{"title":"Social support and travel: Enhancing relationships, communication, and understanding for travel companions","authors":"Xueqiu Zhuang, Yahui Wang","doi":"10.1002/jtr.2712","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jtr.2712","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study explores the multifaceted relationship between travel patterns and mental health (MH) in China, offering a novel integrative approach that synthesizes various factors such as mode of transportation, cultural distance, financial implications, and trip planning. Utilizing a descriptive research design, 622 tourists were surveyed using a pen-and-paper questionnaire at designated tourist destinations in China. Findings reveal that travel positively influences MH by providing new experiences, socialization, and relaxation, leading to reduced stress and improved well-being. Duration, frequency, and active travel modes are associated with better MH outcomes. Solo travel fosters personal growth, while group travel enhances social support. Natural environments offer greater MH benefits than urban settings, and leisure travel surpasses work-related trips in promoting MH. Greater cultural distance, poor trip planning, and financial burdens negatively impact MH. This comprehensive framework offers insights into public health and tourism policies, advancing the understanding of how travel elements collectively influence MH.</p>","PeriodicalId":51375,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Tourism Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142007158","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":"Image-Generated Word-of-Mouth: A Catalyst for Visiting Friends and Relatives (VFR) Tourism?","authors":"Marlini Bakri, James E. Richard, Jayne Krisjanous","doi":"10.1002/jtr.2735","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jtr.2735","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This research introduces and tests the concept of image-generated word-of-mouth (iWOM), extending the scope of visual rhetoric and emotional contagion theories. Using collected paired data and PLS-based structural equation modeling, this study examines the role of sojourners as adept visual influencers and of their images as critical marketing vehicles in VFR tourism. The findings demonstrate that sojourner iWOM influences the overall impression of receiving friends and relatives, a key mechanism that facilitates an intention to visit/engage in VFR tourism. Additionally, this study clarifies the intervening role of tie strength in the consumption of iWOM between two subgroups (friends/relatives), where tie strength is only found to strengthen the effectiveness of iWOM in shaping the perceptions and subsequently, visit intentions of the <i>friends</i> subgroup. Collectively, the findings provide initial insights into using online initiatives in marketing to target the difficult-to-reach VFR segment—a key segment in post-crisis recovery.</p>","PeriodicalId":51375,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Tourism Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jtr.2735","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141994152","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shaolong Sun, Lintao Wang, Erlong Zhao, Shouyang Wang
{"title":"How do tourists perceive churches as tourism destinations? A text mining approach through online reviews","authors":"Shaolong Sun, Lintao Wang, Erlong Zhao, Shouyang Wang","doi":"10.1002/jtr.2711","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jtr.2711","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Church tourism has gained popularity due to the historical, artistic, and religious significance of churches, contributing significantly to the social and economic sectors. The destination image of churches plays a crucial role in tourism marketing. However, existing literature predominantly relies on traditional methods to study tourists' perception of churches as tourism destinations, with limited analysis of user-generated content (UGC) like online reviews. This study aims to fill this gap by analyzing the online reviews of 10 renowned European churches posted on TripAdvisor using text mining techniques. Findings reveal that tourists mainly focus on overall description, visiting experience, architectural design, and surrounding environment of the church, with specific areas of interest for certain churches. The research findings can assist church administrators in formulating sustainable tourism strategies and promoting the development of the church tourism.</p>","PeriodicalId":51375,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Tourism Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141994244","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":"How Does Educational Travel Promote Lifelong Learning?","authors":"Salott Chau, Lianping Ren","doi":"10.1002/jtr.2731","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jtr.2731","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Travel contributes to learning and learning can make travel more meaningful. However, the extant literature that exemplifies how educational travel influences an individual's attitude toward learning is limited. Based on social constructivism and self-determination theory, and utilizing an online survey (<i>N</i> = 321), this study examines how university students' educational travel experiences lead to changes in academic motivation and wellbeing, which may enhance attitudes toward lifelong learning. The conceptual model of lifelong learning in relation to educational travel, academic motivation, and wellbeing is developed and confirmed. The full mediation effect of academic motivation and wellbeing is established. The survey results reveal a positive relationship between educational travel experience and learners' attitude change in lifelong learning. The study highlights the role of educational travel experience in promoting attitudinal changes toward lifelong learning, which provides implications to both travel companies and educational institutes for design and development of educational travel activities and programs.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51375,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Tourism Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141994241","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":"Exploration of Hotel Reservation Through Mobile Online Travel Agencies","authors":"Sunny Sun, Rob Law, Sunghyup Sean Hyun","doi":"10.1002/jtr.2734","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jtr.2734","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The number of tourists who use smartphones to make hotel reservation is continuously increasing. Nonetheless, only a few studies have investigated the attributes to make hotel reservation via mobile devices (e.g., smartphones). Hence, the present study comprehensively evaluates the attributes to make hotel reservation through mobile online travel agencies (OTAs) based on the web function design framework to identify the perceived important attributes to make hotel reservation via mobile OTAs from the perspective of tourists and to find out the possible factors with specific attributes to measure hotel reservation via mobile OTAs through an online questionnaire survey method. Findings reflect that the perceived important attributes of tourists have changed from those allowing them to meet their hierarchical needs to those supporting their nonhierarchical intertwined needs. In addition, four factors of hotel reservation via mobile OTAs are identified: hotel information provision, relationship and social media, design and layout, and consumer requests.