Pub Date : 2024-11-01DOI: 10.1016/j.annale.2024.100160
Freya Higgins-Desbiolles , Raoul Bianchi
This article offers an overview of the literature and state of knowledge on the politics of tourism. While the politics of tourism remains an under studied topic in tourism academia, here we argue political analyses are vital for advancing our understanding of the deep-rooted dynamics of tourism and how we respond to arising crises.
We analyze the interface between tourism and politics, briefly outline key contemporary issues and introduce some new vistas for future inquiries. The foundation of the politics of tourism is a search for the good life and critical questions arise including democratic participation, neoliberalizing forces and possibility of diverse worldviews challenging neoliberal domination. This article serves as an introduction to a curated collection.
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Pub Date : 2024-11-01DOI: 10.1016/j.annale.2024.100162
Nichola Booth
This exploratory study gathers perspectives of parents and children with disabilities following their attendance at ‘Try Before You Fly’, in a regional UK based airport. Many children with disabilities are unable to manage in unfamiliar settings such as an airport, and their parents may avoid exposure to such settings to reduce stress and anxiety and so avoid air travel. Try Before You Fly enabled disabled children and their families to practice all the steps of the airport experience, such as check-in, security departure lounge and access to a grounded aircraft, using an approach underpinned by behaviour analytic practices. Six months after the event, 21 parents and five children completed a questionnaire about the event. Results suggest that all respondents believed that the event increased their confidence levels about booking a holiday via air travel and that it should be an initiative offered at more airports.
{"title":"Try before you fly: Perspectives of parents and their children with disabilities on a natural environment teaching airport event. An exploratory study","authors":"Nichola Booth","doi":"10.1016/j.annale.2024.100162","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annale.2024.100162","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This exploratory study gathers perspectives of parents and children with disabilities following their attendance at ‘Try Before You Fly’, in a regional UK based airport. Many children with disabilities are unable to manage in unfamiliar settings such as an airport, and their parents may avoid exposure to such settings to reduce stress and anxiety and so avoid air travel. Try Before You Fly enabled disabled children and their families to practice all the steps of the airport experience, such as check-in, security departure lounge and access to a grounded aircraft, using an approach underpinned by behaviour analytic practices. Six months after the event, 21 parents and five children completed a questionnaire about the event. Results suggest that all respondents believed that the event increased their confidence levels about booking a holiday via air travel and that it should be an initiative offered at more airports.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34520,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights","volume":"5 2","pages":"Article 100162"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143136103","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-10-25DOI: 10.1016/j.annale.2024.100157
Pieter C.M. Cornelis, Wim Strijbosch
Dark rides embody a noteworthy phenomenon in theme park destinations and beyond, serving as a textbook example of structured experiences. They therefore offer valuable insights for knowledge development on structured experiences in the broader realm of tourism and leisure experiences. Despite various conceptualizations of the dark ride experience, the visitor's perspective has been largely overseen. Through qualitative interviews we explored 16 distinct dark rides, unveiling key constituent components of their experience and identifying contributing factors. Results indicate that dark rides are primarily appreciated for their ability to generate here-and-now experiences, characterized by imagery, imagery-based states, and emotions. However, visitors may inadvertently shift their focus to internal thoughts and cognitions based on motivation, opportunity, and ability-related switch factors, risking mental disengagement.
