Jun Wen, Fangli Hu, Danni Zheng, Haifeng Hou, Wei Wang
{"title":"Interdisciplinary Research Among Tourism, Public Health, and Global Health: A Promising Stream Focusing on Populations With Suboptimal Health Status","authors":"Jun Wen, Fangli Hu, Danni Zheng, Haifeng Hou, Wei Wang","doi":"10.1002/jtr.70012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jtr.70012","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Research suggests that approximately 75% of the world's population suffers from suboptimal health status, meaning these individuals often feel unwell but have no clearly diagnosable conditions. Suboptimal health status, originating from traditional Chinese medicine, signifies an intermediate state between health and disease. Tourism has been deemed beneficial for personal health and general well-being. More recently, it has been proposed as a non-pharmacological intervention for individuals with dementia, given its potential contributions to health promotion and disease prevention/treatment. Yet, the tourism literature has paid scarce attention to populations with suboptimal health status, even as an aging society becomes inevitable. This paper critically discusses research and knowledge gaps in the tourism and health literature. It also outlines opportunities to enhance personal health through the lens of tourism, ideally with objective evidence collected via interdisciplinary studies.</p>","PeriodicalId":51375,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Tourism Research","volume":"27 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jtr.70012","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143852858","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}
Siamak Seyfi, Sayed Elhoushy, Salar Kuhzady, Tan Vo-Thanh, Mustafeed Zaman
{"title":"Bridging the Green Marketing Communication Gap: Assessing Image Coherence in Green Hotels","authors":"Siamak Seyfi, Sayed Elhoushy, Salar Kuhzady, Tan Vo-Thanh, Mustafeed Zaman","doi":"10.1002/jtr.70027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jtr.70027","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study investigates the gap between how hotels present their sustainability efforts (projected green image) and how guests perceive them (perceived green image). Drawing on signaling theory and using a multiple-case approach, we combined content and sentiment analysis to examine communication strategies and guest responses. The findings reveal frequent misalignments: some practices are promoted but not noticed (greenwashing risk), while others are valued by guests but undercommunicated (greenhushing). Based on these patterns, we propose a two-dimensional framework that maps four communication scenarios. The concept of green cohering—where projection and perception align—emerges as the ideal state for building credibility and trust. By introducing this framework, the study contributes to green marketing literature and offers practical guidance for hospitality businesses seeking to align sustainability messaging with guest experience. Our analysis highlights the need for communication strategies that are both operationally grounded and perceptually resonant.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51375,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Tourism Research","volume":"27 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143852859","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 Wellbeing: Business War Volunteer Tourism and the DREAMA Framework","authors":"Amy L. Kenworthy, Chelsea Gill, Catharina Jecklin","doi":"10.1002/jtr.70022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jtr.70022","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Amidst the grand challenges, geopolitical tensions, and resultant uncertainties of today's environment, a new category of tourism has emerged called business war volunteer tourism. This research note conceptualizes how the application of our discipline's most recent and psychologically comprehensive wellbeing framework, DREAMA, provides a mechanism through which we can begin to explore and understand business war volunteer tourists' lived experiences. In doing so, this research note contributes to the extant literature through a nuanced conceptual examination of psychological wellbeing within the business war volunteer tourism context, encouraging discussion about how environments affected by war provide opportunities to strengthen tourist wellbeing.</p>","PeriodicalId":51375,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Tourism Research","volume":"27 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jtr.70022","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143849149","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}
Sara Naderi Koupaei, Paul W. Ballantine, Lucie Ozanne
{"title":"Why Don't Restaurants Want to Promote Their Sustainability? Insights From New Zealand","authors":"Sara Naderi Koupaei, Paul W. Ballantine, Lucie Ozanne","doi":"10.1002/jtr.70015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jtr.70015","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Restaurants are increasingly promoting their sustainability attributes. However, this research fills a notable gap in knowledge in relation to the online promotion of sustainability by restaurants in non-Michelin award countries, and where there is no specific sustainable restaurant certification to identify the online promotion of sustainability attributes. The websites of 164 award-winning or nominated New Zealand restaurants were subject to content analysis. Results showed that seasonal and local produce were the most widely promoted sustainability measures. Unlike international sustainable restaurant schemes, there was little emphasis on sustainably harvested fish, Fairtrade, and animal ethics. However, interviews with restaurant chefs, managers, and owners demonstrated that many restaurants do not promote their sustainability practices because of greenwashing concerns and their personal values. The results highlight the online promotion of restaurant sustainability practices and the extent of sustainability practices outside of formal certification or award systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":51375,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Tourism Research","volume":"27 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jtr.70015","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143849150","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":"Workforce Empowerment in Hospitality and Tourism: The Need for Industry-Specific Considerations","authors":"Alex Kweku Arhin, Grace Sarfo, Drew Martin","doi":"10.1002/jtr.70020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jtr.70020","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The evidence suggests that one strategy to deal with the challenge posed by staffing shortages, workforce diversity, and employees’ critical role in service excellence in contemporary hospitality and tourism is empowerment. This study examines workforce empowerment research in hospitality and tourism through bibliographic coupling and analysis of 98 articles to provide comprehensive insights for researchers and practitioners. Results show that research on workforce empowerment is highly concentrated in Asia, and quantitative methods are the most popular for researchers, though theoretical underpinnings are limited. This study classifies empowerment research into four main clusters and develops an integrated framework that outlines the antecedents, outcomes, mediating, and moderating mechanisms of empowerment. Implications of the results and critical avenues for future research are discussed. The study concludes that industry-specific characteristics should be considered when implementing empowerment.</p>","PeriodicalId":51375,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Tourism Research","volume":"27 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jtr.70020","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143840906","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}
