{"title":"Revisit the Multisensory Integration in Hospitality and Tourism Studies","authors":"Guyang Lin, Mimi Li, Naipeng Jiang","doi":"10.1002/jtr.70050","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jtr.70050","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The realm of hospitality and tourism has recently experienced a surge in multisensory research. However, there remains a noticeable gap in studies focusing on multisensory integration, a concept widely explored in other marketing domains. This article synthesizes insights from sensory marketing and neuroscience to propose three innovative research directions in the context of hospitality and tourism. It also discusses the theoretical and practical implications of these research pathways, highlighting their significance in advancing our understanding of multisensory experiences within the industry. Furthermore, the article discusses advanced methodological approaches necessary to effectively investigate these research directions, highlighting how such tools can enhance the rigor and relevance of multisensory research within hospitality and tourism.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51375,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Tourism Research","volume":"27 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144244166","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":"A Game Changer to Short-Term Rentals in Spain","authors":"Francisco Sánchez-Cubo, Alba Viana-Lora","doi":"10.1002/jtr.70059","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jtr.70059","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Usually, when it comes to short-term rentals (STRs), there are three approaches: prohibition, limitation or laissez-faire. Using experimental data on STRs from the National Statistics Institute, we analyse the fluctuations in their figures in all municipalities in Spain to determine whether there is a link between the type of regulation and its effects. Plus, we discuss the most recent sentence, which allows a new way of regulating STRs and becoming a game changer in the near future.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51375,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Tourism Research","volume":"27 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144219991","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}
Aziza A. Mirzamurodova Kizi, Seweryn Zielinski, Celene B. Milanes, Young-joo Ahn
{"title":"Tourist Destination Image Projected by YouTube Travel Videos: The Case of Seoul, Republic of Korea","authors":"Aziza A. Mirzamurodova Kizi, Seweryn Zielinski, Celene B. Milanes, Young-joo Ahn","doi":"10.1002/jtr.70049","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jtr.70049","url":null,"abstract":"<p>YouTube has become a key platform for sharing travel experiences and shaping destination image through user-generated content. This study employs directed content analysis and sentiment analysis of videos from 25 travel vloggers to explore Seoul's projected image. While vloggers highlight major attractions, greater emphasis is placed on immersive experiences in vibrant districts known for shopping, dining, and nightlife, which elicit stronger emotional responses than iconic landmarks alone. Contrary to prevailing assumptions in the literature, Korean pop culture appears to play a less central role in constructing Seoul's destination image. The study demonstrates the unique value of vlog analysis in capturing both explicit and tacit dimensions of tourist experiences, particularly affective attributes. Moreover, this paper contributes to the emerging methodological conversation by illustrating how video analysis can reveal nuanced insights inaccessible through static media. It also examines the influence of external factors, such as sponsorships and endorsements, on vloggers' content choices.</p>","PeriodicalId":51375,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Tourism Research","volume":"27 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jtr.70049","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144206396","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}
Yang Yu, Yaping Gong, Yanxi Tao, DooHwan Won, Guojie Zhang
{"title":"An Examination of the Impact of Climate Change on International Inbound Tourism: Insights From China","authors":"Yang Yu, Yaping Gong, Yanxi Tao, DooHwan Won, Guojie Zhang","doi":"10.1002/jtr.70057","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jtr.70057","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Although inbound tourism growth has been facing an increasing threat from global climate change, there still exists insufficient understanding regarding the long-term impacts of climate change on tourism demand in non-Western contexts. By considering other main explanatory variables, which have been largely overlooked among extant literature, the study examined the impacts of climate change on the Chinese inbound tourism market using the generalized method of moments model and panel data spanning 30 years and across 20 countries. The results revealed that the relationship between a location's temperature and inbound tourism demand is negative and an increase in temperature resulted in a decrease in international visitors traveling to China. In addition to offering a more robust and reliable assessment of the relationship between climate change and inbound tourism demand, the research represents one of the early attempts to advance understandings of the long-term impacts of climate change in non-Western developing countries.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51375,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Tourism Research","volume":"27 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144213879","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":"Navigating Travel Decisions: The Influence of Uncertainty Tolerance, Risk Perception, and Experience on Chinese Outbound Travel Intentions","authors":"Ying Zhang, Johye Hwang","doi":"10.1002/jtr.2806","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jtr.2806","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>In the post-pandemic era, the evolving international landscape poses significant challenges for Chinese outbound tourism. Risks and uncertainties stemming from global and regional instability, such as online scams, regional conflicts, and persistent turbulence, continue to influence travelers' decisions. These factors exacerbate the negative impacts and concerns originating from the pandemic, resulting in heightened risk perceptions and uncertainty among potential tourists. This study aims to explore the key factors influencing Chinese outbound travel decisions, focusing on how perceived risk and uncertainty tolerance affect travel intentions. Additionally, it examines the moderating role of prior travel experience in shaping these decisions. By offering a comprehensive model of decision-making, the research addresses gaps in the literature and provides valuable insights into how Chinese tourists navigate their travel choices today.