Cristóbal Mendoza, Josefina Domínguez-Mujica, Juan Manuel Parreño-Castellano
{"title":"Islands on the move: Non-mass tourism and migration in El Hierro (Spain) and Pico (Portugal)","authors":"Cristóbal Mendoza, Josefina Domínguez-Mujica, Juan Manuel Parreño-Castellano","doi":"10.1016/j.annale.2025.100171","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annale.2025.100171","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper examines migration inflows in El Hierro (Canary Islands, Spain) and Pico (Azores, Portugal) and their relationship with tourism. It investigates how immigrants' work-life transitions are linked to tourism involvement, highlighting how migration reshapes the islands' economies. Immigrants contribute to shifting the productive model from pre-tourism structures to economies increasingly dominated by tourism. The analysis concludes that these islands do not fit neatly into traditional classifications of island tourism development. Instead, they represent a unique typology, marked by the early arrival of enterprising foreign immigrants. This shift is driven by both local conditions and global influences, such as globalization, digitalization, and EU membership, positioning these islands within a broader economic and social transformation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34520,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights","volume":"6 1","pages":"Article 100171"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143577775","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hanh Thi My Le , Thuy-An Phan-Thi , Binh T. Nguyen , Thang Quyet Nguyen
{"title":"Mining online hotel reviews using big data and machine learning: An empirical study from an emerging country","authors":"Hanh Thi My Le , Thuy-An Phan-Thi , Binh T. Nguyen , Thang Quyet Nguyen","doi":"10.1016/j.annale.2025.100170","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annale.2025.100170","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper presents a framework for collecting large datasets of hotel reviews (e.g., from <span><span>Booking.com</span><svg><path></path></svg></span> and TripAdvisor) and performing useful analytics from the data collected. This approach automates data collection, reduces manual effort, enhances data cleaning, and standardizes data processing. We compiled extensive datasets of 607,451 reviews from <span><span>Booking.com</span><svg><path></path></svg></span> and 782,584 from TripAdvisor, representing the most extensive emerging market-specific hotel review datasets. We conducted statistical analysis to evaluate the review distribution and customer satisfaction levels. Sentiment analysis assessed the polarity and subjectivity of English reviews and their impact on customers' overall satisfaction. Additionally, we used topic modeling with Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) to identify key themes within the reviews to understand customers' real needs, providing helpful insights for hotel management.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34520,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights","volume":"6 1","pages":"Article 100170"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143562214","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lidia de Castro Romero, Víctor Martín Barroso, Rosa Santero-Sánchez
{"title":"Gender wage gap in hospitality management: The evidence in Europe","authors":"Lidia de Castro Romero, Víctor Martín Barroso, Rosa Santero-Sánchez","doi":"10.1016/j.annale.2025.100169","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annale.2025.100169","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Hospitality employs many women, offering a chance to promote gender equality. However, wage disparities and unequal working conditions persist for women. This study examines the gender wage gap in managerial positions within hospitality across fourteen European countries, using data from the 2018 European Structure of Earnings Survey. We compute adjusted gender wage gaps and use decomposition methods to analyse wage disparities. Results show a significant wage gap in eight countries, from 5.1 % to 23.8 %, suggesting unobserved factors indicative of discrimination. Furthermore, we observe that in most countries, this gender wage gap is lower compared to other sectors of the economy. Additionally, much of the gap is due to female managers being concentrated in lower-paying establishments.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34520,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights","volume":"6 1","pages":"Article 100169"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143465362","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Inclusivity of virtual tourism destinations: An immersive netnographic study of Indonesian wheelchair users in virtual nature-based destinations","authors":"Rosliyana Perangin-Angin , Rokhshad Tavakoli , Camelia Kusumo , Paolo Mura","doi":"10.1016/j.annale.2025.100168","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annale.2025.100168","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Exclusion-inclusion theory has received attention in various disciplines in the actual world. However, whether and how virtual tourism experiences can affect the degree of exclusion-inclusion for people who use wheelchairs has not been discussed. Driven by an interpretivist paradigm, this study employed immersive netnography. Ten Indonesian were observed and interviewed to understand their virtual nature-based experiences. They used virtual reality head month and explored a few virtual destinations. The findings suggest that the combination of virtual tourism destinations' aspects can influence the inclusivity of their travel experiences. A better understanding of these findings will aid in developing inclusive tourism for wheelchair users through virtual tourism. This paper provides insights into the current and future scope of inclusive e-tourism.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34520,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights","volume":"6 1","pages":"Article 100168"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143428826","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Takatoshi Murayama , Graham Brown , Atsushi Akiike , Kohsuke Matsuoka
