A’rif Aizat Bashir
Purpose The importance of shopping streets has long been considered a critical aspect of urban tourism. However, limited exploration focuses on the supply side, especially from the tour operator’s (TO) perspective. This paper aims to investigate TOs’ perceptions and attitudes towards packaging Tuanku Abdul Rahman Street (TARS) as an urban shopping spot in Kuala Lumpur. Design/methodology/approach Study
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Pathways for the social impact of research in Barcelona's tourism policy International Journal of Tourism Cities Pub Date : 2023-05-18 Alba Viana-Lora, Marta Nel-lo-Andreu
Purpose This paper aims to analyse Barcelona City Council's tourism policy documents to detect how, through the influence of research, different pathways are produced to achieve social impact. Design/methodology/approach Using the case study approach, a qualitative content analysis is applied to review 31 tourism policy documents of Barcelona City Council. Findings The results show that the influence
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What does the media tell us about a destination? The Cancun case, seen from the USA, Canada, and Mexico International Journal of Tourism Cities Pub Date : 2023-05-16 Elizabeth Olmos-Martínez, Miguel Á. Álvarez-Carmona, Ramón Aranda, Angel Díaz-Pacheco
Purpose This study aims to present a framework for automatically collecting, cleaning and analyzing text (news articles, in this case) to provide valuable decision-making information to destination management organizations. Keeping a record of certain aspects of the projected destination image of an attraction (Cancun in this study) will grant the design of better strategies for the promotion and administration
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The tourist experience at urban food markets: a qualitative study in Palermo (Sicily) International Journal of Tourism Cities Pub Date : 2023-05-11 Francesc Fusté-Forné
Purpose Food markets have gathered a growing attention by tourism researchers and practitioners in recent years. Many destinations have placed food markets as a tourism attraction which allows visitors to discover a territory through its food. Drawing on the understanding of markets as identity and tourism icons, this paper aims to analyze the role of urban food markets in the different stages of the
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AR and VR-based travel: a responsible practice towards sustainable tourism International Journal of Tourism Cities Pub Date : 2023-04-27 Kaushik Samaddar, Sanjana Mondal
Purpose Drawing on the UTAUT-2 model, the study attempts to accentuate the role of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) based tourism products and services in enhancing responsible travel behaviour (RTB). This paper aims to examine the emergence of AR- and VR-based tourism in emerging economies, outlines the issues and contributing factors and discusses possible mitigation measures. Des
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Potentials, opportunities and challenges of ecotourism development in selected historical and sacred sites of North Shewa Zone, Amhara region, Ethiopia International Journal of Tourism Cities Pub Date : 2023-04-18 Habtamu Mekonnen, Sefi Mekonen
Purpose Ecotourism has emerged as a new hope of the tourism sector and is expected to overcome past pitfalls of mass tourism. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to assess the potentials and challenges of ecotourism development in the historic and sacred sites of North Shewa Zone, Ethiopia. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected through interview, household questionnaire, field observation
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Tourism and public insecurity: what are its roots? International Journal of Tourism Cities Pub Date : 2023-04-06 Ana Catarina Coutinho, Wilker Ricardo Nóbrega
Purpose Studies examining public insecurity and tourism tend to develop their research from the tourist's perspective, thereby focusing on its consequences, which insufficiently and poorly contribute to the development process. With that in mind, the purpose of this study is to discuss the root causes of public insecurity and the urban development process surrounding tourism dynamics in Brazil's northeast
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Tourist walkability and sustainable community-based tourism: conceptual framework and strategic model International Journal of Tourism Cities Pub Date : 2023-03-29 Peik-Foong Yeap, Melissa Li Sa Liow
Purpose This paper aims to determine the significance of tourist walkability on three community-based tourism sustainability indicators, namely, the economic, social and environmental benefits and costs impacting community’s quality of life through the lens of the triple bottom line approach with the institutional theory. Design/methodology/approach This study views institutions as either enabling
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Quality, expenditure, and loyalty in a cultural event: a longitudinal study International Journal of Tourism Cities Pub Date : 2023-03-22 Nora L. Bringas-Rábago, Djamel Toudert
Purpose The impact of event quality on expenditure and visitors’ loyalty has been an issue seldom analyzed by festival literature. These same incidental relations were not assessed from a temporary perspective in the case of recurrent cultural events. This paper aims to explore these causal relationships and to report on the moderation effect of the temporary inquiry on the editions of the festival
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Linking unlearning with the intention to recommend through destination image International Journal of Tourism Cities Pub Date : 2023-03-02 Clara Cubillas-Para, Juan Gabriel Cegarra-Navarro, Eva Tomaseti-Solano
Purpose The intangible nature of tourism means that variables such as destination image (DIM) or intention to recommend (IR) are crucial for tourists, as they are reliable sources of information. However, since these are dynamic variables, they have been affected by Covid-19 and need to be updated. Based on the above, the purpose of this study is to examine how the unlearning (UL) process helps tourists
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The personas and motivation of religious tourists and their impact on intentions to visit religious sites in Saudi Arabia International Journal of Tourism Cities Pub Date : 2023-02-28 Ghadeer Kayal
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide comprehensive, theoretical and practical knowledge that will assist decision-makers in making informed decisions when promoting several religious sites in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Specifically, this study examines the popularity of several religious sites, the personas of prospective visitors and their intentions to visit. Design/methodology/approach
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Backpacker conceptualisation criteria: discussion, clarification and operationalisation proposal International Journal of Tourism Cities Pub Date : 2023-02-20 Márcio Ribeiro Martins, Rui Augusto Costa
Purpose Backpackers can be found all over the world, especially in urban areas where the main enclaves are established. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the operationalisation of the term “backpacker” and present a proposal to conceptualise backpackers and backpackers’ segments based on the operational criteria available in literature to avoid incongruities among researchers. Design/methodology/approach