Pub Date : 2025-06-15DOI: 10.1016/j.tmp.2025.101389
Jiahui Huang , Dan Huang , Keyu Huang
Virtual humans, as actors in the metaverse, are increasingly being utilized as endorsers in short videos to promote tourism destinations. Yet few studies have examined their effectiveness in destination marketing. This study applied the narrative transportation theory to build a model that investigates the impact of virtual endorsers' short videos on tourist visit intentions. The model was empirically tested with a popular virtual endorser (i.e., Su Xiaomei). Results show that endorser-destination congruence, narrative coherence, and authenticity boost empathy and indirectly influence visit intentions, while anthropomorphism directly influence visit intentions. Empathy plays a mediating role in the relationship between these narrative elements and visit intentions. This research provides valuable insights into how virtual endorsers, in conjunction with other elements within the video narrative, can effectively promote destination marketing.
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Pub Date : 2025-06-13DOI: 10.1016/j.tmp.2025.101390
Terrence Tsz Hei Kong, Runqi Zou, Honggen Xiao
Previous red tourism reviews fall short of evaluating the theoretical foundations, contexts, characteristics and methods of existing literature. Through employing the Theories-Contexts-Characteristics-Methods framework, this paper is the first systematic review that synthesized 279 CSSCI Chinese-written and 30 English-written empirical research articles. It provides a snapshot of the state-of-the-art of red tourism scholarship to highlight extant knowledge gaps. Results show that research questions on red tourism exhibit a dominant managerial focus over the past 20 years. Most of the studies failed to address core attributes that make red heritage distinctive, including identity, emotions, memories, sense of place and power dynamics. This review also shows that the theoretical foundation of red tourism research is weak and fragmented. Most deployed theories are human-centric, which marginalizes red heritage and its endogenous attributes. Furthermore, current red tourism literature principally examines general domestic tourists and tangible heritage sites. Residents who are carriers of red memories and cultural practices, inbound tourists, adolescents and intangible red cultural heritage and traditions were overlooked. Drawing from critical heritage studies, this review contributes to red tourism and heritage tourism studies by suggesting new theoretical lenses (e.g., storytelling and post-anthropocentrism). Novel research questions that go beyond the current overreliance on specific research contexts are provided, complemented with a list of possible new methods.
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This study employs a mixed-methods approach to examine the effects of educational tourism on university students' learning from the cognitive, affective, and behavioral domains. Unlike previous studies that focus on a single learning domain, this study offers a comprehensive understanding of the significant outcomes of educational tourism on the well-rounded development of young adults. It investigates how these effects manifest in the three domains of learning among university students engaged in educational tourism experiences. The quantitative findings indicate substantial progress in the three domains of learning after an educational tourism program. The qualitative findings highlight key themes within each learning domain. This research makes a valuable contribution to educational tourism research by offering insights that support the advocacy for educational tourism as an effective extension and enhancement of classroom teaching and learning.
{"title":"When travel teaches: Unpacking student outcomes in educational tourism","authors":"Sharleen Xiaolian Chen , Lili Yu , Serene Wai Tsz Tse , Yupu Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.tmp.2025.101385","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tmp.2025.101385","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study employs a mixed-methods approach to examine the effects of educational tourism on university students' learning from the cognitive, affective, and behavioral domains. Unlike previous studies that focus on a single learning domain, this study offers a comprehensive understanding of the significant outcomes of educational tourism on the well-rounded development of young adults. It investigates how these effects manifest in the three domains of learning among university students engaged in educational tourism experiences. The quantitative findings indicate substantial progress in the three domains of learning after an educational tourism program. The qualitative findings highlight key themes within each learning domain. This research makes a valuable contribution to educational tourism research by offering insights that support the advocacy for educational tourism as an effective extension and enhancement of classroom teaching and learning.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48141,"journal":{"name":"Tourism Management Perspectives","volume":"58 ","pages":"Article 101385"},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144222128","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 : 2025-06-03DOI: 10.1016/j.tmp.2025.101386
Xiaoli Lu , Meng Zhou , Xumo Tian
This study expands the topic of employee's green creativity (EGC) in corporate organizations to a broader tourism destination context, and reveals the connotations and dimensions of RGC by anchoring the ability-motivation-opportunity (AMO) theory. We find that the RGC in tourism destination is composed of three dimensions, namely, green creative practice, green life belief, and green opportunity recognition. RGC in tourism destinations has a distinctive “living” character compared to EGC in corporate contexts. Residents creatively realize a green life, closely related to their own lives and the surrounding environment, which we conceptualize as “ green creation of lifestyles ”. In addition, this paper follows a strict scale development procedure and constructs a 17-item RGC scale. The study is expected to build on the theorization of green creativity in tourism research as well as future knowledge spillovers.
