Aviation Disaster Crises on Tourism Decision-Making

Sport tourism is anticipated as one of the key industries that can vitalize a community with a wide variety of attractive natural resources. This research focusses on the relationship between tourists’ prior knowledge of the destination, destination reputation, and destination loyalty. Data were collected from domestic sport tourists who visited Niseko Adventure Centre during August, 2018 (N = 221). Using confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modelling, the results showed a significant relationship between prior knowledge, reputation, and loyalty, which explained 34% of the model. Sport tourism is expected to be one of the key elements to stimulate rural areas by utilizing their potential natural resources. In this research, we observed Niseko district to clarify the relationship between destination prior knowledge, reputation, and loyalty. As a result, we were able to conclude that, by focusing attention on information search processes, marketers can develop effective marketing strategies.

Social media significantly influences travel and tourism decisions by showcasing destinations, sharing user experiences, and influencing recommendations, ultimately shaping individuals' choices and preferences. During and after the COVID-19 pandemic, social media has influenced people's travel decisions by providing real-time updates, safety guidelines, and virtual experiences, leading to changes in travel plans and preferences. However, little attention has been paid to the effect of social media on travel and tourism-related decisions. Therefore, this paper recognizes the importance of social media and uses sentiment analysis to understand the perceptions about traveling and tourism during the pandemic. We also try to find if the effect of public tweets from social media influencers differs from ordinary people. The study uses public tweets over a one-year pandemic period, assessed by splitting the dataset into two parts, namely influencer tweets and ordinary tweets, based on the number of followers. The keywords were extracted and exposed to different groups randomly to understand the effect of the Twitter. We observe that negatively worded tweets amplified negative emotions, and positive ones increased positive emotions and impacted peoples’ travel-related decisions. Furthermore, it was ascertained that exposure to varied tweets related to pandemics significantly affects people's emotions in different groups.

This study aims to analyze and explain (1) To determine the effect of Attractiveness, Trustworthiness, Expertise partially influential on Tourism Decisions; (2) To find out the influence of Attractiveness, Trustworthiness, Expertise simultaneously influence on Tourism Decisions; (3) To determine the effect of Attractiveness, Trustworthiness, Expertise partially influence Awareness; (4) To find out the influence of Attractiveness, Attractiveness, Trustworthiness, Expertise simultaneously influence on Awareness; (5) To determine the effect of Tourism Decisions have an effect on Awareness; (6) To find out the influence of Attractiveness, Trustworthiness, Expertise partially influence Awareness through Tourism Decisions as an intervening variable.This study uses a data collection method with a questionnaire, with a quantitative approach. The population that is the object of research is tourists visiting the South Malang Coast region. Testing the analysis using path analysis.The results of this study indicate (a) Partial testing of variables consisting of attractiveness, trustworthiness, expertise that affect travel decisions viewed from the significant value is attractiveness. (b) Simultaneous test results of variables consisting of attractiveness, trustworthiness, expertise that affect travel decisions by 43.4% (c) Partial test results of variables consisting of attractiveness, trustworthiness, expertise, which affect the awareness seen from the significant value is attractiveness. (d) Simultaneous test results of variables consisting of attractiveness, trustworthiness, expertise, travel decisions that affect awareness 23.8%. (e) The test results of the influence of a tour decision on awareness are influential with a significant value of 0,000 less than 0.05 at a 95% confidence level. (f) The results of the test of the influence of attractiveness, trustworthiness, expertise influencing Awareness through the Travel Decision as an intervening variable were found that the tour decision was an intervening variable due to an increase in the value of direct influence and from the results of testing through the variable of the travel decision.

The global tourism market is characterised by intense competition, whereby the reputation of a tourist destination is one of the most important resources for gaining a competitive advantage. Since reputation represents a manageable category, this study aims to identify the key constituents of the reputation of an urban tourist destination and determine the nature of the relationship between these constituents and the intentions and behaviours of tourists towards urban tourist destinations with a good reputation. To examine the above-mentioned relationships, a conceptual model is proposed. To verify the model, a survey was conducted on a representative sample of 376 respondents from the capital of a Central and Eastern European (CEE) country, the Republic of Serbia. The research results indicate that both tangible and intangible constituents affect consequential intentions and behaviour, such as in-person positive review and recommendation, positive online review and recommendation, willingness to visit a destination again and willingness to permanently move to a destination. Moreover, it is demonstrated that this relationship is affected by the demographics of tourists—their age and income, which contributes to the current literature in the field and offers valuable insights for effective urban tourist destination management.

