Gui Lohmann , M. Sadegh Eshaghi , Mona Afshardoost , Brent D. Moyle
{"title":"Weather adaptation strategies in tourism","authors":"Gui Lohmann , M. Sadegh Eshaghi , Mona Afshardoost , Brent D. Moyle","doi":"10.1016/j.jdmm.2025.101054","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jdmm.2025.101054","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Weather conditions impact tourism experiences and influence travel decisions. Nevertheless, studies tend to focus on climate change, with limited research investigating how tourism destinations can prepare for and adapt to day-to-day weather variability. The conceptual ‘Weather Adaptation Model for Destination Typologies’ is proposed, depicting the complex relationship between weather adaptation strategies and managerial interventions. By using a systematic narrative review, this study critically examines the weather-based adaptation strategies available to tourism operators, with emergent findings revealing four key adaptation directions: exiting, protecting, expanding, and sharing. As a result of this review, the ‘Weather Adaptation Managerial Toolkit’ has been developed, comprising seven tools and measures, offering practical insights for formulating and implementing weather adaptation strategies. Furthermore, policy interventions that destination managers, policymakers, and businesses can leverage to mitigate the impact of weather variability on tourism destinations of various typologies are articulated. The paper underscores the emerging field of collective efforts, sustainability, and strategic adaptation measures to navigate the complexities of weather-related challenges in the context of tourism.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48021,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Destination Marketing & Management","volume":"39 ","pages":"Article 101054"},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145220462","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":"Can destination marketing capitalise on health management?","authors":"Michael Volgger , Ross Taplin","doi":"10.1016/j.jdmm.2025.101067","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jdmm.2025.101067","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>There is limited research on which type of marketing messages tourism destinations should use in promoting a reduced risk to visitors' health. The aim of this paper is to analyse if and how communicating successful health management during a health crisis increases the attractiveness of a tourism destination in the recovery stage. The study applied a randomised experimental design to test the effectiveness of different marketing messages on international tourists' visit intentions at the tail end of the COVID-19 pandemic. The study surveyed 509 potential tourists from Singapore, Malaysia, India, UK and New Zealand regarding their intention to visit Western Australia after the COVID-19 induced border closures had ended in 2022. The results show that, depending on tourist characteristics, intention to visit was increased with communicating the destination's health performance, vaccination rates, and a complimentary travel insurance. The findings hence suggest that factual safety-centred marketing communication can support tourism destinations in the recovery from a health crisis. This implies that tourism marketers should consider the possibility to communicate competences and successes in health management proactively to tourists.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48021,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Destination Marketing & Management","volume":"39 ","pages":"Article 101067"},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145553572","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":"From authenticity to loyalty via subjective well-being and place attachment: Evidence from a World Heritage Site across local, national, and international visitors","authors":"Raana Shaykh-Baygloo , Zahra Soltani","doi":"10.1016/j.jdmm.2025.101059","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jdmm.2025.101059","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Identifying the determinants of tourists' destination loyalty is critical for advancing tourism marketing and management strategies. Although extensive research exists on tourist loyalty, the specific role of authenticity within heritage tourism remains under-investigated. This study examines the relationships among authenticity, subjective well-being, place attachment, and destination loyalty for visitors to Naqsh-e Jahan Square, a World Heritage Site in Iran. Data were collected from a total of 930 tourists, with an equal number of respondents from local, national, and international visitor groups. Structural Equation Modeling was employed to test the proposed model for each cohort and the overall sample, including an examination of tourist type as a moderating variable. Findings indicate that existential authenticity exerts a significant positive effect on place attachment, subjective well-being, and loyalty across all groups, with notably stronger impacts observed among local visitors. Moreover, subjective well-being is a significant predictor of loyalty for national and international tourists but not for locals. These insights offer practical implications for destination managers seeking to develop targeted strategies tailored to diverse visitor segments.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48021,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Destination Marketing & Management","volume":"39 ","pages":"Article 101059"},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145362947","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":"Capturing causal configurations of tourism destination competitiveness conditions for tourism performance: Asymmetric and symmetric application","authors":"Kanghwa Choi","doi":"10.1016/j.jdmm.2025.101042","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jdmm.2025.101042","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The purpose of this study was to unravel the intertwined causal configuration of destination competitiveness conditions underlying inbound tourist arrivals and expenditures. This study employed a two necessary condition analysis (NCA) and fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) methods to explore the necessary and sufficient configurations of destination competitiveness conditions across 133 country cases. Specifically, the country-specific destination competitiveness antecedents were taken from the World Economic Forum's ‘<em>Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index</em>’. In addition, this study conducted the multiple regression analysis to confirm the robustness of the results from the fsQCA by comparing symmetric and asymmetric models.