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Teng, Ying, Zhenzhong Ma, and Lei Jing. "Explore the World Responsibly: The Antecedents of Ethical Tourism Behaviors in China." Sustainability 13, no. 9 (April 27, 2021): 4907. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13094907.
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While ethical tourism is becoming more important in the tourist industry, relatively little is known about ethical tourism in China and what motivates Chinese tourists to undertake ethical tourism. This study examines this issue by adopting the planned behavior theory to explore the impact of Chinese tourists’ personal factors, positive social influence, image of destination and quality of services on their behavioral intentions in order to better understand what motivate Chinese tourists to participate ethical tourism. The results show that knowledge of ethical tourism, attitude toward ethical tourism, influences from family and friends, and local environment of the destinations are the key factors that drive Chinese tourists to undertake ethical tourism. In addition, service customization, service support and past experiences with ethical tourism are also important determinants of tourists’ satisfaction with ethical tourism, which further affects Chinese tourists’ intention to visit. Implications for ethical tourism marketing and management are then discussed with reference to how to promote more ethical tourism.
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Feng, Shuo. "The Research of the Continuance Intention of students to Use Tourism APP——Based on the TPB Model." E3S Web of Conferences 214 (2020): 01047. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202021401047.
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Recently, the intelligent tourism has become increasingly popular in tourism industry. Particularly, the tourism APP has become an important and convenient channel for tourists to make travel decisions and take relevant behaviors. The paper mainly researches the continuously using intention of customers to tourism APP among five dimensions (the behavioral intention, the subject norms, the perceived behavioral control, the past behavior and the behavioral attitude) through the theory of planned behavior model. Besides, this paper chooses the college students in Dalian, China as the research object of study and provides a research reference for tourism APP companies.
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Chang, Shu-Hsien, R. J. Hernández-Díaz, and Wei-Shuo Lo. "The Impact of Low-Carbon Service Operations on Responsible Tourist Behavior: The Psychological Processes of Sustainable Cultural Tourism." Sustainability 12, no. 12 (June 17, 2020): 4943. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12124943.
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This paper explores the impact of low-carbon service operations on responsible tourist behavior within sustainable cultural tourism. A proposed conceptual framework is used to examine this largely ignored situation through the case study of Xiao Liuqiu Island. The small island in Taiwan reveals a previously understudied phenomenon in sustainable island tourism. The psychological processes connecting cultural and cross-cultural experiences with sustainable tourism are explored using primary and secondary data collected through in-depth interviews of domestic tourists and online reviews of foreign tourists, respectively. Data analysis reveals the significant result that sustainable island tourism comprises two important elements: a supply and a demand side of a destination. The supply side describes low-carbon service operations—which include food, lodging, and ecological tourist activities—while the demand side reflects tourist behaviors—expressed through cognition, emotion, and motivation as well as authenticity. In addition, this paper makes an important contribution to management by emphasizing the need for careful attention to tourism psychology, particularly in natural and ecological environments that use tourism as a marketing strategy in cultural ecosystems services (CES).
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Zhang, Jing. "Multimedia Technology of Digital Tourism Based on Android System." Applied Mechanics and Materials 644-650 (September 2014): 2915–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.644-650.2915.
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This paper uses the principle of multi-objective optimization and introduces the digital new media technology into the travel management process and establishes multi-level optimization learning model and VB algorithm routine of tourist evaluation. In order to verify the validity and reliability of the algorithm and procedure, this paper uses the VB programming software to develop mobile phone interface of digital multimedia tourism management and develops simulation system of tourist behavior using Android system software. Using visitor satisfaction management comprehensive evaluation model, this paper calculates the influence of guest evaluation on management of different tourists perceive behaviors. It also calculates comprehensive scores of multi-order and multi-stage tourists’ evaluation which provides technical support for the research of computer innovation model of tourism management.
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Che, Chen, Bonhak Koo, Jiatong Wang, Antonio Ariza-Montes, Alejandro Vega-Muñoz, and Heesup Han. "Promoting Rural Tourism in Inner Mongolia: Attributes, Satisfaction, and Behaviors among Sustainable Tourists." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 7 (April 5, 2021): 3788. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073788.
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With the growth of rural tourism in China, this study aims to determine the destination attributes, tourism satisfaction, and intention of revisiting Inner Mongolia. This study also investigated the mean comparison of tourist satisfaction and revisit intention across domestic tourists’ demographic characteristics. Structural analysis revealed that destination attributes have a positive influence on satisfaction and revisit intention. In addition, the result of the mean difference test showed that satisfaction is significantly different between male and female tourists, and revisit intention significantly varies across the season. Our findings have an excellent directive significance to bring forward rural tourism in Inner Mongolia.
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Abdul-Ghani, Mohamed. "Salalah :Perfume Capital of Arabia A Visitor Profile Study." Journal of Arts and Social Sciences [JASS] 6, no. 2 (June 1, 2015): 13. http://dx.doi.org/10.24200/jass.vol6iss2pp13-28.
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In an effort to develop and implement effective promotion strategies for tourism in a specific destination, it is important to describe the characteristics and behaviors of visitors to the destination as well as monitor changes and trends in the region’s tourism industry. One of the most common methods to accomplish this objective is to conduct a visitor’s profile study. This study aimed to determine the characteristics of visitors to the city of SALALAH as a whole. This study viewed SALALAH tourist profile with regards to two major key variables namely: the tourists’ socioeconomic characteristics and the tourists’ behavioral characteristics. While the tourists’ socio-economic characteristics are often described in terms of age, sex, education and income levels, behavioral characteristics include tourists’ motivation, attitudes, needs and values. These characteristics are essential not only because they all influence the magnitude, frequency, and kind of interaction with the physical attributes of the tourism destination and its people but also because they play a crucial role in contributing to the tourist decision-making processes.
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Kim, Gyunghoon, Laura W. Jodice, Lauren N. Duffy, and William C. Norman. "Tourists' Attitudes Toward the Benefits of Mariculture: A Case of Decision-making in Marine Tourism in Southeast USA." Tourism in Marine Environments 15, no. 1 (April 3, 2020): 29–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.3727/154427320x15781713928749.
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While sustainable tourism and responsible tourism share commonalities of guiding principles, responsible tourism places more emphasis on the behaviors of individual actors. However, little is known about how responsible tourists' behaviors are reconciled by their attitude toward tourism products' economic, cultural, and environmental contribution to a destination. This study explores the role of the tourists' attitude toward mariculture and perception of its benefits within the context of their travel decision-making process. Framed with the theory of planned behavior, this research examines tourists' perception of shellfish mariculture in relationship to their subjective knowledge about mariculture, attitude toward product quality of mariculture, and intention to be involved in marine tourism. This study suggests that the perception of benefits of the product are important considerations when tourists decide their travel activities in coastal destinations.
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Mazor Tregerman, Maya. "Local Place-Identities, Outgoing Tourism Guidebooks, and Israeli-Jewish Global Tourists." Sustainability 13, no. 18 (September 14, 2021): 10265. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su131810265.
