{"title":"Evolving pathways for spiritual tourism in protected areas","authors":"Shaohua Wang, Janne Liburd","doi":"10.1016/j.annale.2026.100204","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annale.2026.100204","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":34520,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights","volume":"7 1","pages":"Article 100204"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145979285","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The partner penalty: Exploring tourism jobs and life satisfaction relationships","authors":"Davide Arioldi , Eva Vroegop","doi":"10.1016/j.annale.2026.100221","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annale.2026.100221","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study investigates how tourism employment affects life satisfaction — not only for workers themselves, but also for their partners — using European Social Survey data from 30 countries (2002−2022). Tourism workers report lower life satisfaction, which is largely attributable to socioeconomic factors. However, partners of tourism workers experience an even larger reduction in life satisfaction — a ‘partner penalty’ exceeding the estimated effect of divorce. This life satisfaction penalty for partners is concentrated among men and families with children, suggesting that gender norms and caregiving responsibilities play a central role. Notably, dual-tourism couples do not exhibit this penalty, consistent with shared occupational understanding. Proxy indicators suggest time-based work-family conflict, including disrupted family time and reduced social interactions, as a plausible mechanism.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34520,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights","volume":"7 1","pages":"Article 100221"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148183906","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aythami Santana-Padrón, Eugenio Diaz-Farina, Andrea Rodríguez
{"title":"Hierarchical pattern analysis of tourist environmental compensation: Evidence from the Canary Islands","authors":"Aythami Santana-Padrón, Eugenio Diaz-Farina, Andrea Rodríguez","doi":"10.1016/j.annale.2026.100217","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annale.2026.100217","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study applies a hierarchical pattern analysis to examine how tourists' carbon offset willingness intersects with behavioural profiles. Using FP-Growth on data from nearly 80,000 visitors to the Canary Islands (2022−2023), it shows that carbon offsetting is shaped not only by environmental values but also by cognitive engagement, planning autonomy, and dependence on mass-tourism infrastructures. The analysis identifies four tourist profiles, from non-compensators with routinized behaviours to highly proactive tourists integrating sustainability into their consumption. The study proposes targeted policies such as opt-out defaults, symbolic eco-incentives, loyalty schemes, and participatory governance. Findings highlight the need for multi-layered sustainability strategies that move beyond binary classifications of environmental commitment.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34520,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights","volume":"7 1","pages":"Article 100217"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147802608","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Accommodation via peer-to-peer platforms in national accounts","authors":"Philippe Askenazy , Alexandre Bourgeois","doi":"10.1016/j.annale.2026.100207","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annale.2026.100207","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The development of peer-to-peer short-stay accommodation, mediated by online platforms, is a major phenomenon in the tourism and hospitality industry. This paper explores how it is traced in national accounts, especially for France, the largest European tourist market. The current methodology fails to fully embrace this activity and its associated production. A generic, more comprehensive approach to considering property owners as notional unincorporated enterprises is proposed. This is applied to France by exploiting a variety of sources. Compared to current methods, the output and productivity of the accommodation industry can accordingly be significantly revised upward. A unified approach can also enhance the comparability of this industry across countries.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34520,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights","volume":"7 1","pages":"Article 100207"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146078653","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Drivers of theme park attendance: A spatial analysis","authors":"Laurent Gomez, Nicolas Peridy","doi":"10.1016/j.annale.2026.100205","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annale.2026.100205","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This article contributes to bridging the gap in the literature related to the determinants of park attendance using spatial econometrics. The key results are as follows: First, park attendance depends on internal and external components of the park such as satisfaction, reputation, and purchasing power of inhabitants. Second, there are many spatial spillover effects. The satisfaction, the ticket price, the relation to a chain, the international openness, and the thematic orientation of the park’s neighbors significantly impact the attendance of a given park. These spatial interactions are most important in a neighborhood of 150 km. In addition to their internal and external components, managers should consider the characteristics of neighboring parks.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34520,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights","volume":"7 1","pages":"Article 100205"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146078654","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Amit Verma , Priyanka Verma , Noura Mansoura , Shanthi Rajan
