Roshis Krishna Shrestha , Tara Lal Shrestha , Lisa Ruhanen , Abbie Gayle Johnson
{"title":"Precarity and indigenous tourism work in Nepal","authors":"Roshis Krishna Shrestha , Tara Lal Shrestha , Lisa Ruhanen , Abbie Gayle Johnson","doi":"10.1016/j.annals.2025.104034","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annals.2025.104034","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study explores how Indigenous tourism workers navigate precarious tourism work during a polycrisis by constructing meaning through identity work shaped by existential anxiety and spiritual resilience. Drawing on Butler's view of precarity, it employs a multi-modal qualitative approach across four mountainous regions in Nepal. Underpinned by interpretive phenomenological approach, insights from field visits conducted between February 2022 and December 2024 reveal a three-stage process, involving the pursuit of selfhood while navigating the burdens of freedom and responsibility. The findings demonstrate the salience of Indigenous spiritual resilience, enabling culturally empowered approaches to alternative organising during polycrisis and precarity. Practically, the findings underscore the need for tourism stakeholders to acknowledge the affective and psychological dimensions of precarity in Indigenous tourism work.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48452,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research","volume":"115 ","pages":"Article 104034"},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145049174","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":"Is sharing tourism experiences considered unmanly? Tourism experience sharing-feminine stereotype and its effect on word-of-mouth generation","authors":"Jihao Hu","doi":"10.1016/j.annals.2025.104050","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annals.2025.104050","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Is word-of-mouth about tourism experiences gendered? If so, why? Through five online studies measuring actual word-of-mouth and one large-scale secondary data analysis (<em>n</em> = 292,948), this research finds that male tourists are less likely to share tourism experiences on social media than females. Building on social identity theory and prior evidence that men are often more motivated than women to behave in gender-congruent ways, research findings reveal that this gender gap stems from a feminine stereotype associated with tourism experience sharing, which men avoid to maintain their gender identity. As a marketing intervention, this work also shows that agency-signaling appeals effectively increase the likelihood of male tourists sharing tourism experiences. Theoretical and managerial implications are discussed.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48452,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research","volume":"115 ","pages":"Article 104050"},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145362938","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}
Yi Liu , Jing Wang , Kaixuan Huang , Yuan (William) Li , Lisa C. Wan
{"title":"Corrigendum to “The sustainable paradox of community tourism in world cultural heritage villages: The case of Xidi and Hong” [Annals of Tourism Research 115 (2025) 104020]","authors":"Yi Liu , Jing Wang , Kaixuan Huang , Yuan (William) Li , Lisa C. Wan","doi":"10.1016/j.annals.2025.104065","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annals.2025.104065","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48452,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research","volume":"115 ","pages":"Article 104065"},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145690885","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":"Silicus Traveler: An agent to simulate tourist behavior","authors":"Juan Serantes , Jorge E. Araña","doi":"10.1016/j.annals.2025.104052","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annals.2025.104052","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48452,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research","volume":"115 ","pages":"Article 104052"},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145424750","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":"A review of research into Arctic tourism","authors":"Outi Rantala , Gunnar Thór Jóhannesson , Carina Ren , Kaarina Tervo-Kankare","doi":"10.1016/j.annals.2025.104031","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annals.2025.104031","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This review of research into Arctic Tourism launches the Annals of Tourism Research Curated Collection on Arctic Tourism. Instead of dwelling on the question of what Arctic tourism is, the review proceeds to inquire how the Arctic comes to matter for tourism research and what we, as scholars and practitioners of tourism, can learn from a focus on the Arctic. By discussing what the authors believe are the most relevant and dominant research traits—climate change, the wilderness, posthumanism, Arctic adventures, indigenous tourism and different selling strategies—the review illustrates that despite the historical images of the Arctic, it nowadays matters to tourism research increasingly as a relational, dynamic, fluid and negotiated topic of interest.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48452,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research","volume":"115 ","pages":"Article 104031"},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145118223","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}
Yi Liu , Jing Wang , Kaixuan Huang , Yuan (William) Li , Lisa C. Wan
