{"title":"After the Seoul Halloween crowd crush: a mixed-method approach to enhance intentions to visit Itaewon","authors":"Kyuhyeon Joo","doi":"10.1080/13683500.2023.2262708","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2023.2262708","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTThis study aims (1) to investigate the perceived risks (i.e. safety, crime, and social risks) associated with the crowd crush accident, (2) to examine the effects of perceived risks, destination attractiveness, and perceived image of a film destination on anticipated emotions and intentions to visit, and (3) to explore another motivator/barrier of visitor behaviour. The data was collected from 921 respondents who were South Korean residents and were aware of the incident. The close-ended questions from the data collection were analyzed by conducting a quantitative analysis. The results indicated that all dimensions of perceived risks affect negative anticipated emotion, and social risk is also negatively related to positive anticipated emotion. It also revealed that destination attractiveness and the perceived image of a film destination affect positive anticipated emotion, and the perceived image is also negatively related to negative anticipated emotion. In addition, the causal effects of positive/negative anticipated emotions on intentions to visit were identified. Moreover, the study conducted a qualitative analysis to analyze the data collected using open-ended questions. The content analysis showed that factors such as unique restaurants, perceived crowding, reviving the local economy, and nostalgia are associated with intentions to visit Itaewon.KEYWORDS: Perceived riskdestination attractivenessperceived image of a film destinationmixed-method approach Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationFundingThis work was supported by The Seoul Institute [The Small Research Funding Program 2023].","PeriodicalId":51354,"journal":{"name":"Current Issues in Tourism","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135580451","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Facilitating presence to cocreation: a stimulation configuration perspective on travel livestreaming","authors":"Xinyi Liu, Ying Zeng, Xinyuan Zhang, Zhiyong Li","doi":"10.1080/13683500.2023.2261065","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2023.2261065","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTDrawing upon presence theory, this study seeks to unravel the critical determinants converting engagement into value cocreation in travel livestreaming. To configure an optimal path for real-time interaction, live room setting, and product attributes in livestreaming via viewers’ sense of presence, we performed a scenario-based quasi-experiment with four alternative models. Model 1 elucidated the direct influence mechanism how real-time interaction, authenticity, and remuneration evoke value cocreation, while Model 2 reflected the moderation impact of the objective attributes between communication behaviours and value cocreation. Model 3 and Model 4 incorporated viewers’ physical and social presence into assessments as mediators. The results reveal that communication behaviours psychologically drive viewers’ sense of presence, thereby leading to value cocreation, while objective attributes moderate the subjective consciousness of presence. The research positions insightful theoretical implications to thrust value co-creation of tourism academia spotlight and practically contributes to promoting sales performance in the nascent tourism market.KEYWORDS: Stimulation configuration perspectivephysical presencesocial presencevalue cocreationtravel livestreamingscenario-based quasi-experiment Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationFundingThis work was supported by Sichuan University 2035xd-02 [grant number: No.2035xd-02].","PeriodicalId":51354,"journal":{"name":"Current Issues in Tourism","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135864479","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Tourist arrival forecasting using feed search information","authors":"Kaijian He, Qian Yang, Don Wu, Yingchao Zou","doi":"10.1080/13683500.2023.2259573","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2023.2259573","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTThe feed index is a weighted sum of the number of reactions (i.e. reading, comments, retweets, likes and dislikes, and so on.) that the content engine actively recommends and distributes to the users. It provides valuable information from big data on the Internet and high marketing value to Destination Marketing Organization as the content can be customized. A large-scale empirical study on the impact of the feed index on tourist arrival forecasting accuracy has been conducted, with a new approach proposed to incorporate the feed index into the tourist arrival forecasting model with higher forecasting accuracy. Firstly, the empirical results suggest that the feed index for different keywords reflects varying tourist preferences and has different impacts on tourist arrival movements, with variant lead-lag relationships. Secondly, the study shows that keywords need to be carefully selected based on theoretical analysis plus new methods such as entropy analysis. Therefore, it is proposed that entropy is employed to select the keywords and time lags, thus helping improve forecasting accuracy.KEYWORDS: Tourist arrival forecastingfeed indexARMAXseasonal ARMAX Disclosure statementAll authors had equal contribution to this research. No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.Notes1 https://index.baidu.com/v2/main/index.html#/help?anchor=pdescAdditional informationFundingThe work described in this paper was supported by a grant from National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant number 72271089), Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (grant number 2022JJ30401) and partially sponsored by a scholarship from the Macao Foundation.","PeriodicalId":51354,"journal":{"name":"Current Issues in Tourism","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135864734","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"When tourism meets conservation: a deep dive into residents’ attitudes towards Tatra National Park","authors":"Marianna Strzelecka, Miroslaw Mika, Małgorzata Durydiwka","doi":"10.1080/13683500.2023.2260063","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2023.2260063","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigates the complex relationship between residents and national parks in a top nature-based destination, Poland's Tatra and Podhale region. Utilizing a door-to-door survey of 511 respondents from 26 towns around Tatra National Park (TNP), the research employs two-step structural equation modeling and fsQCA to analyze how place attachment and preferences for nature protection strategies interact. Contrary to the widely held view that tourism development positively influences attitudes toward national parks, we found tourism growth in the communities surrounding TNP impacts how these communities relate to the protected area. The study concludes that for TNP to gain broader community support, it is crucial to convey to residents their essential role as a tourism asset. This finding has wider implications for how national parks and adjacent communities can coexist harmoniously in areas experiencing rapid tourism expansion.","PeriodicalId":51354,"journal":{"name":"Current Issues in Tourism","volume":"69 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136061006","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Can