{"title":"Affective authentication: Transforming strangers into family","authors":"Oren T. Segal, Carol A. Kidron","doi":"10.1016/j.annals.2025.103980","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annals.2025.103980","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We present a qualitative study of amateur genealogists' first encounters with newly-discovered co-descendants as tourist objects on the move in Israel, Hungary and the United States. Interviewees' intersubjective interaction and heritage ‘doing’ disclose ancestral mutuality of being transforming strangers into affectively authenticated family. Data depicts a dialectical process between cool and hot authentication unique to the tourist context of distance/proximity and home/away together activating family-relatedness. Reconceptualizing the binary of cool-hot authentication, we propose a gradational authentication process whereby the “warming effect” of affect fuels transitions between cold, warm and hot authentication constituting intersubjective tourist moments and dyadic existential identities. Findings problematize disciplinary framing of family tourism and genealogical tourism while contributing to research on non-familial local-tourist relations and hospitality/experiential tourism.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48452,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research","volume":"113 ","pages":"Article 103980"},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144222428","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Tourism and new rurality: gentrified space versus co-created place","authors":"Yi Wang , Zhuowei Huang , Aihan Fan","doi":"10.1016/j.annals.2025.103979","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annals.2025.103979","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study develops a conceptual framework of rural tourism placemaking based on gentrified space in China's desakota villages. It indicates three types of rural tourism placemaking and uncover the underlying power relationships between tourists, local villagers and owners of gentrified premises that shape the varied placemaking. In particular, the present study pinpoints the importance of co-creation in rural tourism placemaking with three stages: <em>physical reconstructing</em>, <em>local participation in tourism</em>, and <em>relational integration between multiple parties.</em> This study indicates that the rural tourism placemaking through co-creation involves a balanced power relationship between multiple parties and transforms the space to a meaningful place that each party can claim and benefit from.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48452,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research","volume":"113 ","pages":"Article 103979"},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144222427","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Tourism and social representations of Sherpas from Nepal","authors":"Roshis Krishna Shrestha , Michelle Whitford , Jing Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.annals.2025.103981","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annals.2025.103981","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Sherpas are Indigenous people from Nepal's Khumbu region. This study examines social representations of Sherpas in media articles since the 1950s. Using social representation theory and complexity theory, it explores how Sherpas navigate externally imposed representations while redefining themselves as cultural ambassadors, entrepreneurs, and environmental leaders. Using discourse content analysis (combining critical discourse analysis with summative content analysis), this study identifies three forms of representation acceptance: enduring, evolving and emerging. It introduces the concept of intergenerational representation entrapment, highlighting the tension between traditional roles and aspirations for socio-economic mobility. The study advocates for a nuanced understanding of Indigenous representations, arguing that tourism can be a transformative platform for empowerment and socio-economic progress beyond traditional labour roles.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48452,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research","volume":"113 ","pages":"Article 103981"},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144189309","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"International tourism and global biodiversity risks","authors":"Yingtong Chen , Fei Wu , Dayong Zhang , Qiang Ji","doi":"10.1016/j.annals.2025.103982","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annals.2025.103982","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The impact of international tourism on biodiversity risks has received considerable attention, yet quantitative research in this field remains relatively limited. This study constructs a biodiversity risk index for 155 countries and regions spanning the years 2001 to 2019, analyzing how international tourism influences biodiversity risks in destination countries. The results indicate that the growth of international tourism significantly elevates biodiversity risks, with these effects displaying both lagged and cumulative characteristics. Furthermore, spatial analysis shows that international tourism also intensifies biodiversity risks in neighboring countries. The extent of its impact varies according to the tourism model and destination. In addition, government regulations and international financial assistance play a crucial role in mitigating the biodiversity risks associated with international tourism.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48452,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research","volume":"113 ","pages":"Article 103982"},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144189310","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Subin Hong , John Frankie O'Connell , Bora Kim , Janghee Cho
{"title":"Impact of relative price on airline revenues","authors":"Subin Hong , John Frankie O'Connell , Bora Kim , Janghee Cho","doi":"10.1016/j.annals.2025.103978","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annals.2025.103978","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48452,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research","volume":"113 ","pages":"Article 103978"},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144138632","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Li Miao , Fiona X. Yang , Qiao Zhang , Kanye Ye Wang
