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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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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
Drawing on achievement-goal theory and the theory of planned behavior, this study examined gamification achievements’ (i.e., perceived task complexity and achievement motives) impact on hotel guests’ energy-saving attitudinal outcomes and revisit intentions. 437 data were analyzed employing structural equation modeling and multigroup analysis. Results indicated that task complexity negatively influenced
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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
This study developed a new version of the Resident Empowerment through Tourism Scale - the RETS 2.0 by integrating two new dimensions of empowerment – economic and environmental empowerment – that the original RETS left off. The RETS 2.0 also abbreviates the original RETS to three items per a construct, reducing response burden, and opening up space for measuring different antecedents and outcomes
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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
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Opening Pandora’s box: the making of cannabis tourism in Thailand Tourism Geographies (IF 11.355) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Alexandre Veilleux
In 2022, Thailand became the first country in Asia to decriminalize the possession of cannabis. Despite the government’s unwillingness to legalize recreational cannabis or promote cannabis tourism,...
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Regenerative tourism: Perceptions and insights from tourism destination planners in Aotearoa New Zealand J. Destin. Mark. Manag. (IF 7.158) Pub Date : 2024-03-09 Jessica Mei Pung, Susan Houge Mackenzie, Brent Lovelock
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, ‘regenerative tourism’ has emerged as a promising alternative to the unsustainable growth paradigm underpinning traditional tourism practices. While this topic is increasingly explored in conceptual terms, what this approach means conceptually and in practice for a range of destination management stakeholders remains unclear. The present study analysed the meanings
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Tourism academia: a Horizon 2050 paper Tourism Review (IF 7.689) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Stephen Schweinsberg, David A. Fennell
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to chart the history of tourism academia and offer observations as to its future development in the 21st century. Design/methodology/approach This paper uses a limited review of the literature and the personal reflections of the authors as its main approaches. Findings In reviewing the multi-generational history of tourism academia, it became apparent that whilst
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Resident rebellion: The interplay of fear, responsibility, animosity, and norms in shaping residents’ opposition towards tourism J. Hosp. Tour. Manag. (IF 7.629) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Dimitrios Stylidis, Kyle Maurice Woosnam, Shavneet Sharma, Gurmeet Singh
Although animosity has been well examined as a precursor of peoples' intention to visit a destination, its role in predicting locals' intentions to oppose tourism is under-researched. Emphasis has also been placed on stable rather than situational animosity, with the latter resulting from temporary reasons such as the pandemic. This research used protection motivation theory to explain how residents'
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Visitors' and non-visitors' destination food images: How do they vary in Egypt? Tour. Manag. Perspect. (IF 7.608) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Mohamed E. Mohamed, Xinran Y. Lehto, Carl Behnke
Food image is increasingly recognized as a source of destination brand building; however, food image variations between different tourist groups are not well understood. Using projective techniques, this study captures the variation of food images among visitors and non-visitors to Egypt. Differences exist in four food image domains: food health and quality, food accessibility and dining places, food
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This country is Loveable: A model of destination brand love considering consumption authenticity and social experience J. Destin. Mark. Manag. (IF 7.158) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Muhammad Dliyaul Haq, Ting-Hsiang Tseng, Hsiang-Lan Cheng, Chao-Min Chiu, Ya-Hui Kuo
Knowledge of how people love and behave out of love for a destination brand is limited. Thus, this study explores the antecedents and outcomes of destination brand love, which considers the moderating effects of social experiences (social exclusion vs. inclusion). The findings of this study reveal that consumption authenticity, which comprises brand, intrapersonal, and existential authenticity, has
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Consumers' concerns and the role of blockchain technology in mobile food delivery applications J. Destin. Mark. Manag. (IF 7.158) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Khuram Shahzad, Qingyu Zhang, Abaid Ullah Zafar, Muhammad Faisal Shahzad, Wenping Liu
The use of blockchain technology (BT) is transforming consumer behavior and enhancing business values, but its role in the context of mobile food delivery applications (MFDAs) is underexplored. Therefore, this study utilizes stimulus–organism–response theory to determine consumers' willingness to pay more (WPM) and behavioral intention to use BT-enabled MFDAs. The empirical analysis was conducted using
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Choosing the right fit: A practical guide to selecting measurement models for tourism constructs Tour. Manag. (IF 12.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Josip Mikulić
The recent surge in scale development studies within tourism research necessitates a critical reevaluation of our approach to construct operationalization. This paper addresses a gap in the literature by posing a fundamental question: what is the intended purpose of the scale we are developing or using? By explicitly considering this question, researchers can make informed decisions about the most