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The current research is based on a socio-historical approach to the cultural role of tourism media in the reconstruction of cultural identities, specifically place-identity. It explores the role of Israeli outgoing tourism guidebooks in the reconstruction of local, Israeli place-identities. Stemming from a multidisciplinary methodological approach to the research of the book publishing industry, 17 titles written in Hebrew for Israeli outgoing tourists are chosen for their cultural stance and a manifest textual referencing of issues regarding Israeli identity. Critical discourse analysis of lingual content is used for exploring the texts’ social actions regarding the Israeli identity by following the inclusion and omission of tourist information and suggested itineraries. Results suggest justification of tourism abroad as the books’ main textual strategy. Six textual tactics are used for reconstructing Israeli tourists’ pre-trip motivations, on-trip tourist roles and behaviors, and post-trip reflections. Israeli outgoing tourism is reconstructed as creating a temporary, playful sphere for reiterating Israel’s predominance in the lives of Israelis even while touring abroad. The cultural significance of tourism media is discussed in conclusion by pointing at the books’ double role in both marketing and cultural construction of a consensual Israeli-Jewish pace-identity amidst global changes.
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Vu, Huy Quan, Gang Li, Rob Law, and Yanchun Zhang. "Exploring Tourist Dining Preferences Based on Restaurant Reviews." Journal of Travel Research 58, no. 1 (December 18, 2017): 149–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0047287517744672.
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Dining is an essential tourism component that attracts significant expenditure from tourists. Tourism practitioners need insights into the dining behaviors of tourists to support their strategic planning and decision making. Traditional surveys and questionnaires are time consuming and inefficient in capturing the complex dining behaviors of tourists at a large scale. Thus far, the understanding about the dining preferences and opinions of different tourist groups is limited. This article aims to fill the void by presenting a method that utilizes online restaurant reviews and text processing techniques in analyzing the dining behaviors of tourists. The effectiveness of the proposed method is demonstrated in a case study on international tourists visiting Australia using a large-scale data set of more than 40,000 restaurant reviews made by tourists on 2,265 restaurants. The proposed method can help researchers gain comprehensive insights into the dining preferences of tourists.
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Hsu, Cathy H. C., and Songshan (Sam) Huang. "An Extension of the Theory of Planned Behavior Model for Tourists." Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research 36, no. 3 (December 21, 2010): 390–417. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1096348010390817.
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The sufficiency of theory of planned behavior (TPB) is still being questioned although the model was validated in predicting a wide range of intentions and behaviors. Based on a comprehensive literature review, an extended TPB model of tourists was proposed to investigate relations among constructs of the model with the addition of motivation and actual behavior. An instrument was developed based on previous tourism and marketing studies as well as focus groups. A two-wave data collection was implemented, with data collected from 1,524 Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou residents in Stage 1 and 311 respondents from the same cohort in Stage 2. Results of the study demonstrated that the extended TPB model with tourist motivation fit the data relatively well, explaining 5% more of the variation in behavioral intention in comparison with a base model without motivation. However, the model with both tourist motivation and actual behavior was not tenable, despite a marginal relationship found between behavioral intention and actual tourist behavior using regression analysis. The findings warrant further research examining the predictive power of behavioral intention on actual behavior.
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Risitano, Marcello, Ilaria Tutore, Annarita Sorrentino, and Michele Quintano. "The influence of tourists’ national culture on their behaviors in a sport mega-event." International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research 11, no. 2 (June 5, 2017): 193–210. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijcthr-07-2015-0077.
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Purpose The impact of national culture on tourist behavior has been analyzed in several studies, but none of them focused on its discriminating impact on behavioral intentions during a mega-event. Using Hofstede’s cultural dimensions, this paper aims to explore the influence of national cultural values on tourist behaviors (experience, satisfaction and behavioral intentions) during the America’s Cup World Series (ACWS) in Naples. Design/methodology/approach The paper presents a quantitative analysis of primary data gathered through a survey of a convenience sample of tourists (n = 612) conducted during the ACWS organized by the City of Naples in April 2013. Findings The findings confirm that national cultural clusters represent an important driver of behavioral intentions: tourists from different geographic clusters showed different intention to return and intention to recommend by word of mouth, caused by different levels of individualism and uncertainty avoidance. Practical implications For destination marketing managers, this study throws light on how the national culture of tourists may influence their experiences and behavioral intentions. Originality/value Despite the richness of works on the tourism experience, few studies have investigated the effect of national culture on tourists’ experience, satisfaction and behavioral intentions during and after a sport mega-event.
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Sugimoto, Toyohiko, and Hayato Nagai. "In Search of Food in a Foreign Destination: The Dining Choice Behaviors of Young Australian Tourists in Japan." Tourism Culture & Communication 20, no. 4 (October 30, 2020): 219–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.3727/194341420x15692567324903.
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Dining experience is a crucial element in international tourism because it can encourage tourists to understand local culture and has the potential to increase repeat visitation. A better understanding of tourists' dining choice behaviors is important for destination development; however, the literature has not yet fully investigated this topic, and in particular it is unclear how their behaviors change across repeat visits. This study aimed to fill these gaps by conducting semistructured in-depth interviews with young Australian tourists traveling to Japan. The analysis of the qualitative data identified four major dining choice patterns: perusing the area, searching online sources, hearing from friends or family members, and calling on previous experience. Within the four patterns, perusing the area (i.e., walking around a food district) was the most observed behavior for both first-time and repeat tourists. In addition, repeat tourists tended to choose more local and authentic food due to their motivational development from new-and-touristy to local-and-authentic dining experiences. This study's findings extend the current understanding of tourists' dining choices in the tourism literature and offer suggestions for practitioners.
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Zhang, Juyan, Dharma Adhikari, Shahira Fahmy, and Seok Kang. "Exploring the impacts of national image, service quality, and perceived value on international tourist behaviors: A Nepali case." Journal of Vacation Marketing 26, no. 4 (July 20, 2020): 473–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1356766720942559.
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The dominant paradigm on tourist behaviors depicts a sequential relationship among image, quality, satisfaction, and post-purchase behavior while the alternative view argues that consumer behaviors are better understood through perceived value. Using Nepal as a case, we tested a synthetic model of tourist behaviors and applied the Fombrun-RI Country Reputation Index (CRI) that was developed in the field of nation branding to measure destination image, an elusive concept in tourism literature since long. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) shows that the data largely supported the model, and national image has impacts on tourist behaviors. However, service quality is not a significant predictor of tourist behaviors. This corroborates the argument that perceived value is a better way to analyze tourist behaviors. The research has practical implications for nation branding programs in the less-developed nations.
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Ying, Tianyu, Jun Wen, and Hairong Shan. "Is Cannabis Tourism Deviant? A Theoretical Perspective." Tourism Review International 23, no. 1 (October 2, 2019): 71–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.3727/154427219x15561098338303.
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With the growth of cannabis tourism, destinations such as the Netherlands have begun to offer cannabis-related products and services to visitors, including tourists from countries where all drugs are strictly prohibited. Yet limited research has sought to understand cannabis-oriented tourists' efforts to neutralize deviant connotations, namely by justifying or rationalizing misbehavior, when deciding to participate in cannabis tourism. This research note proposes a framework of deviant consumption behavior (DCB) constructed of geographic shifting, self-identity shifting, and moral identity shifting from the perspective of cannabis-oriented tourists to delineate tourists' decision-making process around engaging in deviant behaviors. The proposed framework suggests that previously developed DCB frameworks in the marketing and consumer behavior literature should be adapted for use in outbound tourism research. This research note also highlights areas for debate and investigation regarding cannabis tourists' deviant behavior. Future research directions are provided based on the proposed framework as it applies to deviant tourism research.
