Pub Date : 2025-10-28DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2025.105329
Barnabé Walheer , Nicolas Peypoch , Linjia Zhang
In this study, we present the Meta-Heterogeneity Index (MHI), which we designed to uncover within-group performance disparities across destinations, firms, or regions—disparities that more conventional approaches often overlook. Using panel data on star-rated hotels in China, we demonstrate the usefulness of the MHI, showing how it separates efficiency change from technical change and identifies whether shortfalls stem from operations or technology. This detailed diagnosis would equip destination managers and corporate decision-makers with clear priorities for reallocating resources or driving innovation. In addition, since the MHI can be readily transferred to other tourism subsectors, it is a practical tool that researchers can use to track competitiveness and to enrich performance analysis in the tourism management field.
{"title":"Measuring performance variability: A Meta-Heterogeneity Index approach in tourism research","authors":"Barnabé Walheer , Nicolas Peypoch , Linjia Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.tourman.2025.105329","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tourman.2025.105329","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this study, we present the Meta-Heterogeneity Index (MHI), which we designed to uncover within-group performance disparities across destinations, firms, or regions—disparities that more conventional approaches often overlook. Using panel data on star-rated hotels in China, we demonstrate the usefulness of the MHI, showing how it separates efficiency change from technical change and identifies whether shortfalls stem from operations or technology. This detailed diagnosis would equip destination managers and corporate decision-makers with clear priorities for reallocating resources or driving innovation. In addition, since the MHI can be readily transferred to other tourism subsectors, it is a practical tool that researchers can use to track competitiveness and to enrich performance analysis in the tourism management field.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48469,"journal":{"name":"Tourism Management","volume":"113 ","pages":"Article 105329"},"PeriodicalIF":12.4,"publicationDate":"2025-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145397367","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-10-26DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2025.105331
Xingyi Zhang , Jing Li , Xiaolong Shao , Heesu Han
As bleisure travel with family increases, understanding the dual-role conflicts faced by these travelers is crucial. Grounded in Conservation of Resources Theory and Stress and Coping Theory, this study examines how work–family and family–work conflicts shape travelers' experiences throughout business event participation and travel. A mixed-methods approach was employed: Study 1 used a qualitative method to identify key sources of conflict, informing construct contextualization in Study 2, which applied a quantitative approach to examine conflict effects and the moderating role of perceived control. Findings reveal that both forms of conflict influence domain-specific involvement and travelers’ emotions. This study contributes to bleisure travel literature by introducing a dual-role conflict framework and identifying perceived control as a psychological resource. Practical implications include adjusting event settings to facilitate family participation (e.g., offering on-site childcare) and enhancing perceived control to help attendees balance work and family roles during business trips.
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Pub Date : 2025-10-25DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2025.105338
Woraphon Yamaka , Vicente Ramos
This study examines the tourism demand using a two-regime Markov Switching Seemingly Unrelated Regression (MS-SUR) model. This approach provides relevant methodological contributions that account for three characteristics that are common in tourism data: nonlinear and structurally dynamic nature of tourism behavior, correlation between different origin markets and non-normal distribution. Based on actual monthly tourism data, the model identifies two distinct demand phases and accounts for changes in both the expected mean and variance over time. The analysis also tests the suitability of various copula models, namely Elliptical, Archimedean, and Vine structures—to describe the relationship between different origin markets. Model selection criteria such as AIC and BIC suggest that the Regular Vine (R-Vine) copula provides a better fit than alternative approaches. The results highlight the presence of changing patterns in tourism demand and show that flexible dependency structures can improve the modeling of such changes.
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Pub Date : 2025-10-25DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2025.105336
Jingqiang Wang , Xinyi Ding , Meizhen Lin , Min Li
Based on language expectancy theory (LET), this study examined the interaction between destination endorser type (official vs. celebrity) and language style of short video titles (formal vs. informal) on tourists’ watching decisions (including both watching intentions and actual watching behavior). Through a secondary data analysis, neurobiological measures (event-related potentials, ERPs) and a scenario-based experiment, results revealed that official endorsers paired with informal language style titles enhance perceived stereotype inconsistency and boost watching decisions, suggesting a positive violation of language expectations. Official endorsers paired with formal language style titles triggered similarity categorization but weaker effects in motivating watching decisions. In contrast, celebrity endorsers paired with informal (vs. formal) language style titles increased watching decisions, inconsistent with positive violation of language expectations hypothesis. This study provides behavioral and neurobiological evidence for LET in tourism endorsement marketing. We also discussed how to select suitable language styles for short video titles with different endorsers.