Serkan Uzunogullari, James Johnson, Nikolaos Pappas
{"title":"From Controllers to Immersion: Exploring the Sense of Place in Video Games","authors":"Serkan Uzunogullari, James Johnson, Nikolaos Pappas","doi":"10.1002/jtr.70019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jtr.70019","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study aims to develop an understanding of how video gamers develop a sense of place within video game environments. Through semi-structured interviews with 40 video gamers, three key themes were identified: interactive experiences, exploration and immersive experiences. Data analysis has demonstrated that interactive experiences, including those with game inhabitants and objects, add life to virtual worlds. The ability to suspend gameplay and explore virtual environments created a sense of place as video gamers sought to go beyond game objectives. Through immersive experiences, video gamers establish a connection between virtual and real-world places. Overall, this study demonstrates the potential for video games to influence travel intentions and experiences in tourism destinations that feature prominently in video games.</p>","PeriodicalId":51375,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Tourism Research","volume":"27 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jtr.70019","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143831244","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}
Timothy J. Lee, Chen Kuo Pai, Tianqi Chen, Dae-Kwan Kim
{"title":"Tourists' Perception of Destination, Destination Trust, Protection Effectiveness and Travel Intentions","authors":"Timothy J. Lee, Chen Kuo Pai, Tianqi Chen, Dae-Kwan Kim","doi":"10.1002/jtr.70018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jtr.70018","url":null,"abstract":"<p>There are two main objectives of this study: (a) exploration of the main factors affecting tourist perception of destination during the post-pandemic period; and (b) examining the relationships among tourist perception of destinations, the protective effectiveness of COVID-19, destination trust, and tourist travel intentions during the post-pandemic period. The main survey participants of this study are mainland Chinese residents who live in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) and who are willing to travel abroad in the post-pandemic period at the same time. The results from 414 returned questionnaires show that tourist perceptions of a destination in a post-pandemic period are affected by five dimensions: hospitality extended to them, impression of the community, effective pandemic information, any remaining travel restrictions, and rumor refutation. Moreover, tourist perception of destinations positively affects the effectiveness of protective measures against the COVID-19 pandemic and their trust in that destination.</p>","PeriodicalId":51375,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Tourism Research","volume":"27 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jtr.70018","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143831245","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":"Digital Economy in the Catering Service Industry: Photo Sharing Behavior on Social Media","authors":"Yidi Hua, Kuan-Ting Chen, Zhiqian Long","doi":"10.1002/jtr.70024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jtr.70024","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study aims to (a) identify the primary factors that influence tourists' decisions to share their restaurant experiences; (b) investigate the motivations and determinants that drive tourists to share photographs on social media related to the catering industry; and (c) assess the impact of tourists' positive electronic word-of-mouth communication on restaurants and the broader tourism sector. The research analyzed data from 362 questionnaires predominantly collected from Chinese respondents, employing SPSS and AMOS for the analysis and validation of the relationships among the variables. The findings indicate that food quality, service quality, and the overall atmosphere of the dining experience exert a direct positive influence on tourists' attitudes toward sharing food photographs. Additionally, motivations for positive e-WOM include concern for others and the expression of positive emotions. The results of this study offer recommendations for restaurant leaders regarding strategic development, enabling them to formulate market-competitive policies that enhance their comparative advantage.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51375,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Tourism Research","volume":"27 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143826777","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}
Jelena Farkić, Carola May, Gill Pomfret, Manuel Sand, Moji Shahvali
{"title":"Restoring ‘Love of Life’ Through Outdoor Adventures: A Biophilic Approach","authors":"Jelena Farkić, Carola May, Gill Pomfret, Manuel Sand, Moji Shahvali","doi":"10.1002/jtr.70023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jtr.70023","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study, through the concept of biophilia, examines how we can restore a ‘love of life’ in a world often characterised by rationalisation, destruction and alienation from self and nature. Specifically, we observe how outdoor adventures during travels might contribute to the development of biophilic feelings. To this end, we employed a hermeneutic phenomenological approach to analyse the narratives from nine participants in the UK, Germany and Serbia. The findings suggest that adventure activities in the outdoors foster the development of meaningful relationships with the self, other humans and non-human nature, all contributing to the enhancement of eudaimonic wellbeing. The study adds to the tourism literature by arguing that more biophilic and ecological approaches, hitherto underutilised in studying the benefits of tourism from a positive psychology perspective, might serve as a lens through which to explore meaningful social transformation in times of polycrises.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51375,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Tourism Research","volume":"27 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143826778","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}
Hyelim Ju, Timothy J. Lee, Haeok Liz Kim, Sunghyup Sean Hyun
{"title":"Negative Memories Toward Airlines: Scale Development and Validation","authors":"Hyelim Ju, Timothy J. Lee, Haeok Liz Kim, Sunghyup Sean Hyun","doi":"10.1002/jtr.70017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jtr.70017","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Most studies on airlines have focused on consumers' positive memories. However, from the consumer's perspective, negative memories have a stronger impact than positive ones on an airline's brand image, marketing strategies, and consumer behavioral intentions. This observation has prompted the need for research conducted from the perspective of consumers' negative memories and the development of a corresponding scale. Therefore, this study developed a scale to conceptualize the factors affecting negative airline memories. This study's research analysis identified six factors and 26 items encapsulating negative memories regarding airlines. These factors were influenced by cabin crew, hygiene, and safety levels (cleanliness and safety), claustrophobia, rest restrictions, technology, and negative experiences with uncertain situations (unexpected events and the physical environment).</p>","PeriodicalId":51375,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Tourism Research","volume":"27 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jtr.70017","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143826776","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}