{"title":"Perception disparity: Analyzing the destination image of Uzbekistan among residents and non-visitors","authors":"Florian J. Eitzenberger, Tatjana Thimm","doi":"10.1016/j.jdmm.2024.100946","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jdmm.2024.100946","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Destination image is a crucial aspect of tourism research. Although extensively studied, recent research highlights the need to explore residents' views and non-visitors' perceptions of destinations. This study aims to address this gap by contrasting Resident Destination Image (RDI) with Tourist Destination Image (TDI) among non-visitors, using Uzbekistan as a case study. The research investigates how Uzbekistan is perceived by its residents in Samarkand and non-visitors in Germany, employing a mixed-method approach of surveys, focus group discussions, and observations. Findings reveal a significant divergence between the positive self-perception of residents and the often unclear or negative image held by non-visitors. The study underscores the influence of stereotypes on non-visitors' perceptions and the need for targeted marketing to bridge the gap between RDI and TDI to unlock the country's untapped tourism potential. The results suggest that enhancing the destination's image through informed marketing strategies can attract more international tourists and support the country's tourism development.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48021,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Destination Marketing & Management","volume":"34 ","pages":"Article 100946"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142658704","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Women travelers and social media: Charting the path to economic and entrepreneurial opportunities","authors":"Tasneem Binte Morshed, Ana Beatriz Hernández-Lara","doi":"10.1016/j.jdmm.2024.100952","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jdmm.2024.100952","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>An increasing number of studies have emerged to analyze the growing phenomenon of women travelers and their active participation on social media, especially dedicated to its psychological aspects. However, its economic and entrepreneurial implications have been mostly neglected. The objective of this study is to develop a two-facet theoretical framework on how lay women travelers become entrepreneurial travel influencers. A systematic literature review of 177 academic articles has been conducted and classified into 3 categories namely women-focused, gender-focused, and gender-variable. Topic modeling was applied to identify the top 5 topics from each category and concluded that previous works examining the economic and entrepreneurial prospects of women travelers from a destination marketing perspective are scarce, especially among the women-focused studies. This study is the first to provide a comprehensive evaluation of the holistic factors related to women travelers on social media, offering significant insights for destination marketing and entrepreneurial aspects within a broader economic context.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48021,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Destination Marketing & Management","volume":"34 ","pages":"Article 100952"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142658706","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Optimal-fit model of risk perception and travel-related behaviors during a global pandemic","authors":"Bingjie Liu-Lastres , Yang Yang , Carol X. Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.jdmm.2024.100958","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jdmm.2024.100958","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Risk perception research plays a critical role in tourism studies, given its ability to shape the appeal and viability of destinations. There has been a surge in research on tourism risk perception and travel-related behaviors due to the pandemic. This context offers a unique opportunity to review and aggregate risk perception studies to identify behavior patterns and changes. Accordingly, this study adopted the PSALSAR framework to analyze these studies, which consists of a synthesized literature review and a meta-analysis of tests involving competing theoretical models. The synthesis revealed the various behavioral outcomes and diverse theoretical backgrounds included in the sample. Our meta-analysis uncovered the model with an optimal fit and delineated the relationships among tourists' cognitive and affective risk perceptions, efficacy beliefs, and behavior across different stages. This study offers theoretical and empirical insights into the effects of tourists' risk perception attitude variables. Findings can inform more effective tourism crisis management strategies for destination management and marketing.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48021,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Destination Marketing & Management","volume":"34 ","pages":"Article 100958"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142658705","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effects of liquor and wine heritage stimuli on tourists’ experiential value and behavioral intentions","authors":"Qiushi Gu , Minglong Li , Seongseop Sam Kim","doi":"10.1016/j.jdmm.2024.100961","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jdmm.2024.100961","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Liquor and wine heritage tourism has become increasingly popular. To improve our understanding of this phenomenon, this study developed a theoretical framework for this study by integrating the pre, mid- and postvisit stages on the basis of the stimulus‒organism‒response (SOR) model and brand equity theory. We conducted 60 in-depth interviews and received 618 survey responses, thus allowing us to develop a factor structure for onsite stimuli that included 26 items across six dimensions. The study identified the significant impacts of onsite stimulus factors and previsit product attachment