{"title":"Reconceptualizing the dark ride experience using first-hand experience: Including the visitor's perspective","authors":"Pieter C.M. Cornelis, Wim Strijbosch","doi":"10.1016/j.annale.2024.100157","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annale.2024.100157","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Dark rides embody a noteworthy phenomenon in theme park destinations and beyond, serving as a textbook example of structured experiences. They therefore offer valuable insights for knowledge development on structured experiences in the broader realm of tourism and leisure experiences. Despite various conceptualizations of the dark ride experience, the visitor's perspective has been largely overseen. Through qualitative interviews we explored 16 distinct dark rides, unveiling key constituent components of their experience and identifying contributing factors. Results indicate that dark rides are primarily appreciated for their ability to generate here-and-now experiences, characterized by imagery, imagery-based states, and emotions. However, visitors may inadvertently shift their focus to internal thoughts and cognitions based on motivation, opportunity, and ability-related switch factors, risking mental disengagement.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34520,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights","volume":"5 2","pages":"Article 100157"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142535312","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-10-22DOI: 10.1016/j.annale.2024.100155
Elisabeth Bartl , Alexander Bauer , Maximilian Weigert , Marion Karl , Jürgen Schmude , Helmut Küchenhoff
Travel behavior changes over the temporal dimensions age, period, and cohort. However, longitudinal studies that simultaneously analyze and separate these temporal effects are missing. This study aims to disentangle the temporal changes in travel behavior (participation, frequency, expenses) and explain these changes through different theoretical lenses. Our analysis builds on large-scale representative secondary data from a repeated cross-sectional survey in Germany on the leisure travel behavior between 1983 and 2018 (N = 198,000) and uses generalized additive regression. Age and period are main drivers for changes in travel participation, cohort and age main drivers for changes in travel frequency over time. Relative travel expenses do not substantially change over time. Understanding temporal changes in travel behavior can support long-term planning in tourism.
{"title":"Disentangling temporal changes in travel behavior: An age-period-cohort analysis based on German travel demand","authors":"Elisabeth Bartl , Alexander Bauer , Maximilian Weigert , Marion Karl , Jürgen Schmude , Helmut Küchenhoff","doi":"10.1016/j.annale.2024.100155","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annale.2024.100155","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Travel behavior changes over the temporal dimensions age, period, and cohort. However, longitudinal studies that simultaneously analyze and separate these temporal effects are missing. This study aims to disentangle the temporal changes in travel behavior (participation, frequency, expenses) and explain these changes through different theoretical lenses. Our analysis builds on large-scale representative secondary data from a repeated cross-sectional survey in Germany on the leisure travel behavior between 1983 and 2018 (<em>N</em> = 198,000) and uses generalized additive regression. Age and period are main drivers for changes in travel participation, cohort and age main drivers for changes in travel frequency over time. Relative travel expenses do not substantially change over time. Understanding temporal changes in travel behavior can support long-term planning in tourism.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34520,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights","volume":"5 2","pages":"Article 100155"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142535311","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-10-07DOI: 10.1016/j.annale.2024.100154
Hugues Séraphin , Kevin Grande
{"title":"Developing play for children: An untapped competitive advantage tool for destinations","authors":"Hugues Séraphin , Kevin Grande","doi":"10.1016/j.annale.2024.100154","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annale.2024.100154","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":34520,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights","volume":"5 2","pages":"Article 100154"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142428141","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.annale.2024.100153
Yoo Ri Kim , Shih-Chuan Lin
This study investigates how different operational responses impact hotel productivity change, specifically investigating the importance of F&B operations in comparison to room operations and applying the case of the Taiwanese hotel industry, conducting 93 international tourist hotels from April 2012 to March 2021. Using regression discontinuity design analysis, first, the study finds a significant causal impact of COVID-19 travel restrictions on hotel operations. Second, using the control function methods, findings show that F&B operation is a more efficient strategy compared to rooms to recover hotel productivity from crises. This research provides insights into how hotels can reallocate their operational resources in response to crises and offers an alternative measure of productivity for the hotel industry.
{"title":"Rooms versus F&B: How changes in operations contribute to hotel productivity","authors":"Yoo Ri Kim , Shih-Chuan Lin","doi":"10.1016/j.annale.2024.100153","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annale.2024.100153","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study investigates how different operational responses impact hotel productivity change, specifically investigating the importance of F&B operations in comparison to room operations and applying the case of the Taiwanese hotel industry, conducting 93 international tourist hotels from April 2012 to March 2021. Using regression discontinuity design analysis, first, the study finds a significant causal impact of COVID-19 travel restrictions on hotel operations. Second, using the control function methods, findings show that F&B operation is a more efficient strategy compared to rooms to recover hotel productivity from crises. This research provides insights into how hotels can reallocate their operational resources in response to crises and offers an alternative measure of productivity for the hotel industry.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34520,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights","volume":"5 2","pages":"Article 100153"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142428142","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-09-11DOI: 10.1016/j.annale.2024.100152
Jenny Suno Wu , Pete Barbrook-Johnson , Xavier Font , Anna Torres-Delgado
Useful lessons can be drawn from realist evaluation and appreciative inquiry for the evaluation of tourism interventions in complex contexts. We combine the strengths of these two approaches to design a participatory learning-focused evaluation with an emphasis on co-created intervention improvement. We apply this proposed ‘Realist Appreciative Evaluation’ on a government-led intervention aimed at supporting tourism firms to improve their sustainability practices. While realist evaluation introduces causal thinking within a framework of contexts-mechanisms-outcomes, appreciative inquiry enables participants to be solution-oriented. The study shows how evaluation can constitute a constructive, dynamic learning process for participants, rather than something to fear. Our methodology promotes collaboration and real-time change, within the rigorous theory-based realist evaluation approach, to improve the evaluation of tourism interventions.