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Ratul Maknu, Tengku Sharifeleani, Hasman Abdul Manan, and Shahira Ariffin. "Re-experience Japan Post Covid-19 Pandemic: The Impact of Muslim-friendly Japanese Street Food on Malaysian Muslims Tourists Behavioral Intention." Journal of International Business, Economics and Entrepreneurship 6, no. 1 (June 22, 2021): 68. http://dx.doi.org/10.24191/jibe.v6i1.14210.
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Several chapters of the Holy Quran have mentioned that tourism is a "Muslim's right." The Quran also revealed that Muslims could visit non-Muslim countries for entertainment, religious, and educational purposes; but has warned its followers to avoid indulging in any behaviors against Islamic law, potentially diluting their faith. Food is a significant component of tourism. However, information about non-Muslim country's local street food effects on Muslim tourists' intention to revisit the destination is somewhat limited. Therefore, this study aims to understand Muslim-friendly Japanese street food's impact on Malaysian Malay Muslims' intention to re-experience Japan post-Covid-19 pandemic via the extended Theory of Planned Behavior. The research may perhaps be part of the early initiatives toward examining Malaysian Malay Muslim tourists' fondness for Muslim-friendly street foods in non-Muslim nations (such as Japan). It may well be an indication of their desire to revisit those countries post the Covid-19 pandemic. Recognizing the variations of food choice behaviors, especially across cultures, denotes a vital information source for relevant agencies in Malaysia and Japan involved in marketing and promoting Japan as a tourist destination post-Covid-19. Japanese street food may well act as the catalyst to revive the tourism economy of both nations.
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Sönmez, Sevil, and Asli D. A. Tasci. "Characteristics and behaviors of anti-gun and pro-gun travelers." Tourism Review 75, no. 2 (October 5, 2019): 347–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/tr-01-2019-0002.
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Purpose Despite ample attention to perceived risk and its consequences on tourist behavior, characteristics of travelers who are anti-gun or pro-gun have received little attention in tourism literature. This study aims to investigate anti-gun and pro-gun attitudes and their correlates for Florida, a state with relatively relaxed gun laws as well as significant tourism activity. Design/methodology/approach Qualtrics survey design tools were used to design a structured questionnaire, which was then administered to a random sample of registered survey takers on MTurk. A total of 1,692 cases were analyzed with SPSS Version 24.0. Findings Results revealed that gender, education level, ethnicity, visitor experience, and personality traits of emotion-based decision-making and risk-seeking influence travelers’ tendency for anti-gun or pro-gun attitudes toward Florida as a destination. In turn, these attitudes were found to be related to perception of risks in Florida, its perceived safety and desirability as a travel destination and visitor satisfaction and likelihood of repeat visitation. Originality/value Leniency in gun laws has been a concern for the safety in the USA for local residents and tourists alike; however, there is a lack of attention on the characteristics of anti-gun and pro-gun individuals and their likely behavior related to a tourist destination with relaxed gun laws. Thus, the current study investigated who are likely to be anti-gun or pro-gun and what are their likely behaviors towards such a destination, Florida in the USA. The current study initiates this dialogue to explore uncharted territory in tourism research.
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Rousta, Alireza, and Dariyoush Jamshidi. "Food tourism value: Investigating the factors that influence tourists to revisit." Journal of Vacation Marketing 26, no. 1 (July 11, 2019): 73–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1356766719858649.
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Food consumption is an important notion in the hospitality literature. Although its role in gaining visitors’ satisfactory travel experience and in affecting tourists’ experiences of a destination is acknowledged, the impact of travelers’ local food consumption value on tourist behavior remains an underdeveloped topic. This study investigated the effect of tourists’ local food consumption value on their future behaviors by focusing on their destination food image and their attitudes toward local food. The data were collected from 891 tourists in Shiraz, Iran, through a survey-based method using structured questionnaires. Partial least square structural equation modeling was used to test the model proposed. Results indicated that taste/quality value, health value, price value, emotional value, and prestige value left a positive effect on tourist’ attitude toward local food. While destination food image did not influence the intention to visit the destination for food tourism, it positively affected the intention to recommend local food. The observations revealed marketing strategies substantially explored in the study.
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Jiang, Jeff. "Examining the Relationship between Tourists’ Personal Value Systems and Novelty-familiarity Preferences." International Journal for Innovation Education and Research 2, no. 4 (April 30, 2014): 116–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.31686/ijier.vol2.iss4.177.
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Value research has great potentials in understanding tourist motivation and behavior. Although it was unlikely that the market for any particular product could be segmented on the basis of value systems alone, marketers could gain a better understanding of consumers by incorporating values into their research with such traditional variables as demographics and preferences. The current study examined the relationship between tourists’ value systems depicted by Kahle’s List of Values (LOV) and tourists’ travel novelty dimensions revealed by the International Tourist Role (ITR) Scale. The study revealed five value systems of U.S. outbound leisure travelers in the sample. It further demonstrated that a causal relationship between values, attitudes and behaviors of consumers also existed in a tourism context.
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Stone, Matthew J., Roberta Garibaldi, and Andrea Pozzi. "Motivation, Behaviors, and Travel Activities of Beer Tourists." Tourism Review International 24, no. 2 (August 4, 2020): 167–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.3727/154427220x15912253254437.
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This article explores the demand side of beer tourism, in particular the characteristics of travelers motivated by beer experiences using a survey of American leisure travelers (N = 562). Travelers motivated by beer (called "beer tourists" or "beer travelers") can be considered a distinct market segment. They take part in both food tourism (e. g., taking a food or beverage tour) and many general tourism activities (e. g., attending major events, attending performing arts events) at a higher rate than other leisure travelers. This fits within cultural omnivore theory, and beer tourists can be considered "cultural omnivores" participating in activities not solely related with their primary travel motivation. While traveling, beer tourists also reported spending 42% more per day on food and beverage than other leisure travelers, indicating their value to destinations. Practical implications for destinations include cross-marketing and promotion, as beer-motivated tourists spend money across a wide variety of experiences. Theoretical implications are also discussed.
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Firmansyah, Fani. "Value Creation Strategy in Tourism : An Islamic Perspective." INOBIS: Jurnal Inovasi Bisnis dan Manajemen Indonesia 1, no. 1 (December 1, 2017): 68–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.31842/jurnal-inobis.v1i1.19.
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The international tourism industry now is becoming an increasingly competitive marketplace. Understanding the needs, interests and behaviors of different tourist markets plays a critical role in support them to destinations. Given the fast growth in the number of tourists and despite the great Muslim population worldwide. It is important to develop appropriate marketing strategies. To develop tourism prospects sharia government could use such a marketing strategy, marketing for instance, marketing mix and segmenting, targeting and positioning (STP). The marketing mix is a set of marketing tools used by a state or a company to continue achieving its marketing objectives in target market. STP is the most important initial step in identifying customer value. It is expected from the use of this strategy could make sharia tourism as a market leader in the field of tourism and also could attract more tourists to visit and increase economic returns of state.
Keywords: Value, Strategic, Tourism, Management, Islamic, Marketing Mix
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Zawadka, Jan. "Preferencje i zachowania osób wypoczywających w gospodarstwach agroturystycznych w sąsiedztwie Kampinoskiego Parku Narodowego." Zeszyty Naukowe SGGW - Ekonomika i Organizacja Gospodarki Żywnościowej, no. 108 (December 20, 2014): 133–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.22630/eiogz.2014.108.45.
