{"title":"Try before you fly: Perspectives of parents and their children with disabilities on a natural environment teaching airport event. An exploratory study","authors":"Nichola Booth","doi":"10.1016/j.annale.2024.100162","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annale.2024.100162","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This exploratory study gathers perspectives of parents and children with disabilities following their attendance at ‘Try Before You Fly’, in a regional UK based airport. Many children with disabilities are unable to manage in unfamiliar settings such as an airport, and their parents may avoid exposure to such settings to reduce stress and anxiety and so avoid air travel. Try Before You Fly enabled disabled children and their families to practice all the steps of the airport experience, such as check-in, security departure lounge and access to a grounded aircraft, using an approach underpinned by behaviour analytic practices. Six months after the event, 21 parents and five children completed a questionnaire about the event. Results suggest that all respondents believed that the event increased their confidence levels about booking a holiday via air travel and that it should be an initiative offered at more airports.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34520,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights","volume":"5 2","pages":"Article 100162"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143136103","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":"Modeling the impact of COVID-19 on the tourism sector in Mauritius: A dynamic stochastic general equilibrium analysis","authors":"Indranarain Ramlall","doi":"10.1016/j.annale.2024.100130","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annale.2024.100130","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper develops a Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium model to gauge on the detrimental effects of COVID-19 on the tourism sector and consequently on the macroeconomy of Mauritius. Findings demonstrate COVID-19-induced tourism export shock triggering subdued exports, imports, investments and tax revenues while government debt, inflation rate, transfer income experienced bullish momentum. Overall, results from the model bode well with the real macroeconomic conditions which prevailed post the pandemic. Policywise, findings advocate the development of a new sector to diversify the exporting arm of the Mauritian economy. Our model can be used not only by local authorities but also by foreign economies which exhibit similar features to those of the Mauritian economy in view of shaping out optimal policies.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":34520,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights","volume":"5 2","pages":"Article 100130"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666957924000120/pdfft?md5=af9b56c92dd079576853a12f57db69ec&pid=1-s2.0-S2666957924000120-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140209441","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}
Claudia Gil Arroyo , Whitney Knollenberg , Carla Barbieri
{"title":"The craft beverage tourism research agenda: Recommendations to move forward","authors":"Claudia Gil Arroyo , Whitney Knollenberg , Carla Barbieri","doi":"10.1016/j.annale.2024.100123","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annale.2024.100123","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":34520,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights","volume":"5 1","pages":"Article 100123"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666957924000053/pdfft?md5=4d244477e1a893ac6b7ba235898bf433&pid=1-s2.0-S2666957924000053-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139731665","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}
John K. Coffey , Moji Shahvali , Deborah Kerstetter , Arthur Aron
{"title":"Couples vacations and romantic passion and intimacy","authors":"John K. Coffey , Moji Shahvali , Deborah Kerstetter , Arthur Aron","doi":"10.1016/j.annale.2024.100121","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annale.2024.100121","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Despite limited empirical support, vacations are marketed as beneficial for romantic partners. Using the self-expansion model as a foundation, we tested how self-expanding (e.g., novel, interesting, challenging) vacation experiences are associated with passion, physical intimacy, and relationship satisfaction. Study 1 (<em>n</em> = 238 partners) found that higher individual self-expanding experiences on vacations predicted higher post-vacation romantic passion and relationship satisfaction for couples traveling <em>with</em> their partners, but not those that did not travel together. Study 2 examined 102 romantic dyads that traveled together and found that higher self-expanding experiences on vacations predicted more post-vacation physical intimacy. Our findings advance self-expansion research and provide evidence for the tourism industry to design and promote self-expanding vacation experiences for couples seeking improved relationships and meaningful vacations.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":34520,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights","volume":"5 1","pages":"Article 100121"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266695792400003X/pdfft?md5=8a939e27b4be0e9084d1d6e6339ec23c&pid=1-s2.0-S266695792400003X-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139675361","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}
Charles Atanga Adongo , Frederick Dayour , Shaibu Bukari , Evelyn Addison Akotoye , Eunice Fay Amissah
{"title":"Workaholism among young people in the ride-hailing travel economy","authors":"Charles Atanga Adongo , Frederick Dayour , Shaibu Bukari , Evelyn Addison Akotoye , Eunice Fay Amissah","doi":"10.1016/j.annale.2023.100117","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annale.2023.100117","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The effects of precarious jobs on young people's well-being could be enduring. Research into the causes of harmful working behaviours among young people in the ride-hailing economy is limited. We used qualitative data from 40 ethnographic in-depth interviews with drivers in Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania, and South Africa to explore the root causes of workaholism among them and, in turn, proposed a typology. The framing of the typology was guided by the three-tiered tourism workforce taxonomy, which resulted in seven workaholic types. Beyond technology mediation, the reasons for their workaholism included demanding contractual structures, dependency, limited mandatory breaks, culminating into their reliance on energy drinks. Among other actions, deploying catalytic capital to support car loans, reforming regulations and, implementing universal breaks can help address the casues of overworking among ride-hail drivers.