Choice Of Tourist Destination Research Articles

The Impact of High-Speed Rail Systems on Tourist Attractiveness in Italy: Regression Models and Numerical Results

This paper evaluates the impact of high-speed rail systems on tourist attractiveness in Italy. The analysis is carried out with reference to provincial capitals, only some of which are served by high-speed railway lines. To achieve this objective, two multiple linear regression models were specified and calibrated, which relate arrivals and presences in accommodation facilities to several factors that could influence the tourist destination: cultural, historical, and monumental heritage, commercial activities, recreational activities, accessibility, etc. Both models showed that the availability of high-speed railway services is an important factor in the choice of tourist destination, being, moreover, the only accessibility variable found to be significant; furthermore, the elasticity of tourist demand to this factor was significant too.

Modeling the Impact of the Electronic Word of Mouth on Tourism Destination Choice using Structural Equations

The aim of this study is to clarify the impact of the electronic word of mouth on a tourism destination choice, And the second goal is to build a scale to measure E-WOM and make sure of its validity. to achieve these aims a model is proposed for measuring the impact of the dimensions of E-wom (credibility, quality, Exchange of information, people interaction) on tourism destination choice. The study concluded that E-WOM can be measured by its four dimensions that effect tourism destination choice. and found some of the recommendations was the most important concern to tourism and the services provided by it because customers leave their comments about the services they receive and the extreme importance of the E-WOM in the process of making the decision tourism destination.

Mega shopping malls technology-enabled facilities, destination image, tourists’ behavior and revisit intentions: Implications of the SOR theory

Mega shopping malls technology-enabled services influence tourists shopping behavior as Jumbo malls offer a broader range of products and services with innovative features that impacts revisit intentions. This study’s novelty is the research on mega shopping malls as literature lacs it. Travel, leisure, and tourism sectors have gained balanced attention, and scholars have contributed with academic research perspectives. Mega malls in modern cities attract tourists that help foster economic development with revisit intentions. Technology-enabled products influence sustainable tourists’ experiences. Despite broad investigative studies on tourists’ experiences, literature shows little regarding tourists’ shopping experiences in mega shopping malls that lead to reviewing tourist destination choices. This narrative research explores how shopping malls attributes influence tourists’ behavioral intentions in mega malls’ shopping environments that satisfy them for revisiting intentions in the future. Doha city is an economic hub that plays a crucial role in the economic and social development of the region. The city lies on the sea and has many mega shopping malls that offer technology-enabled products and services to attract regional and global tourists. It boosts sustainable economic activities, climate change, and environmental protection concerns. The city of Doha oscillates widespread beaches, and its mega shopping malls are famous as tourist attractions for domestic, regional, and global travelers. As an independent and economically affluent country, it has its take on attracting tourists. The study aimed to examine the revisiting behavior of Doha tourists with destination revisit intentions. A pleasant shopping experience in sizeable technology-enabled shopping malls is critical for tourist satisfaction. The trust, perceived value, and environmental effects affect tourists’ revisit intentions. Other factors include high spirits, excitement, new tourist destinations, and visiting friends. External factors include a preference for natural and historical destinations, technology-enabled facilities, infrastructure, safety, affordability, comfort, budget range, and sociocultural factors. The study recommends future inquiries based on factors that empirically test mega malls’ technology-enabled product effects on tourists’ behaviors. The findings not only contribute to tourists’ experiences in mega shopping malls and revisit intention literature but also provide implications’ for officials and policymakers to articulate policies that promote tourists’ mega-mall shopping experiences and destinations.

Travel Experience on Social Media: The Impact towards Tourist Destination Choice

Social media has changed the way travellers see and experience their trips. It creates opportunities for travellers to search for useful travel information, choose destinations and also shares their travel experiences. The aim of this study is to investigate the influence of positive and negative experiences shared on social media as well as subjective norms towards tourists’ decisions on destination choice by adapting the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB). Based on a cross-sectional design, self-administered questionnaires were distributed to local tourists in Klang Valley, Malaysia. A total of 340 respondents were accessed based on the convenience sampling technique. The Multiple Linear Regression technique analysis was employed to test the research hypotheses. The results revealed positive experiences shared on social media and subjective norms perform as important predictors to explain tourists’ behavioural intention to visit a certain destination. In conclusion, this study provides valuable information to destination management organisations in terms of social media management in the development of strategic plans to increase tourists’ behavioural intention.

How Has the COVID-19 Pandemic Influenced the Tourism Behaviour of International Students in Poland?

Nearly 20 years after the SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) epidemic, we are facing another COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, the aim of our study was to analyse the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the tourism behaviour of international students in Poland. We paid attention to the overall impact of the pandemic on life, travel, choice of tourist destination, tourism activity, ecotourism preference, and health and safety issues. We formulated two research questions: What areas of international student tourism behaviour were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic? What differences in travel behaviour occurred between international students from Europe and Asia? Participants were recruited from universities located in Warsaw between June and September 2020. A total of 806 questionnaires were collected, 87 of which were eliminated due to non-response. The research sample consisted of 719 people. Six factors were identified in the survey results: tourism inclination, impact on tourist destination, hygiene and accommodation, impact on life, impact on tourism, and mode of tourism. Impact on life and impact on tourism were attributed to the general impact dimension; tourism inclination and mode of tourism can be summarized as attitude and preference. Food and accommodation were assigned to hygiene and safety dimensions. In almost all aspects, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people’s lives was greater for Asian respondents. Asian respondents were more likely to say that they would avoid COVID-19-affected areas when choosing tourist destinations in the future, and avoid travelling to crowded large cities after COVID-19 ended. European survey participants’ responses were more moderate.