</div><div>The findings from the fsQCA highlighted that countries have different causal configurations for boosting destination competitiveness. Thus, each country should consider its specificities when determining the optimal configurations of causal conditions to respond better to low or high levels of tourism outcomes. Notably, enabling capacity such as cultural and natural heritage is a critical for the destination competitiveness in both symmetric and asymmetric approaches. This is the first attempt to explore the complex causal configurations between tourism destination competitiveness conditions and inbound tourist arrivals and expenditures using symmetric and asymmetric approaches. The insights can guide country-level tourism marketing strategies to boost inbound tourist arrivals and tourism revenue.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48021,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Destination Marketing & Management","volume":"39 ","pages":"Article 101042"},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144997382","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}
Rong Lin , Bo-Wei Zhu , Lei Xiong , Gwo-Hshiung Tzeng
{"title":"Linking landscape features of urban parks to visitors' sense of place: A novel hybrid machine learning approach","authors":"Rong Lin , Bo-Wei Zhu , Lei Xiong , Gwo-Hshiung Tzeng","doi":"10.1016/j.jdmm.2025.101055","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jdmm.2025.101055","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Sense of place is an essential aspect that enhances people’s willingness to revisit, satisfaction and loyalty. Many scholars have conducted research on people's sense of place in public open spaces. However, limited attention has been given to the comprehensive exploration of the physical environmental factors that these studies suggest affect the sense of place. Moreover, the limitations of existing traditional methods and big data approaches remain unresolved. This study aims to investigate the relationship between the physical environmental factors and tourists' sense of place, drawing on dual-function parks in Shanghai as an empirical case study. Natural language processing (NLP) and grounded theory techniques were used to establish a framework for a corresponding sense of place and its associated environmental factors in urban parks via online reviews, and word banks were created to quantify the sense of place. Regression analysis was used to determine the relationship between the sense of place, positive sentiments and environmental factors. The results showed that there was a significant relationship between the positive sentiments of park visitors and many elements of the sense of place. Among environmental factors, 12 factors were found to significantly influence the strength of sense of place. This study contributes to expanding the conceptual framework of sense of place and introducing a new approach to investigate the relationship between environmental factors and tourists' sense of place, and proposing implications for park planning and design.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48021,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Destination Marketing & Management","volume":"39 ","pages":"Article 101055"},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145220463","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":"Video games drive Chinese otakus to travel: Cognitive appraisal theory and affective transfer theory","authors":"Xiaohong Wu , Ivan Ka Wai Lai","doi":"10.1016/j.jdmm.2025.101062","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jdmm.2025.101062","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study investigated the viral success of the Chinese video game <em>Black Myth: Wukong</em> by employing a mixed-method approach to explore how video games drive Chinese otakus (young male gamers) to travel. In Study 1, online social media searches, semi-structured interviews, and a survey were conducted to develop a measurement scale for video game characteristics. Drawing on cognitive appraisal theory and affective transfer theory, Study 2 constructed a research model to investigate how these characteristics foster destination intimacy through spatial presence, empathy, and psychological closeness, while considering the moderating effect of familiarity. The findings of Study 1 identified three dimensions of video game characteristics: storylines, characters, and aesthetic design. The results of Study 2 indicated that three video game characteristics influence gamers’ empathy, whereas only characters and aesthetic design influence their spatial presence. While empathy influences spatial presence, both contribute to gamers’ psychological closeness to the game, thereby ultimately influencing destination intimacy. Finally, familiarity moderates the effect of empathy on psychological closeness.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48021,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Destination Marketing & Management","volume":"39 ","pages":"Article 101062"},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145416749","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}
Jiayu Xie , Xi Li , Yongle Li , Bingna Lin , Zeyin Qiao
