The main purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of perceived authenticity, tourists' involvement, and destination image on tourists' experience at a historic district – Litchi Bay, ...China. This study also attempts to examine the mediating effect of destination image on the paths from perceived authenticity and involvement to tourists' satisfaction. Data were collected via an on-site survey and analyzed using a structural equation modeling approach. Results indicate that perceived authenticity and tourists' involvement in local activities directly contribute to the formation of destination image of the historic district. Tourists' involvement is positively associated with tourists' satisfaction. Destination image fully mediates the relationship between perceived authenticity and tourists' satisfaction, while partially mediates the link between tourists' involvement and satisfaction. Theoretical and managerial implications are elaborated.
•An integral model of tourists' experience at historic districts is tested.•The mediating role of image is addressed.•Image mediates the relationships between authenticity and satisfaction, and between involvement and satisfaction.
The aim of this study is to investigate the direct relationship
between the environment, culture, sports tourism and economy.
Additionally, in this study, we have used sports tourism as a mediating
...variable in the relationship between environment, culture,
and economy. Moreover, the moderating role of the destination
image in the proposed relationships is examined. To validate the
model, data obtained from 373 Malaysian Ministry of Tourism,
Arts, and Culture employees is incorporated into structural equation
modeling (SEM), PLS 4. According to the findings of this
study, there is a positive and significant relationship between
the environment, culture, sports tourism and the economy.
Additionally, sports tourism mediates the relationship between the
environment, culture, and a country’s economy. Interestingly, the
study also found that destination image does not moderate the
relationship between sports tourism and the economy. Overall,
these findings highlight the importance of a healthy and culturally
rich environment and the potential benefits of sports tourism for
the economy. The findings of this research have important implications
for policymakers and can be helpfully used in the tourism
industry. In practical implications, fostering a healthy environment,
preserving cultural heritage, and promoting sports tourism and
destination image can boost the country’s economy.
This article presents the first narrative analysis of the areas of research that have developed within the destination marketing field since its commencement in 1973. Given the broad extent of the ...field, and the absence of any previous reviews in four decades, a key challenge is in providing a focus for such a disparate body of knowledge. The review is structured around one principal question: ‘To what extent is the Destination Marketing Organisation (DMO) responsible for the competitiveness of the destination?’. In pursuit of this underlying question, we address a number of themes including nomenclature and the DMO, the evolution of the destination marketing literature, competitiveness as the DMO reason d'être, and DMO effectiveness including issues of branding and positioning, and future research themes in the field.
•The first comprehensive narrative analysis of the destination marketing literature.•The literature is structured around the key themes DMOs are involved with, in the pursuit of destination competitiveness.•Provides a succinct summary of research opportunities based on key relevant challenges faced by practitioners.
Symbols are powerful in branding and marketing to represent tourist attractions. By bridging semiotics, marketing, and data science in the tourism context, this study uncovers the destination image ...based on Instagram photographs. This study constructed a novel methodological framework by evaluating different machine learning models to group textual information based on pictorial content. The results highlighted specific destination image clusters such as the wilderness and spirituality of alpine experiences. This information facilitates marketers' understanding of tourists’ preferences and movement. It also discloses blind spots that are less promoted by the marketers.
This study sought to propose an extended model of the theory of planned behavior (TPB), incorporating further major constructs in tourism marketing (i.e. travel motivation, eWOM, destination image, ...and destination familiarity) to predict tourists' intention to revisit Egypt. Data were collected using a survey. Responses of 302 visitors to the preferable destinations in Egypt have been analyzed and hypotheses were assessed by employing structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). The findings demonstrate that the extended model has a sturdy illustrative power to well understand travelers' revisit intention. Besides the core TPB constructs, the added variables indeed exert a significant influence on tourists' revisit intention. Further, a mediating role of attitude, subjective norms and perceived behavioral control has existed. Academic contributions, practical implications and directions of future research are argued.
