{"title":"Science-policy-practice gap – Tourism emissions in Queensland","authors":"Susanne Becken","doi":"10.1016/j.annale.2025.100202","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annale.2025.100202","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":34520,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights","volume":"6 2","pages":"Article 100202"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145614582","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 multi-destination tourism in APEC (2008–2023)","authors":"Chanakan Thongma , Chia-Lin Chang","doi":"10.1016/j.annale.2025.100194","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annale.2025.100194","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examines the economic and policy factors shaping multi-destination tourism flows in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation region, focusing on Japan, Taiwan, and Thailand from 2008 to 2023. Using gravity model and vector autoregression analysis, it identifies GDP, exchange rates, visa policies, government efficiency, and travel distance as key determinants. Results show Japan attracts high-income tourists, Taiwan acts as a transit hub, and Thailand appeals to budget-conscious travelers. The analysis highlights both competitive and complementary dynamics, underscoring the need for regional tourism coordination. The proposed “Sustainable Asia Tourism Trail” supports the United Nations SDGs by encouraging environmentally friendly travel and cross-border cooperation. Policy recommendations include streamlining visas, investing in infrastructure, and implementing coordinated strategies to strengthen regional competitiveness and sustainability.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34520,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights","volume":"6 2","pages":"Article 100194"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144913316","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}
Pascal Troxler , Monika Bandi Tanner , Marcus Roller
{"title":"Investment competition among Swiss ski areas","authors":"Pascal Troxler , Monika Bandi Tanner , Marcus Roller","doi":"10.1016/j.annale.2025.100191","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annale.2025.100191","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In recent years, ski area operators in Switzerland have faced decreasing demand while ski lift and snowmaking capabilities have increased – partly using financial aid from public funds. It is therefore crucial to determine to what extent ski area investment supports demand and affects the competition for the remaining guests. Exploiting firm-level and natural snowpack data, we find that ski areas with above-median snowmaking capabilities decrease their natural snow dependency and that ski lift investments induce a positive, albeit small, effect on outcomes in the winter following their construction. Additionally, we document adverse effects on demand for nearby neighboring ski area expansions. The results imply that investments in high-capacity lifts are relatively ineffective at retaining demand and sustaining revenue.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34520,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights","volume":"6 2","pages":"Article 100191"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144750761","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":"Exploring serial patterns in negative hotel reviews","authors":"Rodion Skovoroda , Wei Yang , Bowei Chen , Trevor Buck","doi":"10.1016/j.annale.2025.100199","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annale.2025.100199","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examines the dynamics of negative customer reviews in the hospitality industry. Drawing on a dataset of 80,521 negative hotel reviews from <span><span>Booking.com</span><svg><path></path></svg></span>, we identify eleven serially correlated aspects of customer experience where current customer complaints predict future ones. These patterns suggest the presence of emerging issues that impact multiple customers over time and show that the size of the time series effects in hospitality can be substantial and important in practice. We attribute these findings to capacity constraints and the relatively slow pace of managerial corrective actions. The empirical findings have implications for academic researchers, service organizations and online platforms, offering insights that can inform strategic decisions, enhance managerial performance evaluation and improve overall customer experience.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34520,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights","volume":"6 2","pages":"Article 100199"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145415421","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":"An efficient five-item New Environmental Paradigm","authors":"Sara Dolnicar , Bettina Grün , Sarah MacInnes","doi":"10.1016/j.annale.2025.100196","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annale.2025.100196","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Measuring pro-environmental beliefs is vital for knowledge development and decision-making to improve sustainable tourist behaviour. The primary empirical measure of pro-environmental beliefs is the New Environmental Paradigm. The current use of the New Environmental Paradigm is imperfect: (1) the 15-item version lengthens questionnaires, potentially reducing response rates and reducing data quality; (2) using varying subsets of items to reduce respondent burden undermines measurement validity and comparability across studies. We assess all possible 5-item combinations of the 15-item version (one per facet) to produce the NEP-5, a 5-item measure with high test-retest reliability (0.887 compared to 0.904 for the 15-item version), high convergent validity with the 15-item version (0.960 within-waves, 0.869 across), and equally good predictive validity as the 15-item version.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34520,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights","volume":"6 2","pages":"Article 100196"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145219281","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}
Isabel Torres, María-Dolores Teruel-Serrano, María José Viñals