{"title":"Scale development and validation of residents' green creativity in tourism destinations","authors":"Xiaoli Lu , Meng Zhou , Xumo Tian","doi":"10.1016/j.tmp.2025.101386","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tmp.2025.101386","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study expands the topic of employee's green creativity (EGC) in corporate organizations to a broader tourism destination context, and reveals the connotations and dimensions of RGC by anchoring the ability-motivation-opportunity (AMO) theory. We find that the RGC in tourism destination is composed of three dimensions, namely, green creative practice, green life belief, and green opportunity recognition. RGC in tourism destinations has a distinctive “living” character compared to EGC in corporate contexts. Residents creatively realize a green life, closely related to their own lives and the surrounding environment, which we conceptualize as “ green creation of lifestyles ”. In addition, this paper follows a strict scale development procedure and constructs a 17-item RGC scale. The study is expected to build on the theorization of green creativity in tourism research as well as future knowledge spillovers.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48141,"journal":{"name":"Tourism Management Perspectives","volume":"58 ","pages":"Article 101386"},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144203647","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 : 2025-05-31DOI: 10.1016/j.tmp.2025.101387
Zhuowei Huang , Tingting Guo , Linghan Zhang
This study employs a mixed-methods approach to explore the stress individuals experience when sharing tourism experiences on social media, which is underexplored in existing tourism literature. Guided by the Stressor-Strain-Outcome model, a conceptual framework concerning the stress of sharing is developed and empirically tested using Generalized Structural Equation Model, incorporating six stressors, two coping strategies and two psychological linkages. Results highlight the critical role of positive self-presentation in sharing tourism experiences on social media. Through exploring people's coping strategies, the study advances understanding of human-technology interactions, and pinpoints the future research direction to the role of social media as the environment and the context rather than media content. This research also provides valuable practical insights for destination marketing organizations and tourism suppliers to better understand today's tourists and design appropriate products.
Rationale of this research
This study was motivated by the authors' shared experiences as active WeChat users who have personally encountered the psychological burden associated with sharing travel experiences on social media platforms. The dilemma of whether to share, what content to post, and how to present it has become a significant concern for many users. Through examining this phenomenon, we have gained a better understanding of the broader social transformations brought about by the widespread use of social media platforms.
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Pub Date : 2025-05-30DOI: 10.1016/j.tmp.2025.101384
Ana Belén Martín-Gago , Carmen Camarero , Marta Laguna-García
This paper aims to further understand willingness to sacrifice and willingness to pay a higher price for booking a hotel with environmental practices. We examine the acceptance of individual sacrifices (without compensation) versus shared sacrifices between hotel-client (with compensation), and we shed light on effective compensatory methods. The research comprises three studies: a questionnaire to potential hotel guests and two experiments. The findings suggest that both the willingness to sacrifice and to pay a higher price are primarily determined by consumers' sustainable attitudes and perceived behavioural control. Social norms appear to encourage individuals to make bookings when sacrifices are rewarded. When customers are presented with a shared sacrifice proposition, the type of compensation (economic vs. social) influences their intention to book a hotel, although this effect is moderated by the price level. This study advances the literature on sustainable consumer behaviour and provides insights for hoteliers to enhance operational sustainability.
