Pub Date : 2025-04-05DOI: 10.1016/j.jdmm.2025.101004
Erfan Moradi , Rasool Norouzi Seyed Hossini
Without a standardized scale, evaluating different sport destinations and identifying contexts for improvement or growth becomes challenging. This hinders the ability of researchers and policymakers to make informed decisions and implement effective strategies for developing and promoting destinations. As far as we know, no such scale is currently available. To bridge this gap, we use a rigorous multi-step scale development procedure to create a scale focusing on destination competitiveness and attractiveness. Initially, we defined the construct's scope. Next, we created items through a literature review, semi-structured interviews, and fuzzy Delphi, followed by a content validity assessment. We then gathered data for testing, involving 237 participants in item refining, 477 in scale validation, and 355 in nomological validity assessment. The results confirmed a six-dimensional and twenty-one-item scale with acceptable reliability and validity levels. The scale offers valuable insights from theoretical, methodological, and managerial perspectives for researchers and practitioners involved in developing sport tourism destinations.
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Pub Date : 2025-04-03DOI: 10.1016/j.jdmm.2025.101005
Xiaodong Sun , Meihua Xu , Jialing Chen , Yui-yip Lau , Dinesh K. Gauri
China has emerged as one of the fastest-growing and dynamic sectors of the cruise tourism industry in the past 10 years; however, attractive itineraries for each user class remain limited. In general, China's cruise market offers only a small number of cruises and similar types of cruise itinerary products. As such, additional options are urgently needed to meet the growing demand. In this paper, we use a choice experiment (CE) approach to investigate Chinese tourists' preferences for exploring cruise itinerary attributes via a marginal willingness to pay (MWTP). To identify the relevant aspects of the itinerary at cruisers' own valuation, the existing literatures, products on sale, and expert interviews were used as key guidelines. Adopting the orthogonal design allowed for the creation of a subset of the possible choice to investigate tourists' preferences. Finally, the study obtained 935 responses from Chinese tourists for conducting logit analysis and generating the best cruise itineraries profile. Findings indicated that duration and final destination were the most influential attributes of cruise passengers, followed by the ship size, cabin, price, and travel time. This research is expected to give cruise operators useful suggestions about itinerary design to meet the growing consumer demand.
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Pub Date : 2025-04-02DOI: 10.1016/j.jdmm.2025.101006
Xin Cheng , Yuchen Xu , Jiachen Li , Xiaoting Chi , Seongseop (Sam) Kim , Heesup Han
In recent years, sites with unique culture and heritage have become particularly popular tourist destinations. This study conducted an online survey with tourists who had visited the Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum Site Museum and aimed to explore how travel motivations and perceived authenticity influence their intention to visit heritage sites. This study utilizes structural equation modeling (SEM) to examine its antecedents and employs fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) to test the data. This combination of symmetrical and asymmetrical approaches uncovers the various configurations that influence visitors' intentions to visit heritage sites. The results indicate that travel motivation and perceived authenticity should be jointly considered and studied as factors predicting the intention to visit heritage sites. These substantive findings not only contribute to the literature on heritage tourism. It also provides destination marketing personnel and stakeholders with the best combination to attract potential tourists and optimize management and development of new services.
{"title":"Investigating the role of travel motivation and perceived authenticity in traveler visitation to heritage sites","authors":"Xin Cheng , Yuchen Xu , Jiachen Li , Xiaoting Chi , Seongseop (Sam) Kim , Heesup Han","doi":"10.1016/j.jdmm.2025.101006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jdmm.2025.101006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In recent years, sites with unique culture and heritage have become particularly popular tourist destinations. This study conducted an online survey with tourists who had visited the Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum Site Museum and aimed to explore how travel motivations and perceived authenticity influence their intention to visit heritage sites. This study utilizes structural equation modeling (SEM) to examine its antecedents and employs fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) to test the data. This combination of symmetrical and asymmetrical approaches uncovers the various configurations that influence visitors' intentions to visit heritage sites. The results indicate that travel motivation and perceived authenticity should be jointly considered and studied as factors predicting the intention to visit heritage sites. These substantive findings not only contribute to the literature on heritage tourism. It also provides destination marketing personnel and stakeholders with the best combination to attract potential tourists and optimize management and development of new services.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48021,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Destination Marketing & Management","volume":"37 ","pages":"Article 101006"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143759781","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-04-01DOI: 10.1016/j.jdmm.2025.101002
Jano Jiménez-Barreto , Sara Campo , Elena Cerdá-Mansilla , Desiderio Gutiérrez-Taño , Erose Sthapit
Although tourism research has examined the reasons why people have life-changing motivations related to traveling, destination managers still lack clarity on their effects on tourists' intentions and behaviors. In response to this question, the authors investigate one of these life-changing motives: the fresh start mindset. This investigation employs a multimethod approach to examine its antecedents and outcomes and how tourism marketing-controlled factors moderate this perceptual mechanism at the pre-visit stage. This study ultimately showcases communication tactics that destination managers can use to maximize tourists’ fresh start mindset by employing metaphorical persuasive techniques.
