{"title":"Non-utilitarian design in gamified destination donations","authors":"Jing (Jasper) Yu , Jose Weng Chou Wong","doi":"10.1016/j.annals.2025.104062","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annals.2025.104062","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Eco-gamified donation provides a bottom-up alternative to traditional environmental philanthropy and supports the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in public-goods provision. However, the prevalence of its utilitarian designs may exacerbate the gap between environmental intention and actual behavior. Drawing on psychological ownership theory, five experiments (including eye-tracking) test two non-utilitarian elements: challenge and moral cues. Presenting a challenge or increasing its difficulty enhances psychological ownership of the environmental project and increases donation amounts; this effect is stronger when moralization activates both internal and external ethical drivers. This research extends psychological ownership theory to the public-goods domain and offers actionable digital incentive strategies for environmental philanthropy.</div><div>For a video summary of this paper, please visit: <span><span>https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vHKIsTfn3W65T_fZpe-FfzU8Nq8nrnWm/view?usp=sharing</span><svg><path></path></svg></span></div></div>","PeriodicalId":48452,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research","volume":"116 ","pages":"Article 104062"},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145570323","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":"Effect of tourism architecture shape and self-construal","authors":"Huarui Cao , Lin Mu , Xuejiao Mao , Tang Yao","doi":"10.1016/j.annals.2025.104075","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annals.2025.104075","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The issue of whether tourists with varying characteristics exhibit distinct preferences for diverse geometric shapes of architecture remains underexplored in tourism literature. To address this gap, we drew on aesthetic distance theory and conducted eye-tracking and scenario-based experiments to examine an effect of tourism architecture shape in alignment with tourist self-construal. Our findings indicated that independent self-construal tourists favor circular-shaped architecture, while interdependent self-construal tourists prefer angular-shaped architecture. Additionally, the results confirmed the mediating role of novelty and highlighted architectural authenticity as a moderator in this effect. These insights enhance our understanding of aesthetic preferences for tourism architecture among tourists with different self-construals and provide practical recommendations for tourism industry to tailor specific architectural shapes to increase tourists' travel intentions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48452,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research","volume":"116 ","pages":"Article 104075"},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145684178","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":"Practical Relevance: The Path to Impact the Real World","authors":"Yaoqi Li","doi":"10.1016/j.annals.2025.104104","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annals.2025.104104","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48452,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research","volume":"116 ","pages":"Article 104104"},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145789617","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":"Reframed image congruence: Insights from attractions","authors":"Eunji Lee , Chulmo Koo","doi":"10.1016/j.annals.2025.104064","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annals.2025.104064","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>While prior studies on destination image congruence have mainly focused on the tourist–supplier perspective and assumed linear effects, this study extends the scope by incorporating inter-tourist alignment and examining its asymmetric influence on tourists' emotional evaluations. Tourist reviews and promotional messages from TripAdvisor were analyzed using a pretrained transformer model to compute semantic similarity across diverse tourist attractions. Regression models tested the nonlinear effects of both congruence types. The results show an inverted U-shaped relationship for tourist–supplier congruence and a consistently positive convex relationship for inter-tourist congruence. The effect of inter-tourist congruence is further strengthened by review recency. The study provides practical implications for strategically managing user-generated content and optimizing destination marketing strategies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48452,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research","volume":"116 ","pages":"Article 104064"},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145520941","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}
Madalyn A. Scerri , Anita Manfreda , Rajka Presbury , Andrea Comastri
{"title":"Inclusive social innovation for hospitality employment","authors":"Madalyn A. Scerri , Anita Manfreda , Rajka Presbury , Andrea Comastri","doi":"10.1016/j.annals.2025.104068","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annals.2025.104068","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study advances theoretical understanding of social innovation in tourism and hospitality by conceptualising inclusive social innovation as a dynamic, embedded process. Drawing on 23 multi-stakeholder interviews and participatory observations within a disability-inclusive social enterprise employing people with disability, Hotel Etico, the study applies embeddedness as a theoretical lens to examine how inclusive social innovation is initiated and sustained for equitable and inclusive distribution of social value. Findings identify six mechanisms and four pathways through which actors co-create inclusive social value. By theorising embeddedness as processual and multi-dimensional, this research extends current frameworks of social innovation and offers a novel perspective on how inclusive social innovation can be embedded in hospitality social enterprise to drive systemic change.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48452,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research","volume":"116 ","pages":"Article 104068"},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145570321","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 stakeholder co-creation reshaped EU tourism policy: The long-term legacy of the 2020 European Tourism Convention","authors":"Xavier Font , Ramunė Genzbigelytė-Venturi","doi":"10.1016/j.annals.2025.104113","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annals.2025.104113","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This impact research note examines how the 2020 European Tourism Convention became a turning point in EU tourism policy. Convened during the COVID-19 crisis and informed by an academic-led structured consultation using appreciative inquiry and materiality assessment, the Convention produced stakeholder-endorsed priorities aligned with the EU's green, digital and resilience transitions. These priorities formed the foundations for the Transition Pathway for Tourism, shaped the Council-endorsed European Agenda for Tourism 2030, and guided investment alignment through the Recovery and Resilience Facility, cohesion policy and the Pact for Skills. The Convention also catalysed a shift toward transition-oriented governance, multi-annual work plans and cross-DG coordination. As preparations begin for the new EU Strategy for Sustainable Tourism, its influence remains evident across the tourism policy ecosystem.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48452,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research","volume":"116 ","pages":"Article 104113"},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145839387","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}
Hanyuan Zhang , Ying Liu , Xinyang Liu , Anyu Liu , Vera Shanshan Lin
{"title":"Forecasting Chinese outbound tourism recovery: A Triple-layer forecast combination framework","authors":"Hanyuan Zhang , Ying Liu , Xinyang Liu , Anyu Liu , Vera Shanshan Lin","doi":"10.1016/j.annals.2025.104079","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annals.2025.104079","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Forecast combinations became particularly significant in the post-pandemic era due to heightened uncertainty. This study introduces a Triple-layer Forecast Combination Framework to predict Chinese outbound tourism recovery from August 2023 to July 2024 across 20 destinations. The framework integrates baseline quantitative models, expert-based model selection, and real-time judgmental adjustments to enhance forecast accuracy in post-crisis contexts. Results show Chinese visitor arrivals rebounding, on average, to 80% of July 2019 levels by mid-2024, with East and Southeast Asia—particularly Hong Kong SAR, Macao SAR, and Thailand—recovering faster than long-haul markets such as Hawaii, Canada, and the Czech Republic. By combining statistical rigor with contextual insight, the framework supports replicable, adaptive forecasting under uncertainty for tourism recovery planning.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48452,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research","volume":"116 ","pages":"Article 104079"},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145684261","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}