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":34520,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights","volume":"5 1","pages":"Article 100117"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666957923000320/pdfft?md5=1837b7600801f6a80e6d5c49ce1aebc8&pid=1-s2.0-S2666957923000320-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139033615","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":"The use of the civil wars in Colchester's tourist image","authors":"Michael Sewell","doi":"10.1016/j.annale.2024.100120","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annale.2024.100120","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This article explores the relationship between useable pasts and tourism to show how towns reinvented themselves using their local and unique histories throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. To achieve this, the article focuses its attention on the growing influence and importance that tourism had on Colchester's development. It shows how important visible landmarks and mythical stories are in ensuring a past's usability. Alongside this it highlights the importance of local stakeholders and businesses in owning the past and marketing the town as a historic location. In doing so it demonstrates the ways in which Colchester reinvented itself from an old Market town to become an Historic town. Focusing on the controversial history of the Siege of 1648, it will show how towns dealt with tragic narratives as they began using the past to sell themselves to the nation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":34520,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights","volume":"5 1","pages":"Article 100120"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666957924000028/pdfft?md5=391e9838c1fa2b67ad333edc8d889930&pid=1-s2.0-S2666957924000028-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139505310","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":"Tourism forecasts after COVID-19: Evidence of Portugal","authors":"Rosanna Mueller , Nuno Sobreira","doi":"10.1016/j.annale.2024.100127","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annale.2024.100127","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Based on a comprehensive tourism forecasting competition using Portugal's regional data, we study the impact of COVID-19 on the ability of time series models to forecast tourism demand. We find that the stable seasonal patterns observed before the pandemic did not persist in 2020, but regions with higher weights of domestic tourism showed much lower tourism declines and seasonal shifts. Although this change was temporary, it caused significant forecast breakdowns in all methods. However, the intensity of the break differed across models leading to important changes in model rankings, especially in the most affected regions. We discuss the effectiveness and implications of applying straightforward data adjustments and how they can attenuate the pandemic impact on <em>ex-post</em> assessment of tourism forecasts.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":34520,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights","volume":"5 1","pages":"Article 100127"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666957924000090/pdfft?md5=0e583d228b9bf307c94434ec131db42f&pid=1-s2.0-S2666957924000090-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139985403","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}
Bing Pan , Lucy Harbor , Soyoung Park , Rui Li , Ashley Schroeder , Yaqi Gong
{"title":"The motivation and experience of alma mater tourists","authors":"Bing Pan , Lucy Harbor , Soyoung Park , Rui Li , Ashley Schroeder , Yaqi Gong","doi":"10.1016/j.annale.2023.100118","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annale.2023.100118","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study investigates alma mater tourists' motivation and experience through semi-structured interviews. We propose that one's tertiary educational institution serves as a Home of Exploration between one's Home of Origin and Home of Procreation. This Home of Exploration occupies a liminal stage in life when one can be truly free. Alma mater tourists revisit their places of higher education to reminisce about the days when they were authentic to themselves and experience a unique blend of happiness, nostalgia, and other emotions. This experience is explained herein with sociological concepts including authenticity, spiritual center, push and pull factors, and life course theory.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":34520,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights","volume":"5 1","pages":"Article 100118"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666957923000332/pdfft?md5=f70f4665349bd438695931c06bd9ed55&pid=1-s2.0-S2666957923000332-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139050339","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":"The billionaire space race: Internet memes and the netizen response to space tourism","authors":"Joshua D. Bernstein","doi":"10.1016/j.annale.2024.100122","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annale.2024.100122","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study examined netizen attitudes toward space tourism. A content analysis was performed on 260 memes collected in response to the first tourist-focused suborbital spaceflight of Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin. While findings indicate a variety of perspectives toward both historic moments for the new commercial space industry, the overall sentiment was negative. Using cultural references and humor, this critical response focused on the billionaire founders Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos, downplayed their achievement, and questioned their environmental, financial, and social/ethical practices. This discursive contention is sharply opposed to dominant narratives which typically frame space tourism as a net positive for humankind. Findings offer insight into emerging attitudes toward present-day space tourism and potential challenges to the industry's future development.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":34520,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights","volume":"5 1","pages":"Article 100122"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666957924000041/pdfft?md5=0b0f5d47c4a116612eb7cb0fa022e666&pid=1-s2.0-S2666957924000041-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139743392","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":"Keeping two balls in the air: The bleisure travel experience","authors":"Bardia Batala , Lisa Slevitch","doi":"10.1016/j.annale.2023.100115","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annale.2023.100115","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study examines bleisure travel across pre-trip, during, and post-trip phases. After interviewing 23 bleisure travelers, the study found that in the pre-travel phase, bleisure travelers had more complex planning and needed more coordination. Therefore, they were well-organized, futuristic, and competent in travel arrangements. During the travel, they sought ‘educational experiences’, ‘short-squeezed leisure plans’, ‘family and kids-oriented activities’, and preferred ‘not trying one-time events’. They used strategies such as ‘flexibility in travel arrangement’, ‘clarification of travel companions’, ‘mixing business and leisure activity’, and ‘remote work’ to balance the two travel purposes. Finally, in the post-trip phase, bleisure travelers described feeling ‘physically tired but mentally rejuvenated’ with a sense of being ‘free of the guilt’ of their absence from home.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":34520,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights","volume":"5 1","pages":"Article 100115"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666957923000307/pdfft?md5=8a83ad266919fb78886290569202ba95&pid=1-s2.0-S2666957923000307-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138656410","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}