{"title":"Tourists’ fresh start mindset in destination marketing","authors":"Jano Jiménez-Barreto , Sara Campo , Elena Cerdá-Mansilla , Desiderio Gutiérrez-Taño , Erose Sthapit","doi":"10.1016/j.jdmm.2025.101002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jdmm.2025.101002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Although tourism research has examined the reasons why people have life-changing motivations related to traveling, destination managers still lack clarity on their effects on tourists' intentions and behaviors. In response to this question, the authors investigate one of these life-changing motives: the fresh start mindset. This investigation employs a multimethod approach to examine its antecedents and outcomes and how tourism marketing-controlled factors moderate this perceptual mechanism at the pre-visit stage. This study ultimately showcases communication tactics that destination managers can use to maximize tourists’ fresh start mindset by employing metaphorical persuasive techniques.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48021,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Destination Marketing & Management","volume":"37 ","pages":"Article 101002"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143747819","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-04-01DOI: 10.1016/j.jdmm.2025.101001
Rachel Dodds, Wayne Smith
Sustainability efforts are often examined at a firm or organizational level, however, examining multiple organizations under a broader destination level provides insight into how organizations interact within an institutional field. Undertaking a qualitative approach of multi-stakeholder interviews and content analysis, this study used institutional theory to determine which pressures have affected the move toward sustainability in Tofino, Canada. Findings show that coercive pressures have mainly forwarded movements toward sustainability. Mimetic and normative behaviours also affect change, and often, one isomorphic pressure affects another. Although there are still issues in the destination, the findings from this research provide many practical examples for other destinations to duplicate to achieve more sustainable development, which benefits all stakeholders and addresses the broader issue of equity, inclusion, conservation and planning.
{"title":"Institutional theory - Assessing longitudinal change towards sustainability in Tofino, Canada","authors":"Rachel Dodds, Wayne Smith","doi":"10.1016/j.jdmm.2025.101001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jdmm.2025.101001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Sustainability efforts are often examined at a firm or organizational level, however, examining multiple organizations under a broader destination level provides insight into how organizations interact within an institutional field. Undertaking a qualitative approach of multi-stakeholder interviews and content analysis, this study used institutional theory to determine which pressures have affected the move toward sustainability in Tofino, Canada. Findings show that coercive pressures have mainly forwarded movements toward sustainability. Mimetic and normative behaviours also affect change, and often, one isomorphic pressure affects another. Although there are still issues in the destination, the findings from this research provide many practical examples for other destinations to duplicate to achieve more sustainable development, which benefits all stakeholders and addresses the broader issue of equity, inclusion, conservation and planning.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48021,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Destination Marketing & Management","volume":"37 ","pages":"Article 101001"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143739897","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-03-28DOI: 10.1016/j.jdmm.2025.101003
Beatriz Torres-Casado, Natalia López-Mosquera
Tourists' behavior when choosing gastronomic destinations is fundamental for strategic decision making. However, there is a notable lack of studies analyzing how tourists' cognitive and affective perceptions vary according to the generation to which they belong (Baby Boomers, X, Y, Z). A new Generational Experience and Branding Framework is proposed and validated, using different theories of consumer behavior and destination branding, which, combined with variables such as prestige and restaurant atmosphere, allows studying the different perceptions of the generations in terms of attitudinal and situational factors that influence willingness to pay and final payment. Data from 526 tourists who tasted local gastronomy in Extremadura, Spain, revealed significant differences between cohorts. Through SEM, the results show significant differences between cohorts, highlighting the broad perception of attitudinal and situational factors by Generation Z, compared to Baby Boomers. These insights can guide marketers in developing social media strategies that appeal to all generations, enhance regional competitiveness, and boost restaurant profitability of restaurants in Extremadura.