{"title":"Combining realist evaluation and appreciative inquiry: A participatory, learning-focused methodology for tourism interventions","authors":"Jenny Suno Wu , Pete Barbrook-Johnson , Xavier Font , Anna Torres-Delgado","doi":"10.1016/j.annale.2024.100152","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annale.2024.100152","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Useful lessons can be drawn from realist evaluation and appreciative inquiry for the evaluation of tourism interventions in complex contexts. We combine the strengths of these two approaches to design a participatory learning-focused evaluation with an emphasis on co-created intervention improvement. We apply this proposed ‘Realist Appreciative Evaluation’ on a government-led intervention aimed at supporting tourism firms to improve their sustainability practices. While realist evaluation introduces causal thinking within a framework of contexts-mechanisms-outcomes, appreciative inquiry enables participants to be solution-oriented. The study shows how evaluation can constitute a constructive, dynamic learning process for participants, rather than something to fear. Our methodology promotes collaboration and real-time change, within the rigorous theory-based realist evaluation approach, to improve the evaluation of tourism interventions.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":34520,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights","volume":"5 2","pages":"Article 100152"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266695792400034X/pdfft?md5=b5e667d3d14aa0fdb1048e683de89587&pid=1-s2.0-S266695792400034X-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142168597","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-08-16DOI: 10.1016/j.annale.2024.100151
Birendra KC , Hari Adhikari , George Andrew Stainback
{"title":"Tourism and national collaboration in protected areas","authors":"Birendra KC , Hari Adhikari , George Andrew Stainback","doi":"10.1016/j.annale.2024.100151","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annale.2024.100151","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":34520,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights","volume":"5 2","pages":"Article 100151"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666957924000338/pdfft?md5=af17f8150d6e113094f116c4cd34269b&pid=1-s2.0-S2666957924000338-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141993375","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-07-17DOI: 10.1016/j.annale.2024.100150
Luigina Jessica Montano , Xavier Font , Corinna Elsenbroich , Manuel Alector Ribeiro
This study explores the power of the story-based ‘Most Significant Change’ evaluation method to evidence the impacts of a complex sustainable tourism intervention implemented through the cross-border EU-INTERREG ‘EXPERIENCE’ project across six regions on the French-English Channel. The method provides a participatory evaluation framework to capture contextual changes by collecting and analysing personal stories of change considered significant by those directly affected. As intervention-driven changes are often unpredictable and non-linear, the method supports researchers in exploring and learning about unexpected or complex outcomes emerging from the stories. Findings highlight the effectiveness of this narrative approach in capturing complex, unforeseen changes that may not be quantifiable through pre-defined performance indicators. The study contributes to evaluating EU-funded regional development programmes in tourism.
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Pub Date : 2024-07-08DOI: 10.1016/j.annale.2024.100149
Sara Lupini , Giovanna Bertella , Xavier Font
In this study, we combined reflexive monitoring—a critical assessment, evaluation, and practice-adjustment process—with participatory learning through educational games to advance transformative sustainable tourism methodologies. The methodology was tested in a workshop with tourism practitioners in Norway. Using a constructivist lens, we analysed the narratives participants shared via game artefacts, observations, and debriefings. The tourism practitioners demonstrated some signs of enhanced reflexivity, trust, innovation, inclusivity, and equity, which contributed to their collective agency for sustainability. Integrating reflexive monitoring can empower practitioners to critically assess their practices, envision alternatives, navigate sustainability complexities, and drive transformative actions. Although further testing is required, the methodology holds promise for promoting sustainable tourism practices and enhancing practitioners' skills.
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