{"title":"The sustainable paradox of community tourism in world cultural heritage villages: The case of Xidi and Hong","authors":"Yi Liu , Jing Wang , Kaixuan Huang , Yuan (William) Li , Lisa C. Wan","doi":"10.1016/j.annals.2025.104020","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annals.2025.104020","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>High participation and empowerment have generally been regarded as a promising guarantee for sustainable community tourism. However, drawing on ten years of fieldwork at two cultural World Heritage Sites in China, Xidi and Hong, this paper presents a paradox of this case. A promising mode of community tourism failed in Xidi, while a seemingly exploitative model succeeded in the neighboring village of Hong. Through the analytical framework of embeddedness, this paper argues that the sustainability of community tourism development depends on whether industrial upgrading is achieved to meet the economic-growth imperative of the villagers. This paper provides a new explanation beyond the indigenous versus exogenous dichotomy. It contributes to tourism studies by offering a more balanced perspective on sustainability.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48452,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research","volume":"115 ","pages":"Article 104020"},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145049173","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":"Lieux d'imagination and historical fiction: The lure and blur of the real in media tourism","authors":"Jonathan Goodson, David Jarratt","doi":"10.1016/j.annals.2025.104035","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annals.2025.104035","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This article employs autoethnography and the lieux d'imagination framework to critique the experience of walking a Media Tourism trail based on a historical novel, expanding beyond the usual focus on purely fictional works. The historical fiction of <em>The Gallows Pole</em> blurs with complementary West Yorkshire landscapes, physical markers and heritage to produce a historically-informed place of imagination. This distinctive variant of lieux d'imagination is characterised by a sense of rootedness and connection to the past, grounded in the belief that the narrative, or something similar, occurred. This belief shapes a meaningful imaginative experience, offering the lure of the real. A conceptual framework identifies elements of both historically-informed and fiction-based media that inform and distinguish corresponding tourist experiences.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48452,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research","volume":"115 ","pages":"Article 104035"},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145105703","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 uniqueness: Entropy reduction through volitional system switching","authors":"Chunxiao Li , Lin Li , Xiang (Robert) Li","doi":"10.1016/j.annals.2025.104016","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annals.2025.104016","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Understanding the unique features of tourism is fundamental to establishing and developing the distinct theoretical foundation of tourism research. Drawing inspiration from the second law of thermodynamics, this paper introduces a novel perspective on tourism's significance by conceptualizing tourism as a unique process of “entropy reduction” through system switching. It explains how tourists volitionally and temporarily escape the routine disorder of everyday life through environmental change and need drift, clarifying the pathways through which this occurs. By framing entropy reduction as a core criterion for defining “good tourism,” this study highlights its potential to bridge diverse academic perspectives and guide interdisciplinary research. This approach also directs future studies on psychological and behavioral transitions between habitual and non-habitual environments.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48452,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research","volume":"115 ","pages":"Article 104016"},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145020162","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}
Siqi Emily Lu , Elaine Chiao Ling Yang , Brent Moyle , Sacha Reid
{"title":"Thriving for workers with disability in tourism","authors":"Siqi Emily Lu , Elaine Chiao Ling Yang , Brent Moyle , Sacha Reid","doi":"10.1016/j.annals.2025.104053","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annals.2025.104053","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This manuscript challenges conventional workplace norms in tourism that continue to marginalise people with disability. Grounded in emancipatory and social justice perspectives, we apply a visual-based participatory method to critically explore how people with disability understand thriving and what enables them to thrive in the tourism workforce. Findings reveal that vitality, learning and dignity are three key dimensions of thriving at work. Contextual determinants, including the genuine engagement of supervisors, are critical in activating the capabilities of people with disability, enhancing their potential to thrive in the workplace. A conceptual model is presented, articulating the underlying determinants of thriving for workers with disability in tourism. Future research should critically explore alternative solutions that normalise disability as part of workplace diversity.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48452,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research","volume":"115 ","pages":"Article 104053"},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145424751","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":"A proposal for an overtourism index","authors":"Claudia Burlando , Enrico Musso , Tiziano Pavanini , Susanna Traversa","doi":"10.1016/j.annals.2025.104042","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annals.2025.104042","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The rise of mass tourism has led to overtourism, where visitor numbers surpass a destination's sustainable capacity, causing environmental degradation, resource overuse, and social tensions. This study introduces a novel tourism intensity index tailored for small littoral towns, using the Cinque Terre (Italy) as a case study. Employing the Peña Distance method (DP2), the research quantifies tourism pressure and provides a framework for assessing overtourism risks. The resulting index aids in identifying policy interventions and strategies to mitigate overtourism, fostering long-term sustainability for vulnerable destinations. This approach offers a quantitative tool to address the critical challenges posed by overtourism, with implications for sustainable tourism management in similar contexts globally.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48452,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research","volume":"115 ","pages":"Article 104042"},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145227147","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}