{"title":"Firm-level political risk and corporate investments in the hospitality and tourism industry: The moderating role of asset tangibility and corporate governance quality","authors":"Ozgur Ozdemir , Wenjia Han , Ezgi Erkmen , Melih Madanoglu","doi":"10.1016/j.tmp.2024.101290","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tmp.2024.101290","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Firms in the hospitality and tourism (HT) industry need to continuously make capital investments to sustain their long-term growth. These investments occur under varying conditions, including levels of political risk. Hence, this study examines the effects of firm-level political risk on corporate investments of 251 U.S. HT over the period 2002–2022. It further explores the moderating role of asset tangibility and corporate governance. Using fixed-effect regression analyses, the study finds that firm-level political risk negatively impacts corporate investments in the HT industry. Results reveal that asset tangibility and ownership concentration help mitigate the negative effect of firm-level political risk, while institutional ownership exacerbates this negative effect. Given that corporate investments are the backbone of the sustainable growth of HT firms, this research provides important implications for policymakers and practitioners in their attempts to reduce the negative effect of political risk on corporate investments.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48141,"journal":{"name":"Tourism Management Perspectives","volume":"53 ","pages":"Article 101290"},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142048531","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}
Fernando Lourenço , Weng Si Lei , Ubaldino Couto , Weng I Lei , Ranis Cheng
{"title":"Driving sustainable entrepreneurship: Institutional and psychological influences at the Macao food festival","authors":"Fernando Lourenço , Weng Si Lei , Ubaldino Couto , Weng I Lei , Ranis Cheng","doi":"10.1016/j.tmp.2024.101298","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tmp.2024.101298","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study examines the impact of institutional pressures on restaurant entrepreneurs' adoption of biodegradable cutlery and tableware at the Macao Food Festival. Through semi-structured interviews and thematic analysis with 30 entrepreneurs, the study reveals that despite the increasing demand for sustainability, entrepreneurs often prioritise other business concerns. However, findings highlight that implementing regulations at the food festival can create learning opportunities that influence entrepreneurs' psychological mechanisms, leading to a favourable attitude, intention and behaviour towards sustainable practice. Drawing on Institutional Theory and the Theory of Planned Behaviour, the study develops an Integrated Model of Institutions and Planned Actions, shedding light on the institutionalisation process. Additionally, the 5Ps typology captures the diverse range of entrepreneurial attitudes towards sustainable practices. These insights provide valuable implications for policymakers and practitioners seeking to promote sustainable entrepreneurship in the restaurant industry.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48141,"journal":{"name":"Tourism Management Perspectives","volume":"53 ","pages":"Article 101298"},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142048532","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":"Quality interactions give rise to residents' desire to engage with tourists: A cognitive appraisal model","authors":"Kyle Maurice Woosnam , Shavneet Sharma , Dimitrios Stylidis , Gurmeet Singh","doi":"10.1016/j.tmp.2024.101295","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tmp.2024.101295","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The global tourism industry, a significant contributor to the world economy, often grapples with challenges related to the interactions between resident communities and tourists. This study, testing a cognitive appraisal theoretical model, explores how the quality of interactions (situation) between residents and tourists influences emotional solidarity (appraisal), which explains perceived emotions associated with tourists, and how these, in turn, affect residents' desire to engage in specific behaviors with tourists. Survey data were collected from a sample of Fijian residents (<em>N</em> = 407) in six tourism destinations using a mall-intercept method and analyzed using co-variance-based structural equation modelling. Of the 13 proposed hypotheses, nine were significant, with variances explained ranging from 17 to 48%. These findings make a meaningful contribution to the literature and present crucial insights and actionable strategies for tourist stakeholders.