{"title":"Is the match always good? Interaction of endorser type and language style of short video title on tourists’ watching decisions","authors":"Jingqiang Wang , Xinyi Ding , Meizhen Lin , Min Li","doi":"10.1016/j.tourman.2025.105336","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tourman.2025.105336","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Based on language expectancy theory (LET), this study examined the interaction between destination endorser type (official vs. celebrity) and language style of short video titles (formal vs. informal) on tourists’ watching decisions (including both watching intentions and actual watching behavior). Through a secondary data analysis, neurobiological measures (event-related potentials, ERPs) and a scenario-based experiment, results revealed that official endorsers paired with informal language style titles enhance perceived stereotype inconsistency and boost watching decisions, suggesting a positive violation of language expectations. Official endorsers paired with formal language style titles triggered similarity categorization but weaker effects in motivating watching decisions. In contrast, celebrity endorsers paired with informal (vs. formal) language style titles increased watching decisions, inconsistent with positive violation of language expectations hypothesis. This study provides behavioral and neurobiological evidence for LET in tourism endorsement marketing. We also discussed how to select suitable language styles for short video titles with different endorsers.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48469,"journal":{"name":"Tourism Management","volume":"113 ","pages":"Article 105336"},"PeriodicalIF":12.4,"publicationDate":"2025-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145361784","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-10-24DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2025.105333
Hua Fan , Wangshuai Wang , Lu (Monroe) Meng
AI-powered destination advertising is reshaping tourism and hospitality. However, frontline employees often have differing moral judgments about generative AI (GenAI) advertising, creating challenges from intra-organizational moral incongruence. This research, based on social cognitive and cognitive rumination theories, examines how leader-employee moral incongruence over GenAI ads impact workplace outcomes and how ad features moderate these effects. A field survey of 941 hotel employees (Study 1) found that congruent moral judgments between leaders and employees foster approach job crafting while reducing avoidance job crafting. Two online experiments with 800 practitioners (Study 2) revealed that the negative effects of moral incongruence on approach job crafting are intensified by higher ad verisimilitude but mitigated by greater ad creativity. Moral incongruence also more strongly promotes avoidance job crafting when ad verisimilitude is high. Finally, a field experiment (Study 3) involving 826 leader-follower dyads in a travel agency corroborates these findings.
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Pub Date : 2025-10-23DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2025.105332
Philipp Wassler , Giulia Rigo , Andrea Pozzi , Rossella Baratta
This study, grounded in Martin Buber’s dialogical philosophy, investigates the potential for authentic “I-Thou” relationships in tourism. For this purpose, we take the case of sightseeing bus tours, which are often perceived as inherently disconnected experiences. Utilizing a mixed-method approach, including interviews with local stakeholders and an open-ended questionnaire for residents, the findings reveal that even seemingly inauthentic tourist experiences, like bus tours, can facilitate meaningful connections. Through a Buberian lens, the research suggests that mutuality, openness, connectedness, and authenticity form “I-Thou” relationships in tourism. The study offers theoretical contributions for future research in terms of a more positive outlook on tourist experiences and discusses practical implications of the findings.
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Pub Date : 2025-10-21DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2025.105327
Brett Binst , Lien Michiels , Annelien Smets
As the internet, smartphones, and review platforms transform how travelers discover urban attractions, understanding this process is critical for harnessing a sustainable urban attraction space. Yet urban discovery remains poorly understood and existing research is fragmented. To address this gap, we adapt Leiper's tourist attraction systems framework to study urban discovery. Our grounded theory analysis on 126 interviews resulted in five distinct discovery modes: instrumental-rational, go-with-the-flow, social, flaneur, and habitual. Besides richly describing these modes, we identify personal, social, contextual, demographic, and affective factors influencing them. We illustrate how playful discovery modes—go-with-the-flow, social, and flaneur—are compatible, leading to mixed discovery modes, while the remaining modes are incompatible. These findings challenge the dominance of rational choice models by revealing a broader spectrum of discovery behaviors. They also provide a foundation for designing a more inclusive urban attraction content space and offer strategic implications for urban attraction management.