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The article presents the results of research on the preferences and behaviors of people vacationing in the countryside. Surveys were conducted during the summer 2013 years among 133 tourists vacationing in agritourist farms in the surroundings of Kampinos National Park. The paper presents the characteristics and behavior of an average tourist visitor in rural areas. The reasons for choosing this form of tourism were analysed, as well as the choice of a specific offer. Moreover, the study covered sources of information about the object used by tourists, preferred ways of spending free time and expectations of diversifying and improving the offer. Finally, the determinants of behavior and expectations of tourists, such as age, education level and financial situation of the respondents was analysed.
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Corbisiero, Fabio, and Salvatore Monaco. "Post-pandemic tourism resilience: changes in Italians’ travel behavior and the possible responses of tourist cities." Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes 13, no. 3 (May 31, 2021): 401–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/whatt-01-2021-0011.
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Purpose Since the outbreak of COVID-19 in early 2020, the travel sector has faced an intense challenge, making tourism one of the most affected sectors at the time of writing. Based on the results of a survey administered to a sample of 700 Italian tourists, this paper aims to acquire an empirical understanding of key challenges for the travel and tourism sector in the coming months and the possible responses of tourist cities. Design/methodology/approach To study tourism after the pandemic, OUT (University of Naples Tourism Research Center) has created an online survey to answer the following questions: What will tourism be like after the pandemic? What will the main changes in travel behaviors be? What role will new information technologies play in future tourism? Are there territorial differences based on the spread of the virus? Findings The pandemic has inevitably affected everyone’s tourist choices, regardless of how much their specific area of residence has been impacted by the virus. Consequently, it will significantly influence travelers’ experiences. The Italian tourists who were survey respondents are aware that physical distancing rules will probably remain in effect for an extended time and, therefore, they cannot imagine future tourism not conditioned by these measures. This does not mean that Italians will give up tourism in the short-medium term, however. Indeed, the research data highlight the resilient character of tourism in that it is transformed but does not cease to exist. Originality/value By studying the future through a sociological approach, it is possible to identify how the COVID-19 emergency will impact tourism and how both the form and social meaning of mobility will be conditioned. On the basis of the data, the analysis will be directed from the present to the post-pandemic horizon, hypothesizing possible scenarios for the future of tourism and providing some possible policy indications.
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Zhu, Xinning, Tianyue Sun, Hao Yuan, Zheng Hu, and Jiansong Miao. "Exploring Group Movement Pattern through Cellular Data: A Case Study of Tourists in Hainan." ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 8, no. 2 (February 4, 2019): 74. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijgi8020074.
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Identifying group movement patterns of crowds and understanding group behaviors are valuable for urban planners, especially when the groups are special such as tourist groups. In this paper, we present a framework to discover tourist groups and investigate the tourist behaviors using mobile phone call detail records (CDRs). Unlike GPS data, CDRs are relatively poor in spatial resolution with low sampling rates, which makes it a big challenge to identify group members from thousands of tourists. Moreover, since touristic trips are not on a regular basis, no historical data of the specific group can be used to reduce the uncertainty of trajectories. To address such challenges, we propose a method called group movement pattern mining based on similarity (GMPMS) to discover tourist groups. To avoid large amounts of trajectory similarity measurements, snapshots of the trajectories are firstly generated to extract candidate groups containing co-occurring tourists. Then, considering that different groups may follow the same itineraries, additional traveling behavioral features are defined to identify the group members. Finally, with Hainan province as an example, we provide a number of interesting insights of travel behaviors of group tours as well as individual tours, which will be helpful for tourism planning and management.
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Li, Cheng-Yu, Shiao-Yuan Lu, Bi-Kun Tsai, and Keh-Yuan Yu. "The Impact of Extraversion and Sensation Seeking on Tourist Role." Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal 43, no. 1 (February 7, 2015): 75–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.2224/sbp.2015.43.1.75.
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In recent years, personality variables, such as extraversion and sensation seeking, have been used to investigate tourist preferences and behaviors. For this study, we classified tourist roles into three types: the familiarized mass tourist, the organized mass tourist, and the independent tourist. We investigated the impact of extraversion and sensation seeking on tourist roles in a large-scale survey of Taiwanese citizens (N = 1,249) aged 20 years and older. Using logistic regression analysis, the results indicated that sensation seeking was a significant predictor of tourist role, but extraversion was not. Compared to familiarized mass tourists, people who are sensation-seeking are more likely to become independent tourists rather than organized mass tourists. We provide suggestions for tourism marketing.
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Hui, Feng, Piang-or Loahavilai, Nopasit Chakpitak, and Tirapot Chandarasupsang. "Citespace Knowledge Gap Analysis in Asia Duty Free Tourism Purchasing Behavior." International Journal of Knowledge Engineering 7, no. 1 (2021): 1–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.18178/ijke.2021.7.1.133.
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The tourism shoppers’ purchasing behaviors have critical effects to economies, but there are few of comprehensive review that integrates and synthesis the finding of literature on tourism purchasing behavior systematic from past, present and future perspective. As the international tourists consuming volume have decreased in average, the purchasing behavior has changed into online, planned characters especially under the conflict from COVID 19, this paper tries to find the way to solve this problem for the tourism retailing industries development and the market demand. The methods of this paper is to use the theory of tourist classification and duty-free products classification for research shoppers’ sample identification and duty free products wish lists audition, customers purchasing methods is to analyze the gap, Citespace is used here to fill the gap with domain knowledge and visualize the finding of 150 papers on tourism purchasing behavior published from 2010 to 2020. The finding of this research is: i) Lotte, King Power, Dubai international duty free can be Asia representative research shops, Chinese international tourists can be the research target group; ii) Fragrances & cosmetic, wines & spirits, fashion & accessories and personal luxury goods can be selected as the 4 duty free products categories; iii) Chinese tourism shoppers have the purchasing gap between oversea and domestic products, both those kinds of products can be acquired online and offline; iv) Multiple emergent themes in the existing corpus, the theory of planned behavior and online communication are the key domain knowledge to fill this gap. So, a questionnaire is urgent to design based on this research result to find out the decision tree nodes and then compose the decision-making model for duty free industry and tourism shoppers effectively.
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Yin, Cheng-Yue, and Patrick Poon. "The impact of other group members on tourists’ travel experiences." International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management 28, no. 3 (March 21, 2016): 640–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijchm-07-2014-0340.
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Purpose This paper aims to examine the impact of other group members on the travel experiences of Chinese tourists participating in domestic package tours. Design/methodology/approach Based on the critical incident technique, usable responses were obtained from 253 tourists regarding the influence of other group members on their travel experiences in the same group package tour (GPT). Findings The results show that the travel experiences of Chinese tourists on a domestic package tour are affected by three general factors, namely, appearance, behaviors, and language of other group members. Research limitations/implications This research mainly involves samples of young tourists. The findings may not be able to generalize to elderly tourists. Future studies may involve samples from various age cohorts. Practical implications The findings offer new insights and directions for GPT operators and tour guides to improve tourism management and tourist experiences. Social implications This study contributes to tourism literature about customer-to-customer interaction by identifying the major categories of other customers’ characteristics or behaviors that may positively or negatively influence a GPT tourist’s travel experience. Originality/value This study enriches the existing literature by investigating the attributes of other group members that may affect the travel experiences of a domestic GPT participant. Tourism firms can formulate better strategies and staff training to enhance tourists’ travel experiences.