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51375,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Tourism Research","volume":"27 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144213956","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":"The Influence of Storytelling in Luxury Hotel Short Videos on Hotel Brand Attitude: The Mediating Role of Narrative Engagement","authors":"Xiaohong Wu, Ivan Ka Wai Lai","doi":"10.1002/jtr.70055","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jtr.70055","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study applies narrative transportation theory to explore how narrative storytelling in luxury hotel short videos influences viewers' narrative engagement and attitude towards the hotel brand via two studies. Study 1 employs a single-factor between-subjects experiment to investigate the influence of narrative content (utilitarian value-oriented vs. hedonic value-oriented) on hotel brand attitude through narrative engagement. Study 2 adopts a between-subjects experimental design with a 2 × 2 factorial structure to investigate the interaction effect of narrative content (utilitarian value-oriented vs. hedonic value-oriented) and narrative point of view (first-person vs. third-person) on narrative engagement and hotel brand attitude. The results indicate that compared to utilitarian value-oriented content, hedonic value-oriented content elicits a higher level of narrative engagement and positively affects viewer attitude towards the hotel brand. Furthermore, the narrative point of view moderates the effect of narrative content on narrative engagement and hotel brand attitude.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51375,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Tourism Research","volume":"27 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144206739","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":"Affordance Design for Mitigating Digital Vulnerability in Smart Tourism","authors":"Yuanyuan Shi, Yi Xu, Anan Hu","doi":"10.1002/jtr.70060","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jtr.70060","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The digital divide remains a significant challenge in smart tourism, intensifying the digital vulnerability of diverse user groups. This research note redefines digital vulnerability in smart tourism as a dynamic and context-dependent phenomenon, expanding beyond the traditional demographic-based definition. It identifies multiple potentially digitally vulnerable groups and underscores the particularly complex vulnerabilities faced by senior tourists and international tourists, such as interface complexity, cultural unfamiliarity, and insufficient digital support. Leveraging affordance theory, we conceptualize inclusive design strategies tailored to diverse user needs, skills, and cultural contexts. This human-centered approach offers practical directions for designing equitable smart tourism experiences and calls for further research into affordance-driven solutions to bridge the digital divide.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51375,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Tourism Research","volume":"27 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144197365","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}
Jie He, Xianmei Zeng, Mingjie Meng, Alastair M. Morrison
{"title":"My Work Matters! The Sequential Mediators Between Employee-Perceived CSR and Job Performance","authors":"Jie He, Xianmei Zeng, Mingjie Meng, Alastair M. Morrison","doi":"10.1002/jtr.70053","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jtr.70053","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The current literature recognizes the important influence of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on individuals. However, the underlying process through which perceived external and internal CSR influences employee performance remains unclear. Drawing on cognitive appraisal theory, how perceived CSR influences employee job performance through work meaningfulness and organizational pride was analyzed. Also, the moderating effect of employee emotional exhaustion on the effectiveness of organizational pride was investigated. A two-stage survey of 321 service employees in hotels in China found that external and internal corporate social responsibility positively affects job performance through work meaningfulness and organizational pride sequentially. Emotional exhaustion weakens the positive influences of organizational pride on employee performance.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51375,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Tourism Research","volume":"27 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144197366","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":"Exploring the Impact of Perceived Liminal Experiences on Female Tourists' Eudaimonic Well-Being Through the Mediation of Travel Satisfaction","authors":"Yan Feng, Ivan Ka Wai Lai, Sharleen Xiaolian Chen","doi":"10.1002/jtr.70044","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jtr.70044","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study aims to examine how the perceptions of liminal experiences in girlfriend getaway (GGA) travel transform women's eudaimonic well-being through satisfaction with GGA liminal experiences. It extracted 16 measurable items of four dimensions of GGA liminal experiences through panel experts and further confirmed this measurement scale through exploratory factor analysis. The results of a survey of 322 GGA tourists indicated that gender dynamics, existential authenticity, and empowerment directly affect building eudaimonic well-being, but escapism does not. However, travel satisfaction mediates the effect of these four GGA liminal experiences on eudaimonic well-being. This study contributes to female tourism research by exploring how liminal experiences in travel build eudaimonic well-being. It also provides researchers with measurable items of the four dimensions of liminal experiences in travel in future studies. Recommendations were provided to promote GGAs.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51375,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Tourism Research","volume":"27 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144190929","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":"An Investigation of Affect Transfer of Social Responsibility in Ski Events Among Tourists and Employees","authors":"Babak Taheri, Linda W. Lee, Jamie Thompson","doi":"10.1002/jtr.70048","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jtr.70048","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This research investigates the integration of social responsibility into Iranian ski tourism events and its positive affect transfer among employees and sport tourists. Study 1 comprised interviews with 30 employees of ski resorts and found that workers' understanding and expectation of social responsibility of the ski resorts extended beyond benefits to local communities. Study 2 comprised a survey with 710 sport tourists of ski events and found that when the event includes social responsibility that benefits local communities, it positively moderates the relationship between satisfaction and ongoing loyalty and emotional investment of sport tourists in these events. These results suggest the incorporation of social responsibility practices into ski events can transfer positive affects into desirable loyalty and emotional outcomes among sport tourists, yet employees seek more ambitious social responsibility efforts.</p>","PeriodicalId":51375,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Tourism Research","volume":"27 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jtr.70048","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144190985","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}