Despite the notable growth of the halal tourism market on the global stage, little research has been offered to observe the intricate procedures involved in Muslim tourists' behaviour toward a ...non-OIC (‘Organization of Islamic Cooperation’) destination. This study aimed to investigate such behaviour formation by examining the relationships among halal-friendly destination performances, perceived value, destination satisfaction, destination trust, and destination loyalty. A psychometric analytical process was employed to achieve this goal. The findings of the structural analysis revealed that halal-friendly destination performances highly and positively associated with the responsiveness developed constructs, which significantly contribute to predict Muslim tourists' attitudes and future desire toward a destination. In addition, the moderator effect of an overall halal-friendly destination image was evaluated on the conceptual model. Implications for tourism destination developers and marketers are discussed.
•Role of halal-friendly destination performances is identified.•Value, satisfaction, and trust are mediators.•Halal-friendly destination image has a moderating impact.•Destination trust has a critical role in increasing loyalty.
This research aims at exploring the relationship between travel motivation and tourists’ attitude toward a destination. The study also aims at assessing the mediating role played by destination image ...between travel motivation and tourists’ attitude toward destination. Data for the study has been collected from tourists visiting Ladakh (Jammu and Kashmir state of India) during the month of July to September (N = 350). Utilizing two theoretical lenses, that of the theory of image and theory of planned behavior, findings of the study revealed positive relationship between tourists’ travel motivation and their attitude toward the destination, which is mediated by destination image. Furthermore, this study contributes by signifying that tourism marketers need to make every possible effort to enhance travel motivation of tourists, so as to build positive image and favorable attitude of tourists toward the destination.
This paper aims to investigate tourist destination choice, focusing on the research question how and to what extent the destination images of tourists' social network members influence their choice ...behavior. To this end, data were collected using a sequential stated adaptation choice experiment, in which respondents were requested to choose a tourist destination from a single choice set twice, once before and once after being informed about the destination image of social network members. A discrete choice model was estimated to investigate tourists’ choices. The estimation results revealed that the destination image of social network members allow tourists to update their existing knowledge toward destinations, through which their choice behavior is influenced. Tourists tend to adopt their destination image of social network members no matter whether they have a prior image or not. The magnitude of this social influence depends on the properties of the social networks.
•Destination image of social network members influence tourist destination choice by updating tourists' own destination image.•Tourists adapt to destination image of social network members in various degrees, depending on the nature of social networks.•Adaptation is stronger when tourists have no prior destination image.•Adaptation is stronger when the social network member is perceived as being more knowledgeable.•The effect of destination image in tourist destination choice varies across socio-demographic characteristics.
The coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China has sparked a global epidemic, which the World Health Organization declared a public health emergency of international concern on 31st January 2020 (Beijing ...time). This crisis has attracted intense media attention. Recently, some media outlets inappropriately labelled the coronavirus by race, using such headlines as "Chinese virus pandemonium" and even suggesting "China kids stay home." The biased and misleading coverage presented via Western media channels has incited anger throughout the Chinese community and has placed undue stress upon Chinese individuals living outside China. This post-published review takes a tourism-focused perspective to examine findings from a quantitative study (Rodriguez-Seijas, Stohl, Hasin, & Eaton, 2015) published in 2015 in JAMA Psychiatry. The current paper highlights the potential impacts of misleading and biased media coverage on Chinese individuals' mental health. Specifically, this work considers perceived racial discrimination stemming from coronavirus as a public health crisis and the effects of such discrimination on individuals of Chinese heritage. Similarly imperative are pertinent effects on country image and destination image with respect to tourism marketing and tourist behaviour during times of crisis. By considering racism in the context of the coronavirus outbreak, this paper identifies potential avenues for relevant research in tourism and hospitality.
•This study examines the factors influencing tourists’ destination loyalty formation.•Familiarity has a significant positive impact on destination image formation.•Destination image significantly ...affects satisfaction which in turn leads to loyalty.•Perceived value significantly affects satisfaction which is an antecedent to loyalty.
The purpose of this study was to develop an integrated model to examine the antecedents to Chinese domestic tourists’ destination loyalty. Chinese tourists are rapidly gaining attention from both researchers and practitioners, mainly due to their enormous economic implications; however, this is still a largely understudied group in tourism and hospitality literature. Data were collected from tourists to Hainan Island, China and analyzed utilizing a structural equation modeling approach. Findings of this study revealed that destination familiarity, destination image, perceived value, and tourist satisfaction all influenced Chinese domestic tourists’ destination loyalty. Implications for Hainan tourism marketers and managers were discussed.
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