on experiential value, product reliability and the resulting behaviors. Accordingly, this mixed-method study contextualized brand equity in terms of various dimensions by developing a comprehensive theoretical framework for visits to liquor and wine heritage sites. The results of this study also have practical implications regarding ways of designing and reinforcing onsite stimulus factors, creating interactive experiential scenes, increasing experiential value and enhancing brand loyalty strategies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48021,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Destination Marketing & Management","volume":"34 ","pages":"Article 100961"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142658691","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Understanding envy and fear of missing out in travel posts: The effects of Instagram sources and landmark types","authors":"Min Jung Kim , Dae-Young Kim","doi":"10.1016/j.jdmm.2024.100959","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jdmm.2024.100959","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Although many studies reveal the effects of social media on destination choice or image, scant research investigates viewers' dynamic psychological nature induced by social media sources and contents. This study aims to fill that gap by examining the interaction effects of sources and landmark types on viewers' emotional and behavioral responses within the realm of social media-induced tourism. Utilizing a 2 (source type: influencer vs. peer) x 2 (landmark type: heritage vs. iconic) x 4 (message repetition) mixed-subject factorial design, an online experiment was conducted with 700 Instagram users randomly assigned to different conditions. The findings showed that influencers' posts exert a significant influence on outcome variables compared to peers' posts. Specifically, viewers exhibited increased levels of benign envy and a greater intention to visit when viewing influencers' posts about iconic landmarks. Individuals with high fear of missing out showed a heightened intention to visit when seeing peers’ posts about heritage landmarks. Based on the findings, theoretical and managerial implications are discussed.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48021,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Destination Marketing & Management","volume":"34 ","pages":"Article 100959"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142552820","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hien Thu Bui , Viachaslau Filimonau , Hakan Sezerel
{"title":"AI-thenticity: Exploring the effect of perceived authenticity of AI-generated visual content on tourist patronage intentions","authors":"Hien Thu Bui , Viachaslau Filimonau , Hakan Sezerel","doi":"10.1016/j.jdmm.2024.100956","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jdmm.2024.100956","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Artificial intelligence (AI) can generate high-quality destination images to attract prospective visitors. The perceived authenticity of these images can determine the extent to which tourists will patronize a destination. This study proposes the concept of AI-thenticity defined indexically as the originality of artificial intelligence-generated content and iconically as how accurately and faithfully artificial intelligence-generated content reproduces the original. Experimental research design is employed to explore the relationships between AI- versus human-made (labelled and non-labelled) destination photos, perceived authenticity, trust, congruence, and patronage intentions. The results show that perceived authenticity of AI-generated images positively influences trust, and patronage intentions. Notably, congruence between AI-generated images and tourists mediates the relationship between AI-thenticity and patronage intentions. Although perceived authenticity is more pronounced for human-generated images, perceived authenticity of AI-generated content is significant, especially if it is non-labelled. Theoretically, the study demonstrates how AI-thenticity can aid in understanding the concept of authenticity in a rapidly digitizing world. Practically, the study shows the potential of AI for destination management and marketing.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48021,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Destination Marketing & Management","volume":"34 ","pages":"Article 100956"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142531607","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Miguel Ángel Moliner Tena, Rosa María Rodríguez Artola, Luis José Callarisa-Fiol, Mar Algueró-Boronat
{"title":"Local Government Tourism Officer satisfaction with the Smart Destination model: A case study with the Kano method","authors":"Miguel Ángel Moliner Tena, Rosa María Rodríguez Artola, Luis José Callarisa-Fiol, Mar Algueró-Boronat","doi":"10.1016/j.jdmm.2024.100951","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jdmm.2024.100951","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The aim of this research is to analyse local government tourism officer satisfaction with a smart destination model using the Kano method. A causal model is proposed with four antecedent variables of tourism officer satisfaction with the smart destination model: perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, trust in and challenges of the model. The smart destination model applied to a smart destination network in the Valencian Community (Spain) is taken as a case study. The results show that trust, ease of use and challenges have a linear relationship with satisfaction, while usefulness has a non-linear relationship. However, structural equation modelling analysis shows that only trust in the model significantly influences local government tourism officer satisfaction with the model.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48021,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Destination Marketing & Management","volume":"34 ","pages":"Article 100951"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142531606","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Siamak Seyfi , Abolfazl Siyamiyan Gorji , Salar Kuhzady , C. Michael Hall , Dagnachew Leta Senbeto