Cultural heritage tourism, as a typical integration of culture and tourism, has attracted extensive attention in recent years. Although some scholars have already explored the influencing mechanism of tourists’ behavioral intention in cultural heritage destinations, there remains a lack of research on how the social responsibility of cultural heritage tourism destinations affects tourist citizenship behavior. Exploring the formation mechanism of tourist citizenship behavior at cultural heritage sites from the perspective of destination social responsibility, this study intends to provide a theoretical reference for realizing the high-quality development of cultural heritage tourism. In this study, a chain mediation model based on destination reputation and destination identification is constructed to clarify the influencing mechanism of destination social responsibility on tourist citizenship behavior. The structural equation model and bootstrapping methods are applied to conduct empirical tests on 573 valid samples who have experienced cultural heritage tourism. The results show that: (a) the social responsibility of cultural heritage destinations positively affects the tourist citizenship behavior; (b) the destination reputation plays a mediating role between destination social responsibility and tourist advocacy behavior; (c) the destination identification plays a mediating role between destination social responsibility and tourist feedback behavior and tourist advocacy behavior; (d) the destination reputation and destination identification jointly play a chain mediation role between destination social responsibility and tourist citizenship behavior. These research results not only clarify the internal mechanism between the social responsibility of cultural heritage sites and tourist citizenship behavior, but also presented certain significance for practically guiding the destination managers to promote the sustainable development of cultural heritage tourism.

In the era of social media, online reviews have become a crucial factor influencing the exposure of tourist destinations and the decision-making of potential tourists, exerting a profound impact on the sustainable development of these destinations. However, the influence of review valence on visit intention, especially the role of affective commitment and reputation (ability vs. responsibility), remains unclear. Drawing on emotion as a social information theory, this paper aims to elucidate the direct impact of different review valences on tourists’ visit intentions, as well as mediating mechanisms and boundary conditions. Three experiments indicate that positive (vs. negative) reviews can activate stronger affective commitment and visit intention, with affective commitment also playing a mediating role. Additionally, destination reputation significantly moderates the after-effects of review valences. More specifically, a responsibility reputation (compared with an ability reputation) weakens the effect of negative valence on affective commitment and visit intention. This study provides valuable theoretical insights into how emotional elements in online reviews influence the emotions and attitudes of potential tourists. Particularly for tourism managers, review valence and responsibility reputation hold practical significance in destination marketing.

This research primarily aims to investigate the implementation of patriotism and nationalism crisis communication strategies when destination marketers wish to attract domestic tourists to resume their travel consumption following the COVID-19 pandemic. The focal point of the investigation is to explain the mechanisms occurring in potential domestic tourists after communication via this strategy. The research objectives were set to test the causal relationships among destination reputation, trust, intentions to conduct secondary crisis communication, and visit intentions. Data were gathered from 546 potential Thai tourists via a survey questionnaire, with Phuket, Thailand, selected as the crisis scenario. Findings were analyzed via structural equation modeling and suggest that only trust positively impacts intentions to conduct secondary crisis communication. In contrast, visit intentions were positively affected by multiple influential factors (i.e., destination reputation, trust, and intentions to conduct secondary crisis communication). The findings yield suggestions on how to design and enhance the patriotism and nationalism messages to ensure a high level of visit intentions and intentions to conduct secondary crisis communication, for concerned practitioners who are responsible for destination marketing in the post-pandemic time when domestic tourists have become one of the primary and crucial target customers.

Tourism industry recognizes the growing interest in Halal tourism from both the perspectives of practitioners and researchers. Indonesia was chosen as the world's best halal tourism destination this year according to the 2019 Global Muslim Travel Index (GMTI) and outperformed 130 destinations from around the world. Among the 10 most favorite halal tourism destinations, Jakarta has the most unique characteristics compared to the other nine provinces. Related to this background, this study aims to examine the effect of Islamic attributes and destination affective image on the reputation of the halal tourism destination of Jakarta.
 The research design outlines the use of quantitative research approaches. The unit of analysis and observation is International Muslim tourists who visited Jakarta. The Central Statistics Bureau (BPS) recorded the number of foreign visitors arriving DKI Jakarta amounted to 2,313,742 people at 2013. Hair et al. (1992) suggest the minimum sample size for SEM analysis is 100 to 200. So based on this opinion, this study will take a sample of 200, in accordance with the terms of use of SEM (Structural Equation Modeling) as analytic tools to test the hypotheses. The study was conducted in the cross-section period of 2019.
 The results showed that the Islamic Attributes and Destination Affective Image affect the Destination Reputation. Destination reputation is more dominantly built by destination affective image compared to Islamic attributes. This finding has implications for related stakeholders that the development of destination affective image needs to be prioritized to support Jakarta's destination reputation as one of the halal tourism destinations in Indonesia. It mainly concerns on the aspects of natural and cultural resources, security, night life and entertainment, accessibility, and quality / price ratio.

This paper focuses on destination reputation and how online conversations have changed the nature of destination marketing. In particular, structural equation modelling (SEM) was used to identify the importance of various cues within social media in defining the online reputation of a destination; message characteristics as well as the attitude of users to be “reputation seekers” were found to have a significant impact on opinions expressed about a destination in social media; other positive correlations were found among the role of being reputation seekers on the perception of the message characteristics, in particular the message sidedness, consistency, and the overall message’s argument strength. A much weaker effect was found between the perception of a dominant opinion and trust towards online conversations. It is concluded that these results provide an excellent foundation for understanding user comments and therefore, managing social media within a destination marketing program.

