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Who Would You Travel With? Identifying the Key Attributes of a Desirable Travel Partner
Travel partner seeking has become a new and increasingly popular social phenomenon, especially among young travelers. However, little is known about what partner attributes are preferred by this market and how such attributes impact memorable tourism experience, the desirable outcome of Internet companionship travel. This study employed a mixed-method approach to explore travel partner selection and its impact on memorable tourism experience. Using content analysis, study 1 identified four key attributes of ideal travel partners (emotional intelligence, travel experience, congruence, and conscientiousness) based on data from 1086 user posts on the Douban platform. Study 2 revealed that all four attributes of travel partners positively influenced memorable tourism experience through the mediation of travel partner exchange, with gender composition playing a moderating role. This work provides theoretical contributions and practical insights in travel partner selection.
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International Journal of Tourism Research promotes and enhances research developments in the field of tourism. The journal provides an international platform for debate and dissemination of research findings whilst also facilitating the discussion of new research areas and techniques. IJTR continues to add a vibrant and exciting channel for those interested in tourism and hospitality research developments. The scope of the journal is international and welcomes research that makes original contributions to theories and methodologies. It continues to publish high quality research papers in any area of tourism, including empirical papers on tourism issues. The journal welcomes submissions based upon both primary research and reviews including papers in areas that may not directly be tourism based but concern a topic that is of interest to researchers in the field of tourism, such as economics, marketing, sociology and statistics. All papers are subject to strict double-blind (or triple-blind) peer review by the international research community.
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