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48141,"journal":{"name":"Tourism Management Perspectives","volume":"53 ","pages":"Article 101295"},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142044342","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":"How does a historical linguistic landscape influence tourists' behavioral intention? A mixed-method study","authors":"Jianchi Dai , Haiying Chen , Zhiming Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.tmp.2024.101294","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tmp.2024.101294","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Although historical linguistic landscapes (HLLs) are vital at cultural heritage sites, little is known about their interactive relations with tourists. This study aims to apply a mixed method approach to explore the relationship between HLLs and tourists' behavioral intention. Using a case study of the Sotto Portico streets of Haikou, it is found that (i) the constructive authenticity of HLLs is positively related to behavioral intention; (ii) self-congruity and tourist involvement play multiple mediating roles between the constructive authenticity of HLLs and behavioral intention; and (iii) from Peirce's semiotic perspective, HLLs, its constructive authenticity, self-congruity, tourist involvement, and behavioral intention are five elements that establish two triadic relations. This study contributes to existing linguistic landscape literature by investigating causal and semiotic relationship between HLLs and behavioral intention. These findings also refine the contents of involvement theory and self-congruency theory. Implications for linguistic landscape development in heritage destinations are provided.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48141,"journal":{"name":"Tourism Management Perspectives","volume":"53 ","pages":"Article 101294"},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142020881","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}
Qiuhao Zhao , Pengfei Xu , Bingbing Wang , Sensen Wu , Maoying Wu , Pingbin Jin
{"title":"Does location affect the mechanism of tourism competitiveness? Evidence from machine learning analysis","authors":"Qiuhao Zhao , Pengfei Xu , Bingbing Wang , Sensen Wu , Maoying Wu , Pingbin Jin","doi":"10.1016/j.tmp.2024.101291","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tmp.2024.101291","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Evaluation of tourism competitiveness is crucial for the development of destinations. However, a research gap exists in comprehending the spatial variances in the factors that influence tourism competitiveness. This study aims to fill this gap by empirically investigating the spatially heterogeneous effects of determinants related to tourism competitiveness. To achieve this, we utilized multi-source data, geographically neural network weighted regression, and Shapley additive explanations. The results revealed that market demand, physiography, and attractions are the most significant factors contributing to tourism competitiveness. Furthermore, the relative importance of these influencing factors varies across locations, based on different destination types, market contexts, and resource characteristics. These findings provide valuable implications for policymakers to enhance destination competitiveness through adopting localized strategies.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48141,"journal":{"name":"Tourism Management Perspectives","volume":"53 ","pages":"Article 101291"},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142011762","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":"Exploring moral gaze: Children gazing at suffering in dark tourism","authors":"Emma Dresler","doi":"10.1016/j.tmp.2024.101293","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tmp.2024.101293","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Dark tourism experiences are often imbued with moral matters. This study adopts the participant-generated photo-elicitation method to explore the tourist gaze at the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Thematic analysis of children's photographic narratives reveals that they gaze upon the suffering of others. When interpreting these experiences of suffering, children form moral judgments about what and who caused the suffering. The findings reveal four distinct types of moral gaze: historical moral gaze, interpretive moral gaze, empathic moral gaze, and judgmental moral gaze. The use of participant-generated photo-elicitation method enables children to produce, select, and interpret their own photographs, thereby giving voice to their experiences. This method offers a more nuanced understanding of the children's moral gaze, which has important theoretical and methodological implications for conceptualisation of tourist gaze in dark tourism.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48141,"journal":{"name":"Tourism Management Perspectives","volume":"53 ","pages":"Article 101293"},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221197362400076X/pdfft?md5=889ddca37c4b703e6f558685e83ae26a&pid=1-s2.0-S221197362400076X-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141998414","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":"How was a woman general tempered? Incorporating the gender perspective in the construction of a women’s heritage site","authors":"Yuting Wang , Xiaojun Fan , Honggang Xu , Jie Li","doi":"10.1016/j.tmp.2024.101292","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tmp.2024.101292","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Tourism plays a crucial role in delivering and constructing women's heritage values. However, the construction of women's heritage is often carried out in a gendered social and tourism context. Drawing on a critical gender perspective, this study examines how the women's heritage site is constructed in a Chinese context, and how the constructions are experienced by tourists. The heritage site of China's sole woman general, Qin Liangyu, is used as a case. Qualitative data was collected through semi-structured interviews and on-site observations, and thematic analysis was conducted. Findings indicate that the constructed heritage and tourism product emphasises Qin's military prowess as a general; however, its contribution to using this woman heritage tourism product towards gender equality is limited. The research highlights that a gender perspective of heritage construction and heritage tourism is needed in delivering the value of women's heritage for gender equality.