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Hawn, Heather, and Jennifer Tison. "Tourism and Political Choices of Indigenous Populations in Yucatán." Latin American Perspectives 42, no. 5 (July 7, 2015): 234–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0094582x15594397.
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Anthropologists and other social scientists have traditionally decried the effects of tourism on exotic cultures, but contemporary research reveals that this growing resource is being utilized by rational actors to achieve political and social gains. Study of the effects of tourism on the political choices of Maya in Yucatán suggests that tourism helps indigenous actors negotiate favorable terms with state and private actors. Further, the presence of tourists reorganizes the costs and benefits of behaviors such as protests or land invasions. Thus this extrainstitutional behavior is more prevalent in the largest tourist areas (Cancún, Mérida, and Chichén Itzá) and covert behaviors such as pilfering and sick-outs in nontourist areas. Tradicionalmente, los antropólogos y científicos sociales han condenado los efectos del turismo sobre culturas exóticas, pero la investigación contemporánea pone de manifiesto que este recurso creciente está siendo utilizado por actores racionales para lograr beneficios políticos y sociales. El estudio de los efectos del turismo sobre las preferencias políticas de los maya en Yucatán sugiere que el turismo ayuda a los actores indígenas a negociar términos favorables con actores estatales y privados. Además, la presencia de turistas reorganiza los costos y beneficios de conductas como protestas o invasiones de tierras. Entonces, esta conducta extra-institucional es más prevalente en las zonas turísticas más grandes (Cancún, Mérida y Chichén Itzá) y las conductas encubiertas como el rateo y las ausencias colectivas por enfermedad prevalecen en zonas no-turísticas.
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Kanje, Patrokil, Goodluck Charles, Elly Tumsifu, Lena Mossberg, and Tommy Andersson. "Customer engagement and eWOM in tourism." Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Insights 3, no. 3 (March 17, 2020): 273–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jhti-04-2019-0074.
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PurposeThe purpose of this article is to examine the role of customer engagement (CE) on electronic word of mouth (eWOM) behavior among vacationers in Tanzania. The article disaggregates CE into cognitive process, affection and behavior and integrates eWOM passing into the eWOM concept.Design/methodology/approachA sample of 278 vacationers who had used social media before and/or during their trip in Tanzania was used. They were drawn at three major airports in Tanzania when exiting the destination. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to test the proposed relationships.FindingsIt is revealed that both the affective CE and behavioral CE positively relate to vacationers' eWOM seeking, giving and passing behaviors in tourism-related sites. On the other hand the cognitive CE relates positively only with eWOM passing behaviors.Research limitations/implicationsThe varied relationship of the three CE dimensions (cognitive, affective and behavioral) with eWOM behaviors further confirms the multi-dimensionality of CE and the enduring psychological connection of individuals beyond participation in activities.Practical implicationsCE is multifaceted and enduring and thus managers should take a long-term, enduring and multidimensional perspective in facilitating CE development. Different content appeals are needed in facilitating CE in online platforms as CE dimensions relate variedly with eWOM behaviorsOriginality/valueThe study links CE and eWOM in a novel way by disaggregating CE and integrating the eWOM passing component into the eWOM concept in tourism-related social media sites.
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Currie, Russell R. "A pleasure-tourism behaviors framework." Annals of Tourism Research 24, no. 4 (October 1997): 884–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0160-7383(97)00051-0.
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Reitsamer, Bernd Frederik, and Alexandra Brunner-Sperdin. "Tourist destination perception and well-being." Journal of Vacation Marketing 23, no. 1 (August 1, 2016): 55–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1356766715615914.
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This study investigates the impact of place perception on tourist well-being to provide an understanding of how destination attributes influence tourists’ response behaviors. Data were collected in a self-administered survey from 631 respondents in three Austrian tourism destinations. Factor analysis and structural equation modeling (Mplus 7.0) were employed to test the hypothesized relationships. Results provide empirical evidence that tourists perceive destination settings holistically and will report higher levels of psychological well-being if a destination provides an adequate combination of sensemaking (i.e. access and amenities) and exploratory attributes (i.e. attractions and activities, entertainment options, and local community). Findings also show that tourists’ well-being has a significant, positive impact on their intention to return and their desire to engage in positive word of mouth about the destination. Most importantly, an indirect-only mediation of well-being on the relationship between both sense-making and exploratory attributes and behavioral outcomes was found. An integrated view of the results can provide important considerations for tourism research and fruitful suggestions for destination management organizations.
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Markiewicz, Ewa, and Agnieszka Niezgoda. "Styl życia a świadomość ekologiczna konsumentów na rynku turystycznym — relacje, uwarunkowania i problemy." Ekonomia 23, no. 4 (May 23, 2018): 49–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.19195/2084-4093.23.4.4.
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Lifestyle and ecological awareness of consumers in the tourist market — relations, conditions and problemsEcological awareness and the resulting ecological behaviors during the tourist trip are important issues for the future of resources and absorption of the tourism market. Authors put up a thesis that ecological awareness can be related with the way of life and the ways of consumption, but pro-ecological activities can also be the result of short-lived fashion. The aim of the article is to analyze the relationship between ecological awareness, lifestyle and real consumer behavior in the tourist market. The author presents the authoritative division of environmental factors of consumer behavior in the tourist market: personal, social conformist and ideological conditions. According to the suggestions presented in the Report from the analysis of awareness, attitudes and ecological behavior of Poles conducted in Poland in 2009–2015 for the Ministry of the Environment, qualitative research in the form of focused group interviews was used for empirical verifi cation of relations between ecological awareness and tourists’ activities. It was noted that young people represent a high level of ecological awareness and understand the need to care for natural resources. However, behaviors are primarily influenced by social conformist conditions, which result from the acceptance of processes and phenomena that are happening in modern society: fashion for ecology, mandatory regulations, the desire to save money, etc. But youth also presents ecological behaviors that are the result of deep concern for the future. In order for ecological education to be effective and an integral part of the lifestyle, awareness of nature conservation should translate into real action. This is possible if the basic behavioral determinants are those described in this article as ideological as opposed to personal and conformist.
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Yoo, Chang-Keun, Donghwan Yoon, and Eerang Park. "Tourist motivation: an integral approach to destination choices." Tourism Review 73, no. 2 (May 14, 2018): 169–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/tr-04-2017-0085.
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Purpose The purpose of this study is to discuss prevalent socio-psychological models which examine how tourists’ needs and motivations affect their destination choices by collectively considering Plog’s (1974) psychographic profiles, Cohen’s (1979) tourist typology and Peace’s (1988) travel career ladder. The current study argues that no single model can adequately explain tourists’ destination selection process as well as travel behaviors and introduces a new integrated perspective of existing psychological models. Design/methodology/approach Examining responses from 202 Hong Kong residents who have travel experience, this study divides the respondents’ psychographics into three types. Findings Using multinomial logit model (MNL) analysis, the study finds that tourists’ travel motivations and destination settings can be varied by their psychographics types. The findings also reveal that tourist’s psychographic types can be varied by demographics, travel type, frequencies, duration, purpose and destination setting. Originality/value The study provides implications for tourism marketers as well as the tourism literature by suggesting an integrative approach for a better understanding of tourist motivations.