{"title":"Synthetic tourist experience","authors":"Li Miao , Fiona X. Yang , Qiao Zhang , Kanye Ye Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.annals.2025.103977","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annals.2025.103977","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Synthetic reality—characterized by the increasingly blurring boundaries between physical and virtual worlds—is reshaping tourist experiences. This forward-looking conceptual research re-examines the tourist experience from an ontological perspective, positioning synthetic reality as an integrated super-reality transcending the physical–virtual dichotomy. Using the six-dimensional consumer experience framework as an organizing structure, this research discusses key experiential qualities of the synthetic tourist experience: surreality, symbiosis, discrete emotions, extended cognition, syntheticity, and meta-interactivity. Critical theoretical considerations of each proposed experiential quality are also discussed. This study further outlines a future research agenda for a better understanding of the synthetic tourist experience.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48452,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research","volume":"113 ","pages":"Article 103977"},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144108050","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How the elderly tackle age discrimination from human or AI servers","authors":"Guangmei Jia , Xiaoyan Luo , Lisa C. Wan","doi":"10.1016/j.annals.2025.103975","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annals.2025.103975","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Although the rapid expansion of digital services in the tourism and hospitality industry has highlighted instances of age discrimination perpetuated by artificial intelligence (AI), a significant research gap remains regarding how senior visitors respond to such discrimination. This study employs a mixed-methods approach to compare the reactions of senior tourists to age discrimination originating from AI versus human servers. The results showed that both human- and AI-driven discrimination reduced senior tourists' purchase likelihood compared to non-discriminatory scenarios. However, older tourists reacted less negatively to AI-driven (vs. human-driven) discrimination, which posed a smaller threat to their age-related self-worth. This effect was observed only when in-group customers (e.g., older customers) were present, but not when out-group customers (e.g., younger customers) were present.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48452,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research","volume":"113 ","pages":"Article 103975"},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144084221","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Carbon tax and tourism consumption","authors":"Nguyen Doan , Canh Phuc Nguyen","doi":"10.1016/j.annals.2025.103974","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annals.2025.103974","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study explores the impact on tourism consumption of implementing a carbon tax. Employing a difference-in-differences model for a sample of 117 countries from 1995 to 2019, we find that a carbon tax has a significant negative effect on domestic tourism spending but a weak positive effect on outbound tourism spending. On average, implementing a carbon tax decreases domestic tourism spending by 12 %. In contrast, such an environmental policy increases outbound tourism. Interestingly, when considering the intermediary channels of income and price level, the mechanism analysis shows suggestive evidence that implementing a carbon tax increases the price level, which is then transmitted to decreased domestic tourism consumption but does not affect outbound tourism.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48452,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research","volume":"113 ","pages":"Article 103974"},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144072460","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rotem Mashkov , Noam Shoval , Brian Isaac Rizowy , Uriel Shavin , Hagar Srulovitch , Assaf Shwartz
{"title":"Measuring reactions to congestion in the digital era","authors":"Rotem Mashkov , Noam Shoval , Brian Isaac Rizowy , Uriel Shavin , Hagar Srulovitch , Assaf Shwartz","doi":"10.1016/j.annals.2025.103976","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annals.2025.103976","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Cities are experiencing accelerated growth in visitor numbers to the point of overcrowding, raising concerns about negative effects on both destinations and residents. Academic discourse on overtourism primarily addresses environmental damage, infrastructure overload, and resident dissatisfaction, often overlooking how tourists experience overcrowding. When examined, tourist experiences have predominantly been measured using subjective self-report tools such as questionnaires and surveys.</div><div>This study addresses this gap by introducing an objective, real-time, multi-method framework that integrates spatiotemporal tracking, wearable physiological sensors, and mobile eye-tracking to assess visitors' emotional and visual responses to various conditions of density and congestion outside the laboratory. Although the pilot experiment was conducted with local participants due to international travel restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, the methodology developed is relevant for broader application to tourist populations.</div><div>Results show that high visitor numbers affect visitors' emotional states and visual attention. Furthermore, the study proposes that the aforementioned methodology can be applied not only for the dependent variable, that is, emotional arousal, but for the independent variable, density and congestion, as well. By presenting the tourist gaze as a dynamic metric to measure density and congestion, the study advances theory and offers tourism destination managers and urban planners' tools to cope with overcrowding and enhance the tourist experience.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48452,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research","volume":"113 ","pages":"Article 103976"},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144072461","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The memory effect of destination dialect advertising","authors":"Lujun Su , Chengzhi Ye , Xuehuan He","doi":"10.1016/j.annals.2025.103973","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annals.2025.103973","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Tourism is fundamentally a consumption of places, making place elements essential in destination marketing. This research investigates the emerging practice of using dialect elements in destination advertising through the theoretical lens of symbolic interactionism, focusing on advertising memory as a key measure of advertising effectiveness. Five main studies (and three supplemental studies) across Eastern and Western cultures demonstrate a robust memory effect of destination advertising with dialect elements. Specifically, such advertising enhances perceived placeness compared to counterparts using the corresponding standard language, thereby resulting in superior memory effectiveness. Furthermore, these effects are attenuated for destinations low in cultural symbolism. These findings advance current knowledge on destination dialect marketing while offering practical guidance to design memorable destination advertising.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48452,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research","volume":"113 ","pages":"Article 103973"},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143948053","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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