Public efficacy beliefs against COVID‐19 might affect a person's coping strategy toward infection control. This study presented a synthetic conceptual model based on the Integrative Model of Behavioural Prediction (IMBP). We examined inductively the relationships among media exposure, efficacy beliefs, attribution of responsibilities and recommended protective behavioural intention using a survey of 435 participants who experienced the epidemic in China. Results suggest that traditional media exposure could stably and consistently enhance people's self‐efficacy, collective efficacy as well as proxy efficacy, whereas social media exposure only increases the degree of self‐efficacy. Furthermore, we detect that protective behavioural intention is directly affected by self‐efficacy and indirectly affected by collective efficacy and proxy efficacy via the mediation of self‐efficacy. At the same time, the influence of self‐efficacy on attribution of responsibilities and protective behaviours can be moderated by collective efficacy and proxy efficacy, respectively.

To understand the status of media exposure, social support, self-efficacy, and health literacy among middle-aged and older adults in China, and explore the impact path of media exposure on the health literacy of this population, providing a reference for promoting their physical and mental health. From July to November 2022, a multi-stage random sampling method was employed to survey 16,938 Chinese middle-aged and older adults aged 46 and above. Structural equation modeling and statistical analysis were conducted using LISREL 8.8 and Mplus 8.3 software. The average score for media exposure among Chinese middle-aged and older adults was (18.55±5.36), perceived social support was (60.68±12.51), self-efficacy was (28.76±5.40), and health literacy was (35.49±6.05). Statistical results revealed that media exposure has a positive impact on the health literacy of middle-aged and older adults, with a direct effect of 0.091 (p < 0.001). Mediation analysis showed that media exposure can affect the health literacy of this population through the independent mediating effects of perceived social support (β = 0.013, p < 0.001) and self-efficacy (β = 0.029, p < 0.001), as well as through a chain mediation effect involving perceived social support and self-efficacy (β = 0.015, p < 0.001). As a pathway for health information dissemination, media exposure plays a crucial role in the intervention of health literacy among middle-aged and older adults. Perceived social support and self-efficacy not only have independent mediating effects but also significant chain mediating effects in the relationship between media exposure and health literacy among this population. Therefore, improving the health literacy of middle-aged and older people can be popularized through media and improved in a multi-path, all-round, and precise way with the help of related technologies and social forces from which media literacy can be improved.

Affective forecasting and travel decision-making: An investigation in times of a pandemic

Purpose: This study explores the impact of social media influencers (SMIs) on travel decision-making in Sri Lanka, aiming to fill a research gap on their role in shaping traveler behavior. It highlights the potential for SMIs to assist the country's tourism recovery post-crises like the 2019 Easter attacks and COVID-19. The findings offer strategic insights for marketing Sri Lanka as a tourist destination and fostering sustainable tourism growth. Design/methodology/approach: The study uses a quantitative approach and deductive reasoning to investigate how social media influencers (SMIs) affect Sri Lanka's domestic tourism destinations. Also, this study collected 368 qualified responses from Google form as the sample which was collected as primary data other articles and books referred to this as the secondary data source. For the data analysis, this study adopted the IBM SPSS software tool. Findings: This study examines how Social Media Influencers (SMIs) impact domestic travel decisions, focusing on SMI Content Relevance, Attractiveness, Expertise, and Trustworthiness. A strong correlation is found between these characteristics and travel decisions, with perceived authenticity playing a key mediating role. The analysis reveals a significant combined effect of these factors on shaping travel preferences. Originality: This research offers a unique exploration of social media influencers' impact on tourism decision-making in Sri Lanka, focusing on the often-overlooked mediating role of perceived authenticity. By examining how SMI attributes—such as content relevance, expertise, and attractiveness—affect independent travel choices, the study sheds new light on the intricate dynamics between influencers and tourists. Its findings provide novel insights for marketers and policymakers aiming to harness influencer power for sustainable tourism growth. Implications: This research enriches social influence theory by highlighting how social media influencers shape travel trends, particularly within Sri Lanka's cultural context. Practically, it emphasizes integrating influencers into strategic tourism marketing, especially for post-crisis recovery, enhancing domestic and foreign tourism appeal. The study provides a foundation for evidence-based decision-making, helping stakeholders align strategies with evolving consumer behavior trends.

This research examines the influence of branding, promotion and education on tourism decisions in the Ijen Geopark, Bondowoso Regency through the role of stakeholders as intervening variables. The respondents used in this research were 113 tourists who had visited Ijen Geopark in the Bondowoso area using descriptive quantitative research methods with a path analysis approach. Research reveals that promotion and education have a direct influence on travel decisions, as does the role of stakeholders. Branding and promotion influence travel decisions through the role of stakeholders, while the influence of education has an influence on travel decisions through the role of stakeholders. This finding has important implications in the development of Ijen Geopark, that in tourism development, the role of stakeholders has a very important role.

Personal values and the theory of planned behaviour: A study of values and holiday trade-offs in young adults