Sentiment-driven agglomeration in ethnic restaurants

IF 9.9 1区管理学 Q1 HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM

International Journal of Hospitality Management Pub Date : 2025-05-08 DOI:10.1016/j.ijhm.2025.104249

Jung Sean (Sangwon) , Jang SooCheong (Shawn) , Chun-Hung Hugo Tang , Carl Behnke , Seul Ki Lee

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Abstract

This study investigates the influence of consumer sentiment of ethnic restaurant attributes on spatial clustering of ethnic restaurant themes through competition and cooperation. Using sentiment analysis and negative binomial regression models on Twitter data, it assesses how sentiment affects ethnic restaurants' agglomeration patterns. Results indicate that restaurants with higher sentiment on attributes related to ethnic dining are less likely to cluster than those with lower sentiment, highlighting the significant role of consumer opinion in determining the spatial distribution of ethnic restaurant themes. Furthermore, the research uncovers regions with higher percentage of non-English populations in the U.S. to have more ethnic restaurant themes clustered in its region. However, within such regions, ethnic restaurant themes with higher consumer sentiment of the country of origin were more clustered than those with lower sentiment of country of origin, suggesting that positive sentiment of country of origin draw additional consumer demand.

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情感驱动的民族餐馆聚集

本研究透过竞争与合作，探讨民族餐厅属性消费者情绪对民族餐厅主题空间聚类的影响。利用Twitter数据的情绪分析和负二项回归模型，评估了情绪对民族餐厅集聚模式的影响。结果表明，对民族餐饮相关属性的情绪较高的餐厅比情绪较低的餐厅更不容易聚集，突出了消费者意见在决定民族餐饮主题空间分布中的重要作用。此外，该研究还发现，美国非英语人口比例较高的地区，其民族主题餐厅的数量也更多。然而，在这些区域内，原产国消费者情绪较高的民族餐厅主题比原产国消费者情绪较低的民族餐厅主题更聚集，这表明原产国的积极情绪吸引了额外的消费者需求。

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International Journal of Hospitality Management HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM-

CiteScore

21.20

自引率

9.40%

发文量

218

审稿时长

85 days

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