{"title":"From Baby Boomers to Z: Gastronomic preferences and the generational framework of experience and branding","authors":"Beatriz Torres-Casado, Natalia López-Mosquera","doi":"10.1016/j.jdmm.2025.101003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jdmm.2025.101003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Tourists' behavior when choosing gastronomic destinations is fundamental for strategic decision making. However, there is a notable lack of studies analyzing how tourists' cognitive and affective perceptions vary according to the generation to which they belong (Baby Boomers, X, Y, Z). A new Generational Experience and Branding Framework is proposed and validated, using different theories of consumer behavior and destination branding, which, combined with variables such as prestige and restaurant atmosphere, allows studying the different perceptions of the generations in terms of attitudinal and situational factors that influence willingness to pay and final payment. Data from 526 tourists who tasted local gastronomy in Extremadura, Spain, revealed significant differences between cohorts. Through SEM, the results show significant differences between cohorts, highlighting the broad perception of attitudinal and situational factors by Generation Z, compared to Baby Boomers. These insights can guide marketers in developing social media strategies that appeal to all generations, enhance regional competitiveness, and boost restaurant profitability of restaurants in Extremadura.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48021,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Destination Marketing & Management","volume":"37 ","pages":"Article 101003"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143714517","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-03-17DOI: 10.1016/j.jdmm.2025.101000
Benoit Faye , Hélène Meral
Wine consumption among legal-age young adults has been declining since 2008. Wine tourism emerged as a crucial strategy to attract this segment seeking shareable experiences. We explore how tourism diversification strategies combining wine tourism with shopping, food, culture, nature, heritage, sport, nightlife, relaxation, and festivals in French wine regions could enhance the experience and attract young adult tourists. Using a sample of 500 wine tourism trips, we first analyze correlations (discrete choice models) between tourist profiles and activity combinations and test (heteroskedastic-corrected models) their impact on stay satisfaction. Results reveal distinct young wine tourists’ profiles according to combinations, with specific satisfaction effects according to age group and wine commitment. Under conditions, the wine tourism diversification strategy may attract young adults but also favor the diversification of wine destinations. By demonstrating how diversified tourism experiences can appeal to younger adults, the research offers insights into preserving wine culture for future generations.
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Pub Date : 2025-03-16DOI: 10.1016/j.jdmm.2025.100999
Christine Lundberg , Maria Lexhagen , Cecilia de Bernardi
The purpose of this paper is to follow up and explore popular culture destinations over time to understand what makes them last. Travel driven by global fan cultures may emerge suddenly and surprisingly for destinations with unpredictable increase in demand associated with popular cultural phenomena such as films, literature, or music. Whether or not this interest will last is a critical question for businesses and other stakeholders that are looking to develop a destination for new visitor groups. We conducted interviews at the same three destinations associated with the Twilight Saga books and films as a previous study published more than 10 years ago. The findings show three different timelines with waves of formative events related to media products, people and artifacts assets and as the main forces driving development and change. For example, in terms of media products, all three destinations saw boosts in audience engagement through the release and re-engagement of books and films. Regarding people, local and a strong celebrity engagement as well as staff and fan engagement were evident at all Twilight Saga destinations, at varying degrees. Exhibitions, events, themed accommodations, merchandise, and guided tours were typical artifacts at all destinations. Our main conclusion is that meaningful interlinking of territorial capital, in the form of media products, people, and artifacts, are central in the creation of ‘eternal’ popular culture destinations, closely interlinked in evolutionary waves of formative events.
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Understanding how ski resort attributes specifically influence positive sentiments is crucial for improving the skiing tourism experience. In this study, a framework is developed to explore the relationship between visitors' positive sentiments and the intrinsic attributes of different types of ski resorts. First, the BERT model is used to carefully evaluate the subtle differences in positive sentiments expressed by skiers at various ski resorts. The ski resort attribute evaluation indicators are subsequently constructed based on multisource big data. Finally, a random forest model is used to analyze the complex relationships between skiers' positive sentiments and the diverse attributes of ski resorts. By defining partial dependence plots, this study elucidates the key factors that influence skiers' positive sentiments at different types of ski resorts. This research, which focuses on 251 outdoor ski resorts in China, reveals the varying contributions of different ski resort attributes to skiers’ positive sentiments. These findings are crucial for improving overall visitor experience, satisfaction, loyalty, and the likelihood of return visits, thereby promoting the sustainable development of snow and ice tourism.
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Pub Date : 2025-03-04DOI: 10.1016/j.jdmm.2025.100996
Anna M. Burton , Birgit Pikkemaat , Astrid Dickinger
This study delves into the realm of sustainable tourism development, focusing on social innovation. It addresses a gap in existing literature by exploring the drivers and barriers of social innovation in community model destinations taking the networked nature of the tourism industry into account. Through in-depth interviews with stakeholders and participant observations, factors influencing social innovation at the micro, meso, and macro levels are uncovered. This research extends previous work on the interconnectedness of social entrepreneurial factors and innovation. Further, it emphasizes altruistic motivations, knowledge sharing and awareness building in addition to economic viability as essential at the micro level, while the importance of local networks, role models and the inclusion of local communities is essential at the meso level. Authenticity, as well as economic and political factors are macro influences to be navigated. This research offers direction for responsible and community-oriented tourism practices aligned with sustainable development goals.
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