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Pub Date : 2025-05-28DOI: 10.1016/j.tmp.2025.101381
Taehyee Um , Minwoo Lee , Ki-Joon Back , Namho Chung
The growth of Airbnb has given rise to changes in tourist behavior and tourism-related industries. However, research on domestic tourism demand (DTD) for Airbnb supply has been limited. Thus, this study uses the autoregressive distributed lag model and Granger causality analysis based on the tourism demand theory to investigate the relationship between Airbnb supply and DTD. Expenditure on tourism-related products, number of visitors, and search volume of tourism destinations are applied to measure the DTD. The results indicate that expenditure has a positive relationship with Airbnb supply in the short term, while the number of visitors and search volume have positive relationships with Airbnb supply in the long term. The findings show differences depending on the types of Airbnb listings and property hosts. Results of the Granger causality analysis indicate Airbnb supply Granger-causes DTD. Theoretical and practical implications regarding tourism demand are discussed based on the findings.
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Pub Date : 2025-05-23DOI: 10.1016/j.tmp.2025.101383
Sera Vada , Sarah Gardiner , Brent Moyle , Sebastian Filep , Lu Chang
Scholarship on the concept of tourist well-being has experienced significant growth. Despite this, studies have predominantly explored the hedonic aspects of well-being, leaving eudaimonic dimensions underexplored and conceptually underdeveloped. Consequently, this research seeks to explore the underlying dimensions of eudaimonic well-being which emerge from international study tourism experiences. Drawing on the outcomes of photo elicitation focus group discussions with 23 participants, this research revealed that international study tourism experiences fostered feelings of achievement, learning and self-reflection as well as connections with nature and enhanced social relationships. This paper contributes by developing the Lotus Framework of Well-being which incorporates personal, relational, and environmental dimensions to articulate the transformational triggers of eudaimonic well-being in the study tourism context. Future work should further explore how the advancement of the Lotus Framework can provide a stimulating environment for knowledge sharing and capacity building to improve sustainable tourism development.
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Pub Date : 2025-05-22DOI: 10.1016/j.tmp.2025.101382
Alex O. Acheampong , Eric Evans Osei Opoku , Isaac Koomson
This paper examines the effect of inbound tourism on inclusive growth and whether the effect is moderated by countries' democratic institutions. Using data from 154 countries from 2000 to 2020 and the dynamic generalized method of moments estimator, we found that inbound tourism (tourism arrival, receipt, and expenditure) is positively related to inclusive growth. Also, democracy is found to have a significant positive effect on inclusive growth. The results also showed that the impact of inbound tourism on inclusive growth is moderated by democracy. The results are consistently established when alternative econometric methods are applied, and they vary across income groups.
{"title":"Effect of inbound tourism on inclusive growth: Does institutionalized democracy matter?","authors":"Alex O. Acheampong , Eric Evans Osei Opoku , Isaac Koomson","doi":"10.1016/j.tmp.2025.101382","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tmp.2025.101382","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper examines the effect of inbound tourism on inclusive growth and whether the effect is moderated by countries' democratic institutions. Using data from 154 countries from 2000 to 2020 and the dynamic generalized method of moments estimator, we found that inbound tourism (tourism arrival, receipt, and expenditure) is positively related to inclusive growth. Also, democracy is found to have a significant positive effect on inclusive growth. The results also showed that the impact of inbound tourism on inclusive growth is moderated by democracy. The results are consistently established when alternative econometric methods are applied, and they vary across income groups.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48141,"journal":{"name":"Tourism Management Perspectives","volume":"58 ","pages":"Article 101382"},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144105951","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 : 2025-05-22DOI: 10.1016/j.tmp.2025.101368
Xuan Minh Dam , Kim-Lim Tan , Emiel L. Eijdenberg
Indigenous tourism plays a crucial role in sustainable development, cultural heritage preservation, and social equity. However, the integration of innovation in Indigenous tourism remains fragmented and underexplored. This research employs the Theory, Context, Characteristics, and Methodology (TCCM) framework to systematically review 131 studies from major academic databases, offering the first comprehensive analysis of innovations in Indigenous tourism. The findings highlight China as a leading contributor in this field, emphasizing incremental innovations and their social and economic impacts. Despite progress, critical areas such as well-being, education, community empowerment, and environmental impacts remain underrepresented. To address these shortcomings, the study proposes ten propositions to advance theoretical and practical understanding in the sector. These insights guide future research and policy-making, strengthening Indigenous tourism's capacity to foster sustainable development, protect cultural heritage, and empower communities while addressing existing challenges in implementing innovations.
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