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Tourism and general management scholarship lack scalable tools for tracking how firms vie across successive innovation waves; manual or keyword coding cannot process today's news volume. We introduce the Large Language Model-Based Innovation Dynamics Analyzer (LIDA), a four-step methodological pipeline that (1) detects innovation stories with few-shot GPT-4 prompts, (2) groups them via BERTopic, (3) links them into time-bounded action–reaction chains through HDBSCAN, and (4) gauges market impact using cumulative abnormal returns. Applied to 20,000 news gathered from Restaurant SmartBrief (2011–2024), LIDA delivers the first large-sample map of competitive innovation in tourism. Results show process innovations consistently lift market-value; business-model experiments trigger short-term discounts; and product launches are value-neutral unless demand builds quickly. Absolute pioneers earn no premiums, whereas wave leaders and brief “deliberate followers” gain fleeting rewards. These patterns show that advantage depends on innovation type and timing, not historical primacy. Methodologically, LIDA converts vast unstructured corpora into analyzable competitive-action networks.
{"title":"LLM-based innovation dynamics analyzer: A novel approach to competitive innovation dynamics in tourism","authors":"Simone Bianco , Huihui Zhang , Jaehee Gim , Srikanth Beldona","doi":"10.1016/j.tourman.2025.105325","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tourman.2025.105325","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Tourism and general management scholarship lack scalable tools for tracking how firms vie across successive innovation waves; manual or keyword coding cannot process today's news volume. We introduce the Large Language Model-Based Innovation Dynamics Analyzer (LIDA), a four-step methodological pipeline that (1) detects innovation stories with few-shot GPT-4 prompts, (2) groups them via BERTopic, (3) links them into time-bounded action–reaction chains through HDBSCAN, and (4) gauges market impact using cumulative abnormal returns. Applied to 20,000 news gathered from Restaurant SmartBrief (2011–2024), LIDA delivers the first large-sample map of competitive innovation in tourism. Results show process innovations consistently lift market-value; business-model experiments trigger short-term discounts; and product launches are value-neutral unless demand builds quickly. Absolute pioneers earn no premiums, whereas wave leaders and brief “deliberate followers” gain fleeting rewards. These patterns show that advantage depends on innovation type and timing, not historical primacy. Methodologically, LIDA converts vast unstructured corpora into analyzable competitive-action networks.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48469,"journal":{"name":"Tourism Management","volume":"113 ","pages":"Article 105325"},"PeriodicalIF":12.4,"publicationDate":"2025-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145315064","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-10-16DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2025.105326
Jaume Rosselló-Nadal, María Sard
Tourism taxes have become increasingly relevant as destinations seek to balance public revenue generation with the sustainability of local communities and tourism competitiveness. While traditional taxation debates focus on voter impact, tourism taxation shifts the burden to non-residents, raising distinct economic and social considerations. This paper offers a comprehensive review of the current landscape of tourism taxation, analysing its regulatory motivations, the externalities it seeks to address, demand responsiveness, and levels of stakeholder acceptance. Drawing on existing literature, the study explores how tourism taxes are designed and implemented and assesses their potential as instruments for promoting more resilient and sustainable destinations in the face of growing visitor pressure and evolving global challenges.
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Pub Date : 2025-10-15DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2025.105328
Jiekuan Zhang
This study applies the theory of externality internalization in environmental economics to develop a novel city-level panel dataset combining statistical data and textual evidence. Through empirical analysis of 286 Chinese cities, this study establishes the causal relationship between the carbon generalized system of preferences (CGSP) pilot policy and tourism development while identifying its underlying mechanisms. The results demonstrate that CGSP overcomes the cost-constraining paradigm typical of conventional environmental policies, effectively driving tourism advancement through integrated value endowment, information feedback, and behavioral incentivization mechanisms. Crucially, digitalization and green finance simultaneously reinforce CGSP's positive effects on tourism and enhance the functional efficacy of these mechanisms. Moreover, the tourism-promoting impact exhibits significant heterogeneity. This research pioneers the integration of environmental economics with digital transformation theory and financial intermediation theory. By constructing a comprehensive “policy signals-behavioral responses-ecological capital” mechanistic framework, this study presents China's approach to synergistic environmental-tourism development.
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