Tourism in Africa Christie, Iain; Fernandes, Eneida; Messerli, Hannah ...
2014.
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This report is the first to examine tourism in Africa comprehensively and regionally and the first to recommend practical, evidence-based measures enabling the sectors economic and development power. ...This gives new impetus to the continents development progress by leveraging tourism in pursuit of lasting poverty alleviation and the creation of significantly more jobs and opportunities for all Africans.
Utilizing the Stimulus-Organism-Response paradigm, this study explores how self-disclosure, an important component of tourist-to-tourist interaction, influences tourist experience. Data were ...collected through a field experiment and analyzed via PLS analysis and PROCESS. Findings indicate that self-disclosure indirectly increases engagement by strengthening perceived cohesion and perceived intimacy. Perceived cohesion and perceived intimacy have indirect effects on satisfaction with experience, through engagement. Further, the initial tie strength moderates the effect of self-disclosure on perceived cohesion and perceived intimacy. These findings contribute to the development of tourism experience research from the perspective of tourist-to-tourist interaction and the social interaction literature by examining the unique interaction mechanism among tourists.
•Integrates tourist-to-tourist interaction into tourist experience studies.•Uses PLS analysis to examine data collected by field experiment in China.•Self-disclosure is a significant component of tourist-to-tourist interaction.•Perceived cohesion and intimacy are critical determinants of tourist engagement.•Engagement mediates the impacts of cohesion and intimacy on satisfaction.
Empirical research focusing on time-space tourist activity has increased in recent years, since new technological tools make it possible as never before to accurately track tourists' movements. ...Nonetheless, the published studies are inconsistent when assessing spatiotemporal tourist behaviour (STTB), hindering the development of a solid research base that permits replication of and comparison amongst studies. The incipient conceptualization of STTB leads to the present inconsistency of assessment indicators used in empirical research, which will probably be stressed in the future. Continuous technological evolution will allow the collection of new kinds of data, whose analysis will certainly result in a better understanding of STTB, especially if structured by a consistent taxonomy. Aiming to address this gap, the theoretical underpinnings of the multidimensional concept of STTB are reviewed and a conceptual model is proposed, based on a behavioural perspective and for the urban intra-destination context, as a comprehensive framework of analysis. Further, the systematization of the indicators used in previous research to assess STTB, its influential factors, and other methodological aspects regarding its assessment, as well as practical implications and future research directions are discussed.
This study examines tourist loyalty in creative tourism comprising of experience quality, perceived value, satisfaction, and motivation as its antecedents and assesses the mediation role of ...motivation in the development of tourist loyalty. The data was collected from four creative tourism attractions in Bandung, Indonesia. Self-administrated questionnaires were distributed to tourists after they experienced the attraction. In total, 369 useful questionnaires were collected with the hypotheses developed examined using Partial Least Square method. This study discloses that experience quality, perceived value, tourist satisfaction, and tourist motivation are key factors that determine tourist loyalty towards a creative attraction. Likewise, this study highlights that the influence of tourist loyalty determinants (on tourist loyalty), is partly mediated by tourist motivation. Lastly, this study discloses that among the loyalty determinants, experience quality has the biggest effect on tourist loyalty. These results offer a better understanding for both scholars and practitioners of creative attraction businesses on how to develop their clients' loyalty.
Is travel inherently beneficial to human character? Does it automatically educate and enlighten while also promoting tolerance, peace, and understanding? In this challenging book, Dean MacCannell ...identifies and overcomes common obstacles to ethical sightseeing. Through his unique combination of personal observation and in-depth scholarship, MacCannell ventures into specific tourist destinations and attractions: "picturesque" rural and natural landscapes, "hip" urban scenes, historic locations of tragic events, Disney theme parks, beaches, and travel poster ideals. He shows how strategies intended to attract tourists carry unintended consequences when they migrate to other domains of life and reappear as "staged authenticity." Demonstrating each act of sightseeing as an ethical test, the book shows how tourists can realize the productive potential of their travel desires, penetrate the collective unconscious, and gain character, insight, and connection to the world.
The high infectivity and uncertainty of COVID-19 could intensify the tourists' psychological anxiety, and further greatly hinder the tourist flow and tourism recovery. Finding ways to ease tourist ...anxiety and renew their travel confidence is a critical issue that has remained unsolved during COVID-19. The government and tourist destination, providing and guaranteeing tourism activities, are helpful to alleviate tourist anxiety. Therefore, fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) and social support theory were used to explore how to alleviate tourist anxiety from the dual perspectives of the government and the destination. The results indicate that there are seven configurations for alleviating tourists' psychological anxiety, and the role of both government and destination are core factors. Among them, the positive destination image is indispensable. Moreover, there is a substitution between crisis management effectiveness and destination sustainability. The research deepens the matching relationship between multidimensional antecedents and tourist anxiety, promotes the application of social support theory in tourist negative emotion, and expands the research framework of tourist anxiety influenced by major crisis events. Our findings provide practical implications for the government and tourist destinations in dealing with major crises and contribute to tourism recovery and competitiveness remodelling during COVID-19.
Drawing on the authentic happiness theory, the aims of this article are three-fold: first, to propose a refined measurement scale for tourists’ sense of well-being; second, to investigate the impact ...of four categories of tourist experience on tourists’ sense of well-being; and third, to explore the effect of the sense of well-being on tourists’ satisfaction and loyalty. Data were collected from tourists spending their holidays in the Algarve, Portugal. To address the lack of an integrated measurement scale for assessing tourists’ sense of well-being, an exploratory factor analysis was initially conducted. Subsequently, the data were analyzed using structural equation modeling in WarpPLS 8.0. The findings reveal a three-dimensional scale for tourists’ sense of well-being, consisting of meaningfulness, active pleasure, and release. The results also show a significant positive impact of the four realms of tourists’ experiences on the sense of well-being. Finally, positive relationships between well-being, tourist satisfaction and loyalty are confirmed. The theoretical and practical implications, limitations, and potential directions for future research are discussed.
The purpose of this study is to empirically test an integrative model linking tourists’ emotional experiences, perceived overall image, satisfaction, and intention to recommend. The model was tested ...using data collected from domestic tourists visiting Sardinia, Italy. Results show that tourists’ emotional experiences act as antecedents of perceived overall image and satisfaction evaluations. In addition, overall image has a positive influence on tourist satisfaction and intention to recommend. The study expands current theorizations by examining the merits of emotions in tourist behavior models. From a practical perspective, the study offers important implications for destination marketers.
Tourist engagement (TE) has gained prominence in academia and industry. While previous studies have focused on exploring TE in tourism and hospitality, no consolidated empirical study has been ...conducted. We conducted a comprehensive meta-analysis using data from 73 independent studies retrieved from 72 papers, with a total sample size of 41,757. Our analysis, using meta-analytic structural equation modelling, tested a conceptual framework and found that tourist experience and TE individually mediate tourists’ satisfaction, emotion, behavioral intention, and loyalty. Additionally, cultural (e.g., power distance, individualism, uncertainty avoidance, indulgence) and economic (e.g., human development index) moderators influence TE. Our findings also suggest that popular global destinations enhance the relationship between tourist experience, engagement, and behavioral intention.
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