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Antecedents, manifestations, and environmental consequences of destination anthropomorphism: The case of nature-based destinations J. Hosp. Tour. Manag. (IF 7.629) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Zhiwei (CJ) Lin, Huali Ruan, Hui Zhang, Xiwen (Sivin) Xiao
Destinations are increasingly seen as representing human appeals. This research adopts a qualitative design, employing semi-structured interviews to delve into the anthropomorphism of nature-based destinations as perceived by travelers. It draws on psychological ownership theory to highlight the importance of anthropomorphism-induced psychological ownership in promoting tourist engagement in environmentalism
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Discovering flamenco show audience tourists’ profile: Sentiment analysis, opinions and attitudes J. Destin. Mark. Manag. (IF 7.158) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Lucía García-García, Miguel Ángel Solano-Sánchez, Tomás López-Guzmán, Salvador Moral-Cuadra
The aim of this work is to unveil the relationships between the socio-demographic profile of tourists attracted by flamenco shows and their opinions and perceptions about the importance of music in general and flamenco in particular as a motivation to travel, their interest and preference for flamenco and flamenco shows. The methodology employed is an artificial neural network to estimate a specific
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How do workers respond to dissatisfaction with commuting and work? Insights from a panel survey in Luxembourg Travel Behaviour and Society (IF 5.85) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Richa Maheshwari, Veronique Van Acker, Jonas De Vos, Frank Witlox
Despite extensive literature on commuting satisfaction, the question of how individuals adapt to commuting dissatisfaction has not been thoroughly analysed. This study, using a Luxembourgish panel-based survey from 2013 to 2015, investigates how individuals cope with or tolerate commuting dissatisfaction over subsequent years. Employing cluster analysis, different satisfaction profiles are identified
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Identifying capabilities and constraints in utilizing blockchain technology in hospitality and tourism International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management (IF 11.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Fulya Acikgoz, Nikolaos Stylos, Sophie Lythreatis
Purpose The purpose of this study synthesises the body of research revolving around blockchain technology (BCT) whilst drawing on the technology-organization-environment framework, resource-based theory and theory of constraints, to conceptualize capabilities (enablers) and constraints (barriers) of BCT in the hospitality and tourism (H&T) industry. Design/methodology/approach A systematic literature
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Shared versus pooled automated vehicles: Understanding behavioral intentions towards adopting on-demand automated vehicles Travel Behaviour and Society (IF 5.85) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Samira Hamiditehrani, Darren M. Scott, Matthias N. Sweet
The success of future, on-demand AVs depends on whether and how the public adopts them as regular travel modes. To this end, this study has four objectives: (a) understand the effect of current travel behavior on adopting shared automated vehicles (SAVs) and pooled automated vehicles (PooledAVs), and accordingly, propose a theoretical model for behavioral intention to use on-demand AVs based on a mediation
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Employee resilience during crisis: A three-tiered perspective on its ‘can-do’ and ‘reason-to’ motivational factors Tour. Manag. (IF 12.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Richard N.S. Robinson, Hongmin Yan, Yawei Jiang
While much attention has been focused on tourist, organisational and destination resilience in tourism, in the post-COVID-19 era labour market it is vital to consider employee resilience more fully. A macro-, meso- and micro-level conceptualisation postulating that three-tiered factors, together, impact employee resilience is framed and empirically tested. This research sought to identify a gap in
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The travel-related impacts of telecommuting: An active learning-based systematic review Travel Behaviour and Society (IF 5.85) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Pengyu Zhu, Yulin Wang
This study provides a systematic review of the literature on the travel-related impacts of telecommuting. We searched for empirical studies that discuss telecommuting’s impacts on transport-related topics using the Web of Science, Transport Research International Documentation, Scopus, and ProQuest. Fifty-eight out of 1,609 studies were selected for full-text review based on an active learning approach
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Strategies and conditions for crafting managerial responses to online reviews Tour. Manag. (IF 12.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Xin Zhang, Lei La, GuoQiong Ivanka Huang, Haoxiang Xie
The present study investigates how managerial responses to online reviews can help managers maintain relationships with past and future customers, exploring the question through the lens of the uncertainty reduction theory and the rapport management model. The present work crawled 446,663 customer reviews and 96,633 tour managerial responses on using Python. Through randomly selecting 1000 responses
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Female perceptions of gender-themed exhibitions: An expectation-confirmation model approach Tour. Manag. Perspect. (IF 7.608) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Elizabeth Agyeiwaah, Zou Suyafei
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Do shifts in the racial and ethnic composition of a neighborhood lead to extreme changes in commuting times? evidence from New York City Travel Behaviour and Society (IF 5.85) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Dwayne Marshall Baker, David López-García
From 2000 to 2016, NYC average commuting times increased by a marginal 0.24 s across all transit modes. Depending on one’s viewpoint, this could be a policy success due to no significant increase in commuting times or it could be a policy failure due to no substantial decrease in commuting time over almost two decades. Nevertheless, many census tracts actually experienced extreme increases or decreases