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Lau, Pong Lung, Tay T. R. Koo, and Cheng-Lung Wu. "Spatial Distribution of Tourism Activities: A Polya Urn Process Model of Rank-Size Distribution." Journal of Travel Research 59, no. 2 (February 22, 2019): 231–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0047287519829258.
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The power law is considered one of the most enduring regularities in human geography. This article aims to develop an understanding of the circumstances that may result in the power law distribution in the geography of tourism activities. The finite Polya urn process is adopted as a device to model the preferential attachment process in the flow of tourists. The model generates a rank-size distribution of tourism regions along with intuitively appealing parameters. Empirically examined using two independent sets of Australian inbound and outbound tourism data, results show that the rank-size distribution emerging from the finite Polya urn process is a superior fit to the conventional power law curve. This rank-size distribution (termed the Polya urn process model of visitor distribution) is compatible with tourist behaviors such as habit persistence and word-of-mouth effects, and can be adopted by tourism modelers to predict and efficiently summarize the spatiality of tourism.
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Holmes, Mark Robert, Rachel Dodds, and Isabelle Frochot. "At Home or Abroad, Does Our Behavior Change? Examining How Everyday Behavior Influences Sustainable Travel Behavior and Tourist Clusters." Journal of Travel Research 60, no. 1 (December 23, 2019): 102–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0047287519894070.
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Considering the evolution of climate change and recognizing that the tourism industry is among the key contributors to this evolution, this study aims to clarify how researchers and practitioners can understand better what the triggers to the adoption of a sustainable behavior are while on holidays. Various studies have been conducted on the sustainable tourist, pointing to numerous characteristics but as of yet, not achieving an agreement as to what the profile of this type of tourist is. Through a study on a sample of Canadian tourists, this article aims to identify whether a sustainable consumer type can be identified, how those consumers differ in their everyday sustainable behavior, and whether daily life behaviors continue when traveling. By investigating indicators such as altruism, frugality, and pro-ecological behavior, the study both identifies the underlying structure of sustainable behavior and brings a new insight into which elements permeate or not when traveling.
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Qi, Wei, Lin Li, and Jie Zhong. "Value Preferences and Intergenerational Differences of Tourists to Traditional Chinese Villages." Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society 2021 (August 9, 2021): 1–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/9059164.
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Tourist values determine the behavior of tourists. To pinpoint the behaviors and preferences of tourists, it is necessary to explore their value orientation and intergenerational differences. The exploration is of great significance to the activation of tourism in traditional villages. After analyzing the value of tourists to two traditional villages (Hongcun and Xidi), this paper investigated the value preferences and intergenerational differences of tourists of four generations to traditional villages, using means-end chain (MEC) theory and hard laddering. Through a questionnaire survey on tourists born in the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, the authors established 36 MEC value chains of 18 classes. The results show that the post-60s traditional village tourists are a generation of wisdom-loving learners, who prefer the values of wisdom and self-improvement; the post-70s and 80s tourists are a generation of beauty lovers with a strong sense of belonging, who prefer the values of beautiful world, inner harmony, and sense of belonging; the post-90s tourists are a generation of inclusive advocators of diversity, with no special value preference. These results provide theoretical support and practical enlightenment for the market segmentation of traditional village tourism and the protection and activation of traditional villages.
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Han, Yan, Hongzhi Guan, and Jiaying Duan. "Tour Route Multiobjective Optimization Design Based on the Tourist Satisfaction." Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society 2014 (2014): 1–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/603494.
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The question prompted is how to design the tour route to make the tourists get the maximum satisfactions considering the tourists’ demand. The influence factors of the tour route choices of tourists were analyzed and tourists’ behavior characteristics and psychological preferences were regarded as the important influence factors based on the tourist behavioral theories. A questionnaire of tourists’ tour route information and satisfaction degree was carried out. Some information about the scene spot and tourists demand and tour behaviors characteristic such as visit frequency, number of attractions visited was obtained and analyzed. Based on the convey datum, tour routes multiobjective optimization functions were prompted for the tour route design regarding the maximum satisfaction and the minimum tour distance as the optimal objective. The available routes are listed and categorized. Based on the particle swarm optimization model, the priorities of the tour route are calculated and finally the suggestion depth tour route and quick route tour routes are given considering the different tour demands of tourists. The results can offer constructive suggestions on how to design tour routes on the part of tourism enterprises and how to choose a proper tour route on the part of tourists.
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Jeong, Yunduk, Andrew Yu, and Suk-Kyu Kim. "The Antecedents of Tourists’ Behavioral Intentions at Sporting Events: The Case of South Korea." Sustainability 12, no. 1 (December 31, 2019): 333. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12010333.
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Mega-sporting events can bring diverse benefits to the hosting areas, such as job creation and image improvement. However, only a handful of studies have explored the antecedents of destination image—which plays a crucial role in eliciting certain tourist behaviors—and personal involvement. To fill this gap, this study evaluates the relationships among personal involvement, destination image, place attachment, and behavioral intentions in the context of sporting event tourism to provide destination managers useful information for sustainable sports tourism development. We gathered information from 374 international tourists at the FINA (Fédération Internationale de Natation—International Swimming Federation) World Masters Championships Gwangju 2019 in South Korea. We used structural equation modeling was used along with maximum likelihood estimation to examine the predicted relationships. The findings show the positive impacts of (a) personal involvement on destination image, (b) destination image on place attachment, and (c) place attachment on behavioral intentions. Furthermore, (d) place attachment dictated the relationship between destination image and behavioral intentions. The findings confirm the significant role personal involvement plays in the improvement of a destination’s image. To ensure sustainable sports tourism, destination managers are advised to pay close attention to research findings on destination image in the development of their plans.
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Pato, Maria Lúcia, and Ana Sofia Duque. "Sustainability Communication in Rural Tourism: Website Content Analysis, in Viseu Dão Lafões Region (Portugal)." Sustainability 13, no. 16 (August 7, 2021): 8849. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13168849.
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In the last few years, the relationship between tourism and sustainability has been consolidated. In the context of rural tourism, this connection is even stronger given the environmental specificities and the natural framework of this type of tourism. To achieve sustainability behaviors, it is crucial that rural tourism lodgings communicate their essence, as well the products and experiences available for tourists. This because it is a common practice for visitors to look for more information on the internet about where they will be staying, before booking their tourist experience. The main objective of this study is the analysis of the information provided by rural tourism lodgings, through their websites, regarding sustainability issues. The territory selected for the development of this study is the Portuguese Viseu Dão Lafões Region, located in the center of Portugal. Based on other studies, the methodology includes a content analysis, conducted on 39 rural tourism lodging websites. The results show that some improvements are needed, to clarify and emphasize the message about sustainable practices, in these rural lodgings. Some practical recommendations are provided, that can be adapted to these rural tourism lodgings, or others.
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Rhamadani, Fitri Amalia, I. Ketut Suwena, and L. G. L. K. Dewi. "MODEL PENGENDALIAN SOSIAL PREVENTIF DALAM MENANGANI PENYIMPANGAN PERILAKU WISATAWAN MANCANEGARA DI KABUPATEN BADUNG." Jurnal IPTA 9, no. 1 (July 19, 2021): 73. http://dx.doi.org/10.24843/ipta.2021.v09.i01.p07.