{"title":"Dissecting destination boycotts: Unpacking ethical dilemmas in politicized tourism","authors":"Siamak Seyfi , Abolfazl Siyamiyan Gorji , Salar Kuhzady , C. Michael Hall , Dagnachew Leta Senbeto","doi":"10.1016/j.jdmm.2024.100950","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jdmm.2024.100950","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Informed by political consumerism theory and employing a multi-case approach, this study examines the different factors influencing tourists' decisions to participate in or abstain from destination boycotts. Through an analysis of online narratives, the study identifies and discusses key manifestations of ethical dilemmas in tourists' boycott decisions, reflecting both the transformative potential of boycotts and doubts about their effectiveness. The findings indicate that participation in boycotts is driven by perceived egregiousness, the empowerment of change through tourism, and ethical and moral considerations. Conversely, rejection of boycotts often stems from the contentious nature of certain boycotts, skepticism about their effectiveness, concerns about local welfare, the desire to avoid collective punishment, and the double standard dilemma. By introducing the concept of ‘politicized tourism consumerism’, this study highlights tourism's potential to drive social change and offers novel theoretical insights into tourists' politicized tourism practices and their implications. These insights can help tourism stakeholders, including policymakers and businesses, develop strategies to address ethical concerns and boycott impacts, leading to more ethical and responsible tourism.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48021,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Destination Marketing & Management","volume":"34 ","pages":"Article 100950"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142531605","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jorge V. Pérez-Rodríguez , Rafael Suárez-Vega , Juan M. Hernández
{"title":"Spatial spillover effects on the efficiency of P2P accommodation units","authors":"Jorge V. Pérez-Rodríguez , Rafael Suárez-Vega , Juan M. Hernández","doi":"10.1016/j.jdmm.2024.100945","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jdmm.2024.100945","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper analyses the spatial effects on the production efficiency of P2P accommodation units as an indication of their performance. The empirical analysis undertaken is based on data for the sharing accommodation industry in the Canary Islands (Spain) in the period January 2019–September 2020 (monthly data). In a first stage, order-<em>m</em> robust nonparametric frontier analysis is used to detect superefficient, fully efficient and inefficient listings. The results show that the sharing economy industry was operating at close to full efficiency, and that the annual average score in this respect remained largely constant for some types of accommodation. In the second stage of the analysis, an econometric spatial model approach is applied to identify the spatial drivers of efficiency. The main findings are that negative competition effects prevail over positive agglomeration effects and that spatial professionalization negatively influences listing efficiency. The theoretical and management implications of these findings are discussed.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48021,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Destination Marketing & Management","volume":"34 ","pages":"Article 100945"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142424986","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shintaro Sato , Keita Kinoshita , Hiroaki Funahashi , Takuya Furukawa , Shang-Chun Ma , Kyriaki Kaplanidou
{"title":"A longitudinal study of the impact of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on Japanese residents' support: The mediating role of social well-being","authors":"Shintaro Sato , Keita Kinoshita , Hiroaki Funahashi , Takuya Furukawa , Shang-Chun Ma , Kyriaki Kaplanidou","doi":"10.1016/j.jdmm.2024.100947","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jdmm.2024.100947","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Mega sporting events can generate significant impacts on the host destinations. The Tokyo 2020 Olympics (“Tokyo 2020” hereafter) was a unique case as the pandemic minimized the impact of international tourism. In this situation, how could residents' perceived event impacts be associated with support intention for future event hosting? The purpose of this study is to examine the relationships between event impact perceptions of Tokyo 2020, residents' social well-being, and their support toward future event hosting. Three-wave time-lagged data were gathered from residents in Japan (T1 = approximately one month prior to the event; T2 = immediately after the event; and T3 = four months after the event; <em>N</em> = 296). The results of the structural equation model showed that no event impact perceptions were directly associated with residents' support, measured four months after the event. However, positive economic and environmental impacts (T1) indirectly via residents' social well-being (T2) influenced their support for future event hosting (T3). The findings highlighted that the event impact perceptions and residents' support for event hosting can be mediated by temporarily activated social well-being. The findings are particularly important when people have difficulties finding connections to society (i.e., the pandemic in this study). A sense of social well-being is the key to enhancing residents’ support for future event hosting.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48021,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Destination Marketing & Management","volume":"34 ","pages":"Article 100947"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142424985","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}