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The ability of experience design characteristics to elicit epistemic value, hedonic value, and visitor satisfaction in a wine museum International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management (IF 11.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Frederic Ponsignon, David Alexandre Jaud, François Durrieu, Renaud Lunardo
Purpose Applying the stimulus-organism-response (S-O-R) theory in a wine museum context, this paper aims to examine how and why experience design characteristics influence visitor satisfaction, particularly investigating the role of epistemic (learning) and hedonic (having fun) values as the underlying mechanisms of this relationship. Design/methodology/approach The authors collected field survey data
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Mental health and well-being in tourism scholarship: a Horizon 2050 paper Tourism Review (IF 7.689) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Ermias Kifle Gedecho, Seongseop (Sam) Kim
Purpose This study aims to assess extant research streams to delineate new research directions for tourism stakeholders’ mental health and well-being. Design/methodology/approach A comprehensive review of the literature on various topics related to mental health, well-being, memorable experiences, emotions, community well-being, wellness tourism and sustainable development was conducted. Findings Several
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Exploring the effects of service innovation ambidexterity on service design in the tourism and hospitality industry International Journal of Hospitality Management (IF 11.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Kayhan Tajeddini, Thilini Chathurika Gamage, Javad Tajdini, Waseem Ul Hameed, Omid Tajeddini
Although the entrepreneurship strategy is demonstrated by evidence as a path to enhance the performance of service firms, the question of how it happens has yet to be adequately studied in the tourism and hospitality (T&H) realm. More specifically, how an entrepreneurial strategy enables a T&H firm to enhance its performance through service innovation exploration-exploitation ambidexterity has created
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Effects of third-party observer empathy when viewing interactions between robots and customers: The moderating role of robot eeriness International Journal of Hospitality Management (IF 11.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Xiaojing Sheng, Ross Murray, Seth C. Ketron, Reto Felix
As service robots become increasingly common in the marketplace, more research is necessary to better understand customer perceptions of and responses to those robots, especially in the context of service failures. This paper investigates service robots from the perspective of a customer as a third-party observer, specifically examining the effect of the customer’s empathy toward the robot on downstream
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Analysis of bicycle crash characteristics and typical scenarios in France: A descriptive epidemiology and clustering approach Travel Behaviour and Society (IF 5.85) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Wei Wei, Na Li, Changren Qiu, Ziyang Liang, Zhengwei Ma
Bicycle crashes can result in severe injuries and fatalities, emphasizing the importance of identifying typical scenarios and characteristics of these crashes to develop effective prevention and mitigation strategies. This study analyzed datasets of bicycle crashes in France from 2005 to 2021 extracted from the French national road traffic accident database, evaluating bicycle accident characteristics
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The influence of empathy on food allergy training effectiveness: An experimental study with foodservice employees in the U.S. International Journal of Hospitality Management (IF 11.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Han Wen, Heyao (Chandler) Yu
This study aimed to examine the effects of empathy intervention on food allergy training through a between-subjects factorial experiment. A total of 388 foodservice employees participated, with half randomly assigned to the control group and half to the intervention group. Participants in the intervention group were shown a video describing a food allergy death to elicit empathic responses. Results
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How can promote hotel employees’ performances? Relative importance of high-performance HR practices and the moderating role of empowering leadership International Journal of Hospitality Management (IF 11.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Shenyang Hai, In-Jo Park
Hospitality and tourism enterprises often have limited resources to invest in high-performance HR practices (HPHRP) for gaining competitive advantages. Balancing organizational effectiveness and cost requires them to strategically allocate finite resources to only certain HR practices. However, we know very little about the relative value of different dimensions of HPHRP to employees’ job performance
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The influence of organizational interpersonal climate on the belonging, well-being, and citizenship behaviors of tourism practitioners J. Hosp. Tour. Manag. (IF 7.629) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Lujun Su, Mengyuan Li, Scott R. Swanson
Based on social information processing theory and need-to-belong theory, an online survey and four experiments were conducted in an effort to better understand how organizational interpersonal climate affects the organizational sense of belonging, occupational well-being, and organizational citizenship behaviors of tourism practitioners. A tight organizational interpersonal climate had a greater positive
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Transit stories: How hearing about others’ experiences impacts transit use and satisfaction Travel Behaviour and Society (IF 5.85) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Kristin F. Hurst, Andre L. Carrel, Christina Gore, Nicole D. Sintov
To reduce the environmental footprint of urban transportation, it is important to understand mechanisms that can help or hinder the transition to more sustainable travel behavior. Prior research on social influence suggests that the influence of people in one’s social network may be one such mechanism. This may be why researchers and public transportation agencies alike have focused on encouraging