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Deviations in the behavior of foreign tourists often occur in Badung Regency. Forms of deviant behavior include aggressive behavior, behavior against authority, disrespectful behavior and stupid behavior. The need for a preventive social control effort in anticipating the occurrence of deviations in the behavior of foreign tourists in the future. Determination of informants using purposive sampling and snowball sampling. Data collection is done by observation, interviews, literature study, and documentation. Data analysis techniques using qualitative analysis with the creditability test and the dependability test. The discussion resulted in a model of the construction display framework of preventive social control in Badung Regency, which was formed based on facts or the phenomenon of behavior deviations that often occur. In the introduction of the forms of deviant behavior of foreign tourists there are 4 forms and have a total of 17 behaviors and the total forms of such deviations require social control with a preventive approach. In the preventive approach there are 10 ways that can control foreign tourists to deviate. The role of tourism stakeholders (local communities, government and tourism entrepreneurs) is needed to distribute Do's and Don't's in Bali brochures. The brochure will later contain supporting pictures or illustrations to attract the reader's interest, understand the meaning in each sentence. Preventive social control material by dividing 3 material is presented, namely: Do's in Bali, Do's in Bali, and Why in Bali. After the mechanism for distributing brochures is carried out by stakeholders and there is still a deviation of tourist behavior, the next stage of violators will be subject to sanctions.
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Han, Heesup, Bo Meng, Bee-Lia Chua, and Hyungseo Bobby Ryu. "Hedonic and Utilitarian Performances as Determinants of Mental Health and Pro-Social Behaviors among Volunteer Tourists." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 18 (September 10, 2020): 6594. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17186594.
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International volunteer tourism is an emerging and sustainable trend of the global tourism industry. In this study, we attempted to provide a clear comprehension of volunteer tourists’ mental health increase and pro-social intention formation. A survey method and quantitative approach were used. Our result from the structural analysis showed that hedonic and utilitarian performances, mental health, and volunteer tourism engagement had significant associations and that these relationships contributed to improving pro-social intention. In addition, results from the metric invariance assessment revealed that the volunteer tourism engagement and pro-social intention relation was under the significant influence of problem awareness and ascribed responsibility. Mental health and engagement acted as significant mediators. The comparative importance of volunteer tourism engagement was uncovered. Overall, our results provided a sufficient understanding of volunteer tourists’ pro-social decision-making process and behaviors.
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Chi, Xiaoting, and Heesup Han. "Emerging rural tourism in China’s current tourism industry and tourist behaviors: the case of Anji County." Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing 38, no. 1 (January 2, 2021): 58–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10548408.2020.1862026.
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Rodríguez-Mireles, Silvia, Beatriz López-Valcárcel, Lluís Serra-Majem, Aránzazu Hernández-Yumar, Patricia Barber-Pérez, Jaime Pinilla-Domínguez, Santiago Rodríguez-Feijoo, and Alejandro Rodríguez-Caro. "Effect of Tourism Pressure on the Mediterranean Diet Pattern." Nutrients 10, no. 10 (September 20, 2018): 1338. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu10101338.
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Despite proposed conceptual frameworks of eating behaviors, little is known about environmental factors contributing to changes in food habits. Few studies have reported the external influence of tourism on the inhabitants’ eating patterns. The present study aimed to investigate whether tourism pressure affects Canary Islands inhabitants’ adherence to the Mediterranean diet pattern. Data were obtained from a health and lifestyle population-based survey conducted in 2009 and 2015. From the reported intake frequency, a Mediterranean diet score was defined (0 to 11 points). Tourist overnight stays, which were stratified by nationality and area of destination, were used as a proxy variable to measure tourism pressure. A multilevel linear regression analysis by restricted maximum likelihood estimation was performed to examine the relationship between tourism pressure and the Mediterranean diet score. A significant negative association between the Mediterranean diet score and British tourism pressure was observed (β = −0.0064, p = 0.010), whereas German tourism pressure increased inhabitants’ adherence (β = 0.0092, p = 0.042). The socioeconomic level of tourists seems to play a role in differences in the tourism pressure effect by nationality. Further investigation of other highly touristic destinations is needed to confirm these findings that could contribute to a shift in tourism and public health nutrition policies.
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Majeed, Salman, Zhimin Zhou, and Haywantee Ramkissoon. "Beauty and Elegance: Value Co-Creation in Cosmetic Surgery Tourism." SAGE Open 10, no. 2 (April 2020): 215824402093253. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2158244020932538.
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This study presents an emerging trend in medical tourism, cosmetic surgery tourism (CST). We explore tourists’ perceptions of CST for medical service quality as an antecedent to tourists’ emotional attachment, trust, and intentions to visit, which is underexplored in CST. This study examines the mediating role of value co-creation in influencing behaviors of CST-seeking tourists to experience a better quality of life. Using a sample drawn from 279 tourists, comprised of Australian, Japanese, and Chinese nationalities at two international airports in China, findings show that perceived medical service quality positively influences tourists’ emotional attachment, trust, and intentions to visit directly and through the mediating role of value co-creation across the three nationalities. CST-seeking tourists’ inputs in value co-creation may positively influence their behaviors, which are vital antecedents to promoting CST business. Implications for future research are discussed.
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Dębski, Maciej. "Tourism habits and preferences – comparative analysis in selected European countries." Journal of Intercultural Management 6, no. 4-1 (December 1, 2014): 39–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/joim-2014-0034.
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Abstract Tourism is an important sector of the economy, which is responsible for the development of many regions, which generates millions of jobs and allows to operate several businesses. However, it must be remembered that the motives of the trips are strongly differentiated, which translates into the existence of many types of tourism and diversification of tourism products. As a consequence, it becomes necessary to conduct permanent monitoring of attitudes, motives and consumers behaviors in order to adapt the offer to their preferences. In the article, the author, presenting the specificity of tourism shows the results of the study dedicated to selected tourist behaviors of Polish, Ukrainian and Austrian students. Even, if the limitations of the study will be accepted, it provides evidence for positive verification of the hypothesis that the significant differences between these groups exist.
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KUNT, SİNEM, and BİLGEHAN GÜLCAN. "Potential impact of creative infusion on perceptions and behaviors of visitors: theory and evidence from tourism." International Journal of Professional Business Review 6, no. 1 (December 26, 2020): 198. http://dx.doi.org/10.26668/businessreview/2021.v6i1.198.
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This study aims to synthesize creative infusion with the theory of inoculation. It is sought to reveal the potential impact of this synthesis’ application on the perceptions and behaviors of visitors. Relationships among variables are assessed using Solomon Four Group and Factorial Modeling based on experimental designs. The data are gathered from tourists (n = 451) at the Seven Churches sites (Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Sardis, Philadelphia, Thyatira and Laodicea) in Turkey. Model results indicate that perceived creative infusion has a significant impact on revisits and recommendations. This is the first study which examines the relationship between perception and behavior by synthesizing creative infusion with inoculation theory in the tourism literature. Furthermore, it is a new contribution to the tourism literature through its revealing that inoculation theory also works in synthesis with creative infusion in the field of destination marketing as previously shown in such fields as behavioral science, communication, marketing and social psychology.