{"title":"Hybrid DEEP-learning model for resilient tourism enterprises","authors":"Amit Verma , Priyanka Verma , Noura Mansoura , Shanthi Rajan","doi":"10.1016/j.annale.2026.100220","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annale.2026.100220","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The tourism business is increasingly encountering disruptions due to external shocks, fluctuating demands, and changing tourist sentiments. Whereas conventional risk prediction models are mostly static and less responsive. The study aims to design a real-time decision support tool through a novel CRISP-LSTM<span><span><sup>1</sup></span></span> model, integrating hierarchical LSTM structures with attention-driven multimodal fusion of tourism statistics, online reviews, and GDELT<span><span><sup>2</sup></span></span> events. The results reveal that CRISP-LSTM performs better than conventional models, with better precision, recall, F1-score, and AUC (0.86, 0.90, 0.88, and 0.92, respectively). Simulations on high-risk scenarios indicates reduced economic loss (40%) and recovery time (six months). The real-time CRISP-LSTM significantly enhances strategic results with extreme disruption scenarios. Thus, the study offers a practical and novel approach for tourism enterprise resilience.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34520,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights","volume":"7 1","pages":"Article 100220"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147951110","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Systemic thinking in mountain research impacts","authors":"Jeanne Fournier , Ephraim Gerber , Emmanuel Fragnière , Emmanuel Salim , Leïla Kebir","doi":"10.1016/j.annale.2026.100219","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annale.2026.100219","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Tourism research often struggles to demonstrate its tangible influence on governance. This commentary presents a case in Valais, Switzerland, where sustained collaboration between academic institutions, public authorities, and industry translated scientific insights into tourism policy and practice. Several studies conducted in the region, including research on summer glacier skiing, contributed to climate adaptation, risk management, and destination resilience. Academic teams acted as trusted intermediaries by connecting research and decision-making through workshops, media engagement, and advisory roles. This long-term cooperative model supported knowledge transfer, informed cantonal climate strategies, guided tourism diversification, and stimulated public debate, illustrating how research can foster innovative governance and resilience in mountain regions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34520,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights","volume":"7 1","pages":"Article 100219"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147858489","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Balancing luxury and sustainability in Saudi tourism","authors":"Khadija Mehrez","doi":"10.1016/j.annale.2025.100203","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annale.2025.100203","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study investigates how tourists perceive the compatibility between luxury and sustainability in Saudi Arabia's emerging high-end tourism sector. Adopting a constructivist grounded theory approach, 39 semi-structured interviews with local and international travellers revealed five interrelated value categories: hedonic, uniqueness, trade-off, fairness, and religious value. While many participants embraced sustainability in luxury experiences, concerns about greenwashing and fair pricing were also raised. Religious value, particularly salient among Muslim tourists, reflects a culturally grounded extension of moral consumption. The findings extend value-based theorizing by introducing trade-off value as a distinct evaluative lens in the context of sustainable luxury. The study offers context-sensitive insights to inform experience design and marketing strategies that resonate with ethically and culturally diverse tourist segments.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34520,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights","volume":"7 1","pages":"Article 100203"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145897884","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aythami Santana-Padrón , Yen E. Lam-González , Javier de León
{"title":"Tourist heterogeneity in carbon compensation: A two-stage framework for sustainable island tourism policy","authors":"Aythami Santana-Padrón , Yen E. Lam-González , Javier de León","doi":"10.1016/j.annale.2026.100222","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annale.2026.100222","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Small island tourism destinations face a paradox: prosperity depends on the natural assets that tourism threatens. Current compensation policies fail by treating tourists identically through single-stage frameworks that conflate participation barriers with contribution intensity. Using stated preference data from 70,930 Canary Islands tourists, hurdle models with bootstrap validation separate participation (Stage 1: complementary log-log) from contribution intensity (Stage 2: OLS) across four compensation levels (<5% to >20% of trip expenditure). Education increases participation yet reduces contribution intensity (€ − 0.23 to €-6.63); near-zero residual correlation (ρ = 0.0004, <em>p</em> = 0.955) confirms distinct mechanisms govern each stage. Progressive taxation aligned with spending capacity generates €770.4 M versus €267.9 M from flat rates—a 188% revenue increase—transforming compensation into a self-financing mechanism requiring expenditure proxies and machine learning for full implementation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34520,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights","volume":"7 1","pages":"Article 100222"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147995535","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yi Liu , Huimin Liu , Xuan Gao , Xiang (Robert) Li , Fangfei Han
{"title":"Categorizing review spam in tourism and hospitality","authors":"Yi Liu , Huimin Liu , Xuan Gao , Xiang (Robert) Li , Fangfei Han","doi":"10.1016/j.annale.2025.100186","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annale.2025.100186","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":34520,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights","volume":"6 2","pages":"Article 100186"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144604688","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}