{"title":"Spatial distribution and challenges in European Union funding: A perspective from tourism projects","authors":"Isabel Torres, María-Dolores Teruel-Serrano, María José Viñals","doi":"10.1016/j.annale.2025.100198","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annale.2025.100198","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Tourism is a key economic sector, yet its prominence within European Union funding remains limited. This paper presents the first multi-programme estimate of tourism-related EU funding between 2007 and 2020, covering eleven major programmes. An estimated €5.45 billion—2.23 % of total EU funding—was allocated, primarily through regional and structural funds. Support from other instruments was marginal, despite tourism's multisectoral relevance. The findings reveal spatial disparities linked to institutional capacity and governance structures, reflecting broader challenges associated with project-based funding. This study contributes to ongoing policy debates around the future Multiannual Financial Framework (2028–2034) and the EU Sustainable Tourism Strategy, calling for more coherent and inclusive support for tourism across Member States.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34520,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights","volume":"6 2","pages":"Article 100198"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145319774","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":"Holidays abroad of Dutch citizens do not increase their appetite for greater European integration","authors":"Juan Díez Medrano , Juan J. Fernández","doi":"10.1016/j.annale.2025.100188","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annale.2025.100188","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>What is the relationship between international travel and pro-European dispositions? Most theoretical research on European integration argues that international travel fosters these dispositions, and many cross-sectional studies support this expectation. However, support for this association rests on strong and questionable micro-foundational assumptions. This article critically engages with the association between international travel and pro-European dispositions. To do so, we draw on social psychology models and tourism research, which emphasize that the quality and impact of travel experiences are highly heterogeneous and contingent on individual, interactional, and contextual factors. Building on these perspectives, we predict no association between international travel and support for further European integration. To test this prediction, we use panel data from the Netherlands and employ two-way fixed-effects models to evaluate both the positive and negligible association hypotheses. In line with our prediction, we find that among Dutch citizens, within-individual increases in the number of international trips are not significantly related to changes in support for European integration. In summary, evidence from a rigorous test does not support the claim that typical international travel fosters pro-European dispositions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34520,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights","volume":"6 2","pages":"Article 100188"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144713567","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":"From “dark” and “darker” to “gray” tourism: Revisiting Auschwitz, hybrid-style","authors":"William F.S. Miles","doi":"10.1016/j.annale.2025.100182","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annale.2025.100182","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":34520,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights","volume":"6 2","pages":"Article 100182"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144194421","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}
Connie Johnmeyer, Shuangyu Xu , Sonja Wilhelm Stanis , Mark Morgan
{"title":"The meaningful elements of the Camino: Toward understanding pilgrims' transformative experience","authors":"Connie Johnmeyer, Shuangyu Xu , Sonja Wilhelm Stanis , Mark Morgan","doi":"10.1016/j.annale.2025.100201","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annale.2025.100201","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Despite growing research on pilgrimage tourism, a comprehensive understanding of factors driving transformation remains limited. This study used a qualitative approach to identify meaningful elements of the Camino that facilitate pilgrims' transformative experience. Employing a data triangulation strategy, a content analysis was conducted on Camino pilgrims' social media posts and their responses to an open-ended survey questionnaire distributed to 1505 American pilgrims. Results revealed eight elements: religion/spirituality, long-distance walking, community, challenge, simplicity, nature, art/history/culture, and multiculturalism. These align well with Self-Determination Theory and help explain positive personal changes. This research deepens understanding of pilgrims' transformative experiences and the meaningful factors that foster them on the Camino.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34520,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights","volume":"6 2","pages":"Article 100201"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145465329","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":"Lead times in flux: Analyzing Airbnb booking dynamics during global Upheavals (2018–2022)","authors":"Harrison Katz , Erica Savage , Peter Coles","doi":"10.1016/j.annale.2025.100185","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annale.2025.100185","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Short-term changes in booking behaviors can significantly undermine naive forecasting methods in the travel and hospitality industry, especially during periods of global upheaval. Traditional metrics like average or median lead times capture only broad trends, often missing subtle yet impactful distributional shifts. In this study, we introduce a normalized L1 (Manhattan) distance to measure the full distributional divergence in Airbnb booking lead times from 2018 to 2022, with particular emphasis on the COVID-19 pandemic. Using data from four major U.S. cities, we find a two-phase pattern of disruption: a sharp initial change at the pandemic's onset, followed by partial recovery but persistent divergences from pre-2018 norms. Our approach reveals shifts in travelers' planning horizons that remain undetected by conventional summary statistics. These findings highlight the importance of examining the <em>entire</em> lead-time distribution when forecasting demand and setting pricing strategies. By capturing nuanced changes in booking behaviors, the normalized L1 metric enhances both demand forecasting and the broader strategic toolkit for tourism stakeholders, from revenue management and marketing to operational planning, amid continued market volatility.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34520,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights","volume":"6 2","pages":"Article 100185"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144557018","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}