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Sag, Ilhan, and Ferhat Devrim Zengul. "Why medical tourists choose Turkey as a medical tourism destination?" Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Insights 2, no. 3 (September 23, 2019): 296–306. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jhti-05-2018-0031.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to determine the relationships between the health tourists’ perceptions on decisive factors (i.e. experience, technological infrastructure, flight distance, legal and moral restrictions, touristic attractions, religious similarity, waiting time and price of health tourism) and Turkey as their choice of healthcare tourism destination. Design/methodology/approach The data for this empirical study were collected from 288 patients in Turkey, all of whom being health tourists from various countries. Descriptive statistics and Kruskal–Wallis difference tests were utilized for analyses. Findings Statistically significant differences were found among health tourists in regards to the geographical regions of their residence. These finding suggest that differences among health tourists in regards to the geographical regions of their residence contributed to the healthcare tourists’ behaviors and health tourism market segmentations in Turkey. Research limitations/implications Among the constraints of the study are the time and funding limitations coupled with the limitations on the scale development attempts in the health tourism literature and limitation and biases related to primary data collection. Despite all these limitations, by being the first study exploring the health tourism market segmentations in Turkey, this study contributes to the literature about the perceptions of health tourists and their reasons in choosing Turkey as a health tourism destination. Practical implications Determining the Turkey’s health tourism market segmentations will generate the positive effect on the target market which is currently heterogeneous for health tourism operators and intermediary institutions. Moreover, this knowledge would allow the target market to be divided into homogeneous groups, with different marketing mixes for each group. Homogenized groups exhibit unified purchasing behaviors for their needs. Therefore, it is very important for health tourism operators and intermediary institutions to know how the preferences of health tourists from different geographical regions vary. Originality/value The paper fulfills a need for advancing the knowledge on the decisive factors in determining Turkey as the health tourism destination by revealing perceptions of health tourists from various geographical regions. This information is very valuable for the Turkey’s healthcare tourism marketing managers who desire to implement the strategies to achieve competitive advantage in the global health tourism market.
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Ziegler, Jackie A., Gonzalo Araujo, Jessica Labaja, Sally Snow, Alessandro Ponzo, Rick Rollins, and Philip Dearden. "Exploring the Wildlife Value Orientations of Locals Working in Community-Based Marine Wildlife Tourism in the Philippines." Tourism in Marine Environments 16, no. 1 (March 16, 2021): 31–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.3727/154427321x16101028725332.
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Wildlife tourism can act as an incentive for the conservation of marine species and habitats. One of the most important outcomes can be a change in the views of participants towards target species and their habitats that may promote more conservation-oriented actions. While a handful of studies have documented the wildlife value orientations (WVOs) of tourists participating in marine wildlife tourism, no studies have explored the WVOs of locals working in tourism. However, it is equally important to understand the WVOs of locals working in community-based tourism, and whether these are linked with changes in locals' attitudes and behaviors towards marine wildlife and the ocean. This article assesses the WVOs of locals working in community-based whale shark tourism at four sites in the Philippines, and explores the relationship between WVOs and conservation attitudes and behaviors using a mixed methods approach with a total of 114 structured interviews. Three WVO groups were identified (mixed utilitarian–protectionist, moderate protectionist, and high protectionist), suggesting a WVO continuum. Those respondents with more protectionist views reported more conservation outcomes, including changes in attitudes and behaviors to protect whale sharks. Further, respondents who worked in tourism had more protectionist views than those from a failed tourism site, indicating that tourism can change communities by helping locals value their marine resources and incentivizing protection of those resources.
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Ji, Qi. "Study on the Influence of Tourism Activities on Nature Reserves in China and Its Countermeasures." Learning & Education 9, no. 2 (November 10, 2020): 145. http://dx.doi.org/10.18282/l-e.v9i2.1429.
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China’s “industrial restructuring” has expanded the proportion of the tertiary industry in the economy and promoted the development of local tourism. The ongoing “industrial structure upgrading” is intended to make the industry bigger and stronger, which will promote the growth of local tourism. As a tourist resort, nature reserves have been attracting a large number of tourists and have great development potential and economic value. Under this situation, various management agencies of nature reserves have successively carried out tourism activities and carried out tourism development and construction. However, there is no doubt that both tourism activities and development will have an impact on the ecological system of nature reserves. The existing legal system of nature reserves in China emphasizes the prohibition of behaviors that directly destroy the ecological environment and ignores the impact of human tourism activities. The continuous increase in the number of tourism in our country, brought on nature reserves of rich tourist income at the same time, a large number of facts show that tourism has become a source of environmental pollution, so it is necessary for tourism environmental pollution the main way to do a summary and its particularity, summing up the basic law of tourism affect the environment, thus provide the basis for strengthening the environmental protection from the point of view of tourism management. The emergence and development of tourism culture is inseparable from the influence of the environment, and tourism culture also affects the environment. The negative effects and negative effects of tourism culture development on the environment are becoming more and more evident, which has aroused people’s general concern. In recent years, the negative impact of tourism and cultural activities on the environment has been paid much attention to by many scholars at home and abroad. This paper discusses the impact of tourism activities on nature reserves, and discusses the causes of this problem, so as to analyze the strategies to ensure the harmony and order of nature reserves in tourism activities.
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Hu, Bing, Yangying Tuou, and Jing Liu. "How Does Destination Social Responsibility Impact Residents’ Pro-Tourism Behaviors? The Mediating Role of Place Attachment." Sustainability 11, no. 12 (June 18, 2019): 3373. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11123373.
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There has been little research on how destination social responsibility impacts the pro-tourism behaviors of residents. Drawing from place attachment theory and sustainable tourism literature, this study proposes that place attachment mediates the link between destination social responsibility and pro-tourism behaviors. The results from a field survey of local residents around three scenic spots in the Xuefeng mountain area in China reveal that destination social responsibility exerts a significantly positive impact on pro-tourism behaviors of residents, and confirm a mediating effect of place attachment (i.e., place identity and place dependence) in the linkage of destination social responsibility and pro-tourism behaviors. This research provides theoretical and managerial contributions to sustainable tourism literature and advances the understanding of the antecedents of residents’ pro-tourism behaviors.
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Kim, Min-Seong, Jinwon Kim, and Brijesh Thapa. "Influence of Environmental Knowledge on Affect, Nature Affiliation and Pro-Environmental Behaviors among Tourists." Sustainability 10, no. 9 (August 31, 2018): 3109. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su10093109.
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Jeju Island is a popular destination in South Korea that is dependent on nature-based tourism. The annual increase in the influx of visitors has created major environmental impacts due to overuse and commercial expansion. With projected growth in arrivals and the development of tourism infrastructure, the island will experience perpetual challenges for sustainable management of natural resources. However, the role of visitors will be central via a commitment to practice pro-environmental behaviors to protect the island from further degradation. This study was grounded in the cognition-affection-attitude-behavior model to examine the predictive validity of tourists’ environmental knowledge, environmental affect, and nature affiliation on pro-environmental behavior. The data comprised responses from 304 domestic visitors who had visited Jeju Island. The empirical findings indicate that environmental affect was significantly impacted by two dimensions of environmental knowledge (i.e., subjective and objective). Additionally, nature affiliation was positively impacted by environmental affect, while pro-environmental behavior was significantly influenced by both environmental affect and nature affiliation. Overall, these findings provide theoretical and practical implications for sustainable tourism at a nature-based destination. The findings can be utilized for implementation of intervention programs and visitor management at Jeju Island.