residents engage potential tourists as ‘micro’ and ‘nano’ influencers?","authors":"Wei Han, Tanruiling Zhang","doi":"10.1080/13683500.2023.2260062","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2023.2260062","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTSocial media has revolutionized the tourism industry by making residents more active co-creators in destination information dissemination. This study explores whether recognizing social media influencers as residents can increase place identification and boost host–guest relationships. We assess a conceptual model that postulates relationships between self–influencer congruence, identification with a place, emotional solidarity with residents, place knowledge, and visit intention. Data were collected online from 996 Chinese TikTok users who follow ‘micro’ or ‘nano’ influencers. The results reveal that perceived congruence between a follower’s ideal self and an influencer’s personal image can lead to a sense of identification with the influencer’s residential place and emotional solidarity with residents, thereby contributing to visit intention. Further, multi-group analysis confirmed the moderating role of place knowledge. This study has important implications for tourism marketing theories and practices.KEYWORDS: Influencer marketingresidentsemotional solidarityidentification with place Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationFundingThis work was supported by Hainan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China [grant number 721QN224].","PeriodicalId":51354,"journal":{"name":"Current Issues in Tourism","volume":"183 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135063278","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"War-related attractions: ‘the good, the bad, <i>or</i> the ugly’? War museums between peace, national identity and war porn","authors":"Fabio Carbone","doi":"10.1080/13683500.2023.2256943","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2023.2256943","url":null,"abstract":"The link between a widespread culture of peace and tourism is today more relevant than ever. This work aims to produce sound considerations towards a more self-conscious conception of the roles available to war-related attractions in this sense, with a special focus on war museums. Arguments supporting their potential role as spaces of debate and promotion of peace are informed by sociological theories. Furthermore, two current obstacles to the effective establishment of this role are pointed out and analyzed through the use of examples of current practices. The first is the use of war-related attractions to address with nationalistic rhetoric the visitors, as part of a national pedagogy. The second is the commodification of war atrocities as a way to provide a memorable experience to the public. In conclusion, the political use of war-related attractions, as well as the recourse to the so-called war porn to make tourist experience gruesomely exciting, are considered incompatible with the role to contribute for the construction and promotion of a culture of peace. The article finally urges new reflections and the definition of a clear role for war-related attraction, particularly war museums: ‘the Good, the Bad, or the Ugly’?","PeriodicalId":51354,"journal":{"name":"Current Issues in Tourism","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135207662","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mohd Arshad Ansari, Muhammed Ashiq Villanthenkodath
{"title":"Tourism development and material footprint: a disaggregate analysis of top ten tourist destination countries","authors":"Mohd Arshad Ansari, Muhammed Ashiq Villanthenkodath","doi":"10.1080/13683500.2023.2256933","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2023.2256933","url":null,"abstract":"This empirical work analyzes the impact of tourism arrivals, tourist receipts, tourist expenditure, active population, and population density on environmental quality. Unlike previous studies, this study employed a consumption-based indicator of environmental quality, which is the material footprint. Given the significance of major tourist destination countries, a sample of the top ten tourist destinations has been selected for the analysis over the period 1995–2018. The study applies econometric tools that consider the issues of cross-sectional dependence and heterogeneity. The findings of cointegration show a significant long-run relationship between the variables. Similarly, pooled mean group results indicate a positive impact of tourist arrivals, tourist expenditure, and active population on the material footprint, while a negative impact is observed in the case of tourist receipts and population density. The robustness of long-run results has been examined with the help of Panel corrected standard errors. Moreover, the Dumitrescu-Hurlin panel causality test shows unidirectional causality from tourist arrivals and tourist receipt to the material footprint and unidirectional causality from the material footprint to tourist expenditure in the long run. According to our results, some policy implications have also been highlighted.","PeriodicalId":51354,"journal":{"name":"Current Issues in Tourism","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135688920","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Light in the middle of the tunnel? A sentimental analysis of tourist responses to ongoing crisis","authors":"Daganchew Leta Senbeto, Yoseph Mamo, Siamak Seyfi","doi":"10.1080/13683500.2023.2256941","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2023.2256941","url":null,"abstract":"Assessing how tourists respond to ongoing crises is essential but is a barely explored research topic. Drawing from Chaos–complexity theory, this research examines sentiment changes amidst crises and analyses factors influencing tourist sentiments during crises. Sentiment analysis was conducted to identify travelers’ positive and negative opinions extracted from the tweeter. The sentiment of each tweet was detected through a lexicon-based classification approach. Unlike previous arguments concerning the ongoing crisis, the current findings indicate a positive sentiment toward the destination even in the face of multiple crises. Implications and directions for future research are also discussed.","PeriodicalId":51354,"journal":{"name":"Current Issues in Tourism","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135830960","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Coming to terms with the past: perception of residents about lifestyle migrants’ returning","authors":"Arzu Toker","doi":"10.1080/13683500.2023.2257858","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2023.2257858","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51354,"journal":{"name":"Current Issues in Tourism","volume":"59 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136022866","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. F. Chim-Miki, Rui Augusto da Costa, Rodrigo Oliveira-Ribeiro
{"title":"Tourism coopetition for a better world: a cycle of creation, appropriation, and devolution of social value","authors":"A. F. Chim-Miki, Rui Augusto da Costa, Rodrigo Oliveira-Ribeiro","doi":"10.1080/13683500.2023.2254448","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2023.2254448","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51354,"journal":{"name":"Current Issues in Tourism","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59831453","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}