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Adopting the metaverse in the luxury hotel business: a cost–benefit perspective International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management (IF 11.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Mustafeed Zaman, Prof Rajibul Hasan, Tan Vo-Thanh, Riad Shams, Mizan Rahman, K. Mohamed Jasim
Purpose This study aims to examine the perceived values of the metaverse when adopting it in the luxury hospitality business. Based on the cost–benefit perspective, this research provides solid theoretical contributions and actionable managerial recommendations. Design/methodology/approach An exploratory sequential mixed-method design was used. For the qualitative phase, 21 hotel managers and 24 hotel
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Positive tourism experiences for human transformation: a Horizon 2050 paper Tourism Review (IF 7.689) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Barbara Neuhofer
Purpose Through an interdisciplinary lens of positive psychology, this paper aims to explore positive experiences for human transformation, recognising their potential for a positive impact and contribution to the future tourism industry and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Design/methodology/approach A literature review forms the basis for the present paper. Findings Based on an in-depth
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Leveraging knowledge via location proximity among hotels and short-term leases International Journal of Hospitality Management (IF 11.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Simone Bianco, Manisha Singal, Florian J. Zach
The current study examines the competitive implications of geographical proximity between properties managed by the same entity in the hospitality industry. Using a knowledge-based perspective, we find that shorter distances between properties managed by the same hotel management company or short-term lease host enhance their competitive advantage. Interestingly, a larger number of short-term lease
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Illusive Inclusion: Destination-marketing, managing Gay Pride events and the problem with cosmopolitan inclusivity Tour. Manag. Perspect. (IF 7.608) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Laura Dixon
As macro-level shifts in global capitalism push cities into increasing competition with one another, events play a vital role in tourism development. For locations seeking to differentiate themselves, ‘cosmopolitanism’, indicating a perceived openness towards cultural difference, has become key to contemporary destination marketing. Within this discourse, embracing LGBT+ communities has been successfully
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Tourism SME default: A note on predictors Tour. Manag. (IF 12.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Stjepan Srhoj, Vanja Vitezić, Alessandro Giannozzi, Josip Mikulić
This note addresses the lack of progress on small and medium enterprises (SMEs) default prediction in the tourism sector. Using the case of Croatian tourism SMEs, this note applies Altman's recently introduced Omega Score model to (i) predict SME default, (ii) explore and contrast important variables for default prediction in tourism vs. other sectors, and (iii) adapt the original Omega Score to tourism
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Signs of imminent collapse: Can hotel bankruptcy or failure be predicted from guest reviews? International Journal of Hospitality Management (IF 11.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Leonardo (Don) A.N. Dioko, Juncheng (Frank) Guo
This study examines the conceptual and methodological potential of predicting imminent hotel failure based on detecting early warning linguistic signals encoded and embedded in user-generated hotel guest reviews. Facilitated by modern big data mining and natural language processing (NLP) methods the study extracts and analyzes topics, sentiments, and linguistic features by comparing reviews of failed
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Influencing wine tourists' decision-making with VR: The impact of immersive experiences on their behavioural intentions Tour. Manag. Perspect. (IF 7.608) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Nuno Sousa, Elisa Alén, Nieves Losada, Miguel Melo
Virtual Reality (VR) has proven to be an important contribution to tourists' decision-making regarding a destination. This fact can be determinant, especially when tourists face some social limitation or restriction that conditions their participation in tourism activities. Therefore, we aim to understand whether the possibility of experiencing immersive wine tourism activities can encourage future
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Decolonizing knowledge production in tourism research Tour. Manag. (IF 12.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Bing Pan, Soyoung Park
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Breaking boundaries: Exploring gendered challenges and advancing equality for Iranian women careers in tourism Tour. Manag. (IF 12.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 María Jesús Carrasco-Santos, Siamak Seyfi, Seyedasaad Hosseini, C. Michael Hall, Boshra Mohajer, Fernando Almeida-García, Rafael Cortes Macías
While there's growing interest in gender and employment issues in tourism studies, a gap exists when examining the obstacles women face in career pursuits, especially in theocratic societies. Drawing on Risman's gender structure theory, this qualitative study investigates how Iranian women perceive the impact of gender power dynamics on their careers and those of their peers. The findings reveal inhibitory
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Luxury hospitality revisited: A Cambodian perspective J. Hosp. Tour. Manag. (IF 7.629) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Emiel L. Eijdenberg, K. Thirumaran, Zohre Mohammadi
Research on luxury tourism and hospitality has been predominantly conducted in Euro-American contexts and is oftentimes based on consumers' perspectives, which calls for more contextualisation and the need for multi-stakeholder views. We move away from the conventional Euro-American context by addressing luxury tourism in Cambodia, a largely agrarian culture rapidly emerging in the tourism travel circuit