</p>","PeriodicalId":51375,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Tourism Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jtr.2734","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141994243","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Do Presence and Authenticity in VR Experience Enhance Visitor Satisfaction and Museum Re-Visitation Intentions?","authors":"Kwangsik Choi, Yoonjae Nam","doi":"10.1002/jtr.2737","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jtr.2737","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study explores the impact of VR experiences in museums on visitor satisfaction and revisiting intentions, focusing on presence and authenticity perceptions. While VR as an educational tool does not directly affect VR satisfaction, its entertainment and esthetic value can foster re-engagement with the technology. Moreover, the results indicate that satisfaction with the VR experience does not directly translate into museum revisit intentions. Visitors currently perceive VR as an additional feature rather than part of the exhibition program. The research underlines the need for early-stage VR content development that integrates a stronger connection to original exhibits and promotes VR as a tool to boost interest and visits. Additionally, this study suggests that VR should aim to implement existential authenticity created through a sense of presence, rather than portraying objective authenticity.</p>","PeriodicalId":51375,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Tourism Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jtr.2737","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141986032","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Past behaviour intentions, present normative beliefs, and future customer loyalty","authors":"F. Lampreia, H. Almeida, M. Cesário","doi":"10.1002/jtr.2716","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jtr.2716","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Tourists are often motivated by a desire to reduce their impact on the environment and support local communities. By understanding the motivations and preferences of different types of tourists, destinations can tailor their offerings to attract and retain a diverse range of visitors. This study aims to determine if tourists who are attracted to the natural environment in a destination are more likely to engage in sustainable behaviors. It also explores whether easy access to information on sustainability influences decision-making when traveling. The article raises the question of whether post-pandemic tourists seek sustainable destinations due to both internal motivations and external influences. This article examines the convergence of pull-push tourist motivations in sustainable destination preferences post-pandemic. Using data from 12,101 Eurobarometer 2021 respondents from the TOP 12 countries with high pro-environmental attitudes, the study found a confirmation of sustainable behaviors among European citizens. Future research directions and limitations are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":51375,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Tourism Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141980438","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}
Jörn Harfst, Ralf-Uwe Syrbe, Carmen Kern, Peter Wirth, Jasmin Sandriester, Malgorzata Pstrocka-Rak, Sylwia Dolzblasz
{"title":"Cultural Tourism and Governance in Peripheral Regions","authors":"Jörn Harfst, Ralf-Uwe Syrbe, Carmen Kern, Peter Wirth, Jasmin Sandriester, Malgorzata Pstrocka-Rak, Sylwia Dolzblasz","doi":"10.1002/jtr.2733","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jtr.2733","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Peripheral regions are seen in the literature as disadvantaged in various dimensions, struggling to valorise their existing (cultural) assets. Networking is often considered an integral part in unlocking these assets, an approach also fostered by different regional policies. In this article, we analyse governance arrangements around tourism assets in three central European regions. The comparison provides an important input to existing discussions on cultural tourism, regional development and governance in peripheral places. The analysis shows that formal governance structures in the case study regions are often well developed but that policy-making capacities are limited by a low stakeholder base.</p>","PeriodicalId":51375,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Tourism Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jtr.2733","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141973669","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chris Zhen Gan Zhu, C. Michael Hall, Lawrence Hoc Nang Fong, Feifei Lin, Sara Naderi Koupaei
{"title":"Examining the effects of ChatGPT on tourism and hospitality student responses through integrating technology acceptance model","authors":"Chris Zhen Gan Zhu, C. Michael Hall, Lawrence Hoc Nang Fong, Feifei Lin, Sara Naderi Koupaei","doi":"10.1002/jtr.2727","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jtr.2727","url":null,"abstract":"<p>ChatGPT has gained increased attention as an artificial intelligence (AI)-based tool in the field of tourism and hospitality education in recent years. This study investigates the impact of perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness and authenticity on student attitude and intention to use ChatGPT by incorporating the concept of authenticity into the technology acceptance model (TAM) theoretical framework in tourism and hospitality education. This study found that authenticity had the strongest indirect effect on student intention to use ChatGPT compared with perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness. This study broadens the applicability of TAM theory in ChatGPT and provides practical insights into its application.</p>","PeriodicalId":51375,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Tourism Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141967901","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":"Does Technological Innovativeness Influence Users' Experiences With Virtual Reality Tourism?","authors":"Nuno Sousa, Filipa Jorge, Mário Sérgio Teixeira, Nieves Losada, Elisa Alén, Daniel Guttentag","doi":"10.1002/jtr.2730","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jtr.2730","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Immersive experiences offered by virtual reality (VR) have the power to impact tourists' decision-making and on-site experiences. However, prior research has focused on explaining VR's acceptance by tourists as a function of technological capacity, rather than user characteristics, such as innovativeness. This research intends to fill the existing knowledge gap regarding the role of technological innovativeness on VR experiences. To do so, this study examines whether individuals' technological innovativeness influences their perceptions of a VR tourism experience and, in turn, their intention to recommend the experience. The study provides a VR experience to 405 tourists at a winery. The results reveal that the tourists' technological innovativeness influences their perception of enjoyment, experience quality, and satisfaction. These findings suggest that, when developing or distributing VR content, the technological innovativeness of the audience is important to consider. The findings have theoretical and practical value, with direct implications for tourism professionals and policymakers.</p>","PeriodicalId":51375,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Tourism Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jtr.2730","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141967007","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}