{"title":"Resident perceptions of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games: An examination of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic","authors":"Takatoshi Murayama , Graham Brown , Atsushi Akiike , Kohsuke Matsuoka","doi":"10.1016/j.annale.2025.100166","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annale.2025.100166","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This article examines Japanese residents' perceptions of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. A nationwide survey measured attitudes towards the Games and perceptions of subjective well-being, comparing pre- and post-event evaluations to examine the impact of disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Surprisingly, the Wilcoxon signed-rank test indicated that perceptions on many items about community benefits significantly increased, while many concerns about quality-of-life and COVID-19 significantly decreased. The study found that, overall, attitudes towards the Olympics became more favourable despite the impact of the pandemic. The epidemic control strategy which isolated athletes from host residents and prioritised public health is discussed as a legacy for sustainable mega sport events.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34520,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights","volume":"6 1","pages":"Article 100166"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143301787","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Airbnb amenities: Quantifying their contribution to the guest experience","authors":"Wondwesen Tafesse, Urwa Tariq","doi":"10.1016/j.annale.2025.100167","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annale.2025.100167","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Due to the expectation that Airbnb guests value home-benefit amenities, Airbnb hosts provide a wide range of amenities. These amenities can potentially enhance guests' experience by expanding the range of interactions they can have during their stay. However, empirical research systematically investigating the contribution of Airbnb amenities to the guest experience remains limited. To address this gap, the present study adopts an experiential perspective and organizes hundreds of individual amenities offered by Airbnb properties into 12 comprehensive and mutually exclusive categories. Using data from thousands of Airbnb listings, the study then quantifies the contributions of these categories to the guest experience. The findings reveal that certain categories including office, entertainment, ambiance, safety and accessibility amenities are significantly associated with the guest experience, while other categories including kitchen, living room, bedroom, bathroom, and outdoor amenities have no significant association with the guest experience. The findings contribute to the Airbnb literature by providing a systematic framework to categorize Airbnb amenities and offering empirical evidence of their contribution to the guest experience.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34520,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights","volume":"6 1","pages":"Article 100167"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143172311","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mitchell Lewis Horrocks , Adrian Gepp , James Todd , Bruce James Vanstone
{"title":"Pandemic borders and expenditure impact: Intervention and forecasting insights from Australia","authors":"Mitchell Lewis Horrocks , Adrian Gepp , James Todd , Bruce James Vanstone","doi":"10.1016/j.annale.2024.100163","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annale.2024.100163","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The coronavirus pandemic had a devastating effect on tourism. This paper develops an integrated intervention analysis and forecasting methodology for crisis impact assessment to investigate the economic impacts of border restrictions for a popular tourist destination in Australia, the Gold Coast. Using anonymised and aggregated daily Visa expenditure data from 2018 to 2020, this paper investigates domestic and international visitors' responses to border restrictions and their subsequent easing. Responses are influenced by policy severity, proximity to destinations, and broader pandemic conditions, with international markets experiencing the greatest expenditure impact. Domestic intrastate visitors drove initial recovery, while interstate visitors faced barriers like non-reciprocal travel arrangements and frequently changing restrictions. Travel restrictions disproportionately affected tourist-oriented businesses and altered the spatial distribution of visitor spending.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34520,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights","volume":"6 1","pages":"Article 100163"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143172313","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"From overtourism to overall-mobility","authors":"José Antonio Donaire Benito, Konstantina Zerva","doi":"10.1016/j.annale.2024.100161","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annale.2024.100161","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Drawing from the New Mobility Paradigm, tourist cities embody more complexity than mere dichotomies of ‘hosts’ versus ‘guests.’ They are the result of multiple users of urban space overlapping in a highly mobile and hyper-nomadic society. By combining mobile positioning-based data, various official surveys, and the interpolation of census data, this article measures the relative weight of the different users of the city of Barcelona in 2019 and their distribution both temporally and spatially. Results indicate that the absolute value of different types of visitors is much higher than official data suggest, but their relative value is conditioned by the high volume of other forms of mobility. The tension between users generates very diverse spatial responses, ranging from coexistence to exclusion.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34520,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights","volume":"6 1","pages":"Article 100161"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143172314","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Richard J. Buning , Anne Hardy , Jonathan Corcoran , Dorina Pojani , Zhenpeng Zou , Milly Chen
{"title":"Charting a research agenda for micromobility and tourism","authors":"Richard J. Buning , Anne Hardy , Jonathan Corcoran , Dorina Pojani , Zhenpeng Zou , Milly Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.annale.2024.100164","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annale.2024.100164","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":34520,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights","volume":"6 1","pages":"Article 100164"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143172312","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aida Galiano Martínez, Juan Manuel Martín-Alvarez, Miguel Angel Del Arco Osuna, Lara Mata Martínez
{"title":"Evaluating the COVID−19 impact on tourism and access routes to Spain: A counterfactual analysis","authors":"Aida Galiano Martínez, Juan Manuel Martín-Alvarez, Miguel Angel Del Arco Osuna, Lara Mata Martínez","doi":"10.1016/j.annale.2024.100159","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annale.2024.100159","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This research examines the impact of COVID-19 on Spanish international tourism, focusing on the routes of access to the country. Using data from October 2015 to March 2024, a counterfactual analysis was conducted to calculate the severity of the impact on Foreign Tourism Access to Spain by Air Transport, Road, Railway, and Maritime Transport. Benchmark series were calculated using the SARIMA model and validated with Machine Learning methods. Results show significant increases in Air and Road access post-pandemic, with even larger increases in Railway and Maritime routes, indicating early recovery trends since May 2023. These findings highlight the need for adaptive marketing strategies to align with new travel preferences for sustainable and health-conscious travel options.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34520,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights","volume":"6 1","pages":"Article 100159"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143172315","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}