{"title":"What accounts for the charm of collective tourism attraction? An explanation from the interaction ritual chains theory perspective","authors":"Jiayu Xie , Xi Li , Yongle Li , Bingna Lin , Zeyin Qiao","doi":"10.1016/j.jdmm.2025.101043","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jdmm.2025.101043","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Perceived emotional synchrony is a positive collective emotion that has a substantial impact on the experience of group activities. However, the mechanism of its formation and the subsequent impact have not been thoroughly investigated. Based on the interaction ritual chains theory, the research explores the role of perceived emotional synchrony and its mechanism. A mixed-method approach and a multi-study method were employed, consisting of social network analysis (Study 1: N = 2595), in-depth interviews (Study 2: N = 16), and questionnaires (Study 3: N = 585). The results shed light on the importance of perceived emotional synchrony by revealing how perceived emotional synchrony is formulated and how perceived emotional synchrony increases the probability of tourists re-engaging in the activities. This research also offers practical implications for the experience design of collective activities and tourism destination management.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48021,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Destination Marketing & Management","volume":"39 ","pages":"Article 101043"},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144920114","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}
Abolfazl Siyamiyan Gorji , Seyedasaad Hosseini , Siamak Seyfi , Fernando Almeida-García , Rafael Cortes Macías , Alfredo Mena Navarro
{"title":"‘Málaga for living, not surviving’: Resident perceptions of overtourism, social injustice and urban governance","authors":"Abolfazl Siyamiyan Gorji , Seyedasaad Hosseini , Siamak Seyfi , Fernando Almeida-García , Rafael Cortes Macías , Alfredo Mena Navarro","doi":"10.1016/j.jdmm.2025.101044","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jdmm.2025.101044","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Research on overtourism has often treated it as an issue of excessive visitor numbers or sustainability shortfalls, giving limited attention to how social injustice and governance failure shape its impacts. This study addresses this gap by examining how overtourism in Málaga, Spain, reorganizes urban life for long-term residents. Guided by social justice theory and critical urban theory, this qualitative research identifies distributive, recognitive, procedural, and restorative harms manifested in housing displacement, cultural loss, exclusion from governance, and failure of repair. The findings show that governance neglect, through weak regulation, tokenistic participation, and lack of accountability, converges with tourism growth to intensify resident precarity. Overtourism thus emerges not as a technical or managerial challenge but as a political process that deepens structural inequalities. By centering resident perspectives, the paper calls for governance approaches that place inclusion, recognition, and repair at the center, offering a justice-oriented roadmap for more liveable urban futures.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48021,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Destination Marketing & Management","volume":"39 ","pages":"Article 101044"},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144921147","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}
Guoquan Wang , Lianping Ren , Yanbo Yao , Guangmei Jia
{"title":"To reciprocate or stay indifferent? Effect of host hospitality on tourist citizenship behaviour","authors":"Guoquan Wang , Lianping Ren , Yanbo Yao , Guangmei Jia","doi":"10.1016/j.jdmm.2025.101060","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jdmm.2025.101060","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>While there is increasing scholarly attention on the prominent role of host hospitality in shaping tourism experience, few studies have revealed whether host hospitality impacts tourists’ extra-role behaviours – citizenship behaviour. It is awaiting examination whether tourists would respond favorably in face of high-level host hospitality. To test such impact, and to explore its underlying mechanism and boundary conditions, this study constructs an integrated theoretical framework under the theoretical lens of reciprocity, affective events and stereotype content model, and tests the proposed hypotheses via a multimethod approach comprising a field survey and four scenario-based experiments. Results suggest that host hospitality triggers tourist citizenship behaviour through the mediators of destination warmth and affective commitment. Moreover, two human traits—cultural intelligence and openness to experience—are identified as significant moderators in the effect of host hospitality on tourist citizenship behaviour, with openness to experience further moderating the mediating effects of destination warmth and affective commitment. Theoretical and managerial implications are provided.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48021,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Destination Marketing & Management","volume":"39 ","pages":"Article 101060"},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145396360","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":"Animal endorsement in destination marketing: Evidence and insights from giant pandas","authors":"Xue Fang , Jun Yu , Chaowu Xie , Songshan (Sam) Huang","doi":"10.1016/j.jdmm.2025.101069","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jdmm.2025.101069","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Despite its widespread use in destination marketing practice, studies focusing on animal and celebrity animal endorsement is currently limited. This study expands the endorsement theory by addressing the issue of animal endorsement in destination marketing. Study 1 employed content analysis to code comment data on 20 popular giant panda videos, identifying five key effective animal endorser characteristics: cuteness, anthropomorphism, uniqueness, intimacy, and healing power. Based on questionnaire data and empirical tests, study 2 verified a model of animal endorsement in destination marketing. Results revealed that all five characteristics of animal endorser positively influenced travel intention through the mediation of parasocial interaction. This work provides important theoretical contributions to destination marketing through animal endorsement, offering actionable insights for marketers in selecting appropriate animal endorsers for destinations.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48021,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Destination Marketing & Management","volume":"39 ","pages":"Article 101069"},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145546339","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}