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48141,"journal":{"name":"Tourism Management Perspectives","volume":"53 ","pages":"Article 101292"},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141992965","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":"Between gaze and taste: Senses, imaginaries, and the sustainability of culinary heritage in Greek tourist-oriented tavernes","authors":"Michal Rozanis, Rafi Grosglik, Nir Avieli","doi":"10.1016/j.tmp.2024.101288","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tmp.2024.101288","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This article examines food tourism events in permanent tourist-oriented food venues, focusing on Greek <em>tavernes</em>. Drawing on ethnographic research in Greece since 2010, we explore how tourists' expectations and sensory experiences in food events influence culinary heritage and social sustainability. We employ Urry's “tourist gaze” concept, integrating it with a comprehensive analytical framework addressing tourists' and local attendees' sensory experiences in daily food events at culturally significant institutions like Greek <em>Tavernes</em>. Our study illuminates the dominance of tourists' expectations, preconceived imaginaries, and sensory engagements, revealing potential challenges to sustained cultural traditions and culinary heritage. While the “tourist gaze” may perpetuate static cultural dynamics, we identify “tourist (and resident) taste” as a counter-mechanism. Our findings reveal that Greek <em>tavernes</em>, catering to tourist expectations and evolving local taste preferences, strike a delicate balance, enhancing eventful and multisensorial experiences to preserve and develop culinary heritage and social sustainability.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48141,"journal":{"name":"Tourism Management Perspectives","volume":"53 ","pages":"Article 101288"},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141990506","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":"Exploring the spiritual well-being experiences of transnational religious festival attendees: A grounded theory approach","authors":"Ermias Kifle Gedecho , Seongseop (Sam) Kim","doi":"10.1016/j.tmp.2024.101289","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tmp.2024.101289","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study aimed to examine the spiritual well-being outcomes that encompass eudemonic well-being elements within transnational religious festivals. Employing a constructivist grounded theory method, the study focused on two UNESCO inscribed transnational religious festivals attended by an Ethiopian diaspora community. Through this research, six dimensions of spirituality were identified: attachment to God, spiritual reward, spiritual growth, self-transcendence, religious knowledge, and sense of meaning. Each of these dimensions contributed to various domains of well-being, such as personal growth, environmental mastery, engagement, and positive relationships. The study also discovered that the experience of spirituality is influenced by individuals' roles and levels of engagement within the festivals. Key activities such as prayer, attending mass services, baptism, participating in religious programs, singing, and volunteering, are instrumental in yielding spiritual well-being outcomes. The findings offer valuable insights for event organizers and destination managers seeking effective strategies for marketing and managing religious-themed migrant festivals.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48141,"journal":{"name":"Tourism Management Perspectives","volume":"53 ","pages":"Article 101289"},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141990507","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}
Lijuan Su, Siyi Hou, Ye Zhang, Caijiao Lu, Xueting Zhai
{"title":"Is cuteness innocent? Public forgiveness to Theme Park mascots","authors":"Lijuan Su, Siyi Hou, Ye Zhang, Caijiao Lu, Xueting Zhai","doi":"10.1016/j.tmp.2024.101287","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tmp.2024.101287","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A scholarly debate has arisen concerning the influence of cuteness on the public's propensity for forgiveness during crises. Theme parks present a unique context where interacting with cute mascots is a central draw for visitors, yet these can become a source of crisis. This study aims to examine the impact of theme park cute mascots on the public's forgiveness in online crises and employs the Shanghai Disneyland LinaBell crisis as a case. Results from social media analysis and interviews revealed that the perceived cuteness of the mascot, combined with crisis attributions and the public's sympathy, influenced their forgiveness. A survey involving 495 participants was employed to test the hypotheses. Results identified a significant moderating role of the perceived cuteness of mascots that weakens the influence of the internal locus attribution on public forgiveness. This study provides insights for theme parks in carrying out emotional marketing campaigns for crisis image recovery.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48141,"journal":{"name":"Tourism Management Perspectives","volume":"53 ","pages":"Article 101287"},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141915237","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}