Influence of Social Media to the Travelers Choice of Tourist Destination

Digital marketing thru the use of social media has been proven to be an effective tool to reach out to a wider audience. This study was conducted to determine the same effectiveness of social media as a medium for marketing a multi-faceted and highly diverse line of products in the tourism industry by identifying the power of social media usage over the travelers’ choice of tourist destinations.
 With the descriptive correlational research design applied in the study, the profile of the 397 local and foreign travelers and their social media usage were identified thru a survey questionnaire distributed and retrieved from Clark International Airport Corporation (CIAC) and surrounding areas in Clark.
 Data gathered was processed using SPSS and was able to determine the association among variables using the Chi-square test; that social media usage indeed influence the traveler’s choice of tourist destinations and that their prior thoughts change as they read comments and review post. It has been identified that the monthly income and occupation of respondents have an association with their social media usage concerning travel and that the social media platform they utilize has an association with their social media usage about traveling.

The influence of instagram, tiktok travel influencers and city branding on the decision to choose a tourist destination ( case study on @backpackertampan in bali )

Tourism is the attraction of a country or a tourist destination that can encourage tourists to visit. The decision to visit tourists is influenced by pull factors that come from the destination and push factors that encourage someone to travel. The role of internet plays an important role in the pattern of searching for travel information and the flow of choosing tourist destinations. In this case, Instagram and TikTok as the most popular social media are used which display photos and videos that are used as a reference for choosing tourist destinations. The existence of social media is supported by the presence of travel influencers, one of them is @backpackertampan. City branding is one of the important points in the image management of a destination which is closely related to how an image is built by travel influencers as a promotional media to introduce a tourist destination. The purpose of this study to measure (1) the impact of Instagram travel influencers on destination choice decisions, (2) the impact of Tiktok travel influencers on travel destination choice decisions, and (3) Impact of city branding on travel destination choice decisions, (4) Instagram travel influencers, Tiktok travel influencers, and city branding impacts on travel destination choice decisions. The focus of this research is on the followers of @backpackertampan in Bali. This type of research is a quantitative approach. The number of respondents to this survey was 100 respondents that followed @backpackertampan account in Bali and used a non-probability sampling technique called purposive sampling. As a result, all of the variables in this research have a significant positive effect on the choice of tourist destinations.

The Expansion of Turkey’s Medical Tourism Industry

The Expansion of Turkey’s Medical Tourism Industry

Why do Tourists Visit a Himalayan Destination? Motivation, Barrier and Facilities Preference

Tourist destination choices are a mix of push and pull motivations along with travel barriers. Indian Himalayas has a significant role in attracting tourists but is limited to already explored destinations. In the Western Himalayas, Shimla is among globally famous tourist destinations. The study area was Shimla, and data were collected from 299 tourists. Shimla was the summer capital of British India. Presently this city is the capital of the North-Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, India. The data collection tool, i.e., the structured questionnaire, had questions about the demographic profile, push-pull factors, travel barriers to visiting Srinagar, and facilities preferences. The results were interpreted to explore the profile of tourists visiting a Himalayan destination, i.e., Shimla. It was found that generation Y tourists have a majority among tourists who visit Shimla, and pull factors were nature, adventure, and culture. While, security and distance (both geographical & cultural) are travel barriers that are absent in parallel with Shimla. In the case of facility preferences, two groups emerged, one with a preference for a cultural experience and the other group lacking the same. The facilities considered were the type of accommodation, transportation, and food.

EXPLORATION OF FOODSTAGRAMMING CONTENT PREFERENCES IN MILLINEAL AND Z GENERATIONS IN WEST SUMATRA

The goal of this study is to determine the behavior of tourists who use Instagram to discover about local destinations and cuisine in West Sumatra. Instagram, which is the most popular social media among millennials and Generation Z, offers advantages that other social media platforms lack, such as more complex visuals that shape the image and aid individuals interested in gastronomy tourism in West Sumatra Province. The method used in this study is a quantitative survey. This research used a cross-sectional study design, in which data is collected at the same time or period for both independent and dependent variables. The focus of this research is on millennials born between the 1980s and the 1990s. Respondents that use the Instagram social media platform and live outside of West Sumatra province will be sampled for the study. When the visual complexity of the destination image has a CR value of 7.291 (p0.00 ≤ 0,05) and an estimated value of 0.654, Ho is rejected and Ha is accepted, revealing that visual complexity has a positive influence on the destination image. It is well known that the influence of visual complexity on destination image has a CR value of 3.508 (p0.00 ≤ 0,05) with an estimated value of 0.418, showing that Ho is rejected and Ha is accepted, confirming that visual complexity has a positive influence on destination choice. The statistical test findings for hypothesis 3 revealed an estimated parameter value of 0.233, a standard error of 0.114, and a critical ratio value of 1.956 with a probability value of 0.05. With a significance level (alpha) of 0.05, it is possible to conclude that there is insufficient empirically strong evidence to reject Ho, hence Ha is rejected. Therefore, visual complexity increases the image of culinary attractions in West Sumatra. Visual complexity has a significant positive effect on the image of the destination as well as the tourist's destination choice in West Sumatra. Instagram can assist tourists who are considering West Sumatra as a destination for gastrotourism.
 
 Keywords: Visual Complexity, Destination Image, Destination Choice, Content Preferences

Does health quality affect tourism? Evidence from system GMM estimates

This study examines the impact of health quality on tourism. We argue that the health quality of host countries is a significant factor influencing tourist decisions and destination choices. We introduce health quality as a determinant of international tourism receipts, assuming that a proxy for health quality is a set of six health measures. The analysis is conducted by employing the system GMM estimation in two panels of 44 developing and 39 developed economies over the period 2000–2016. Our results suggest that health quality has a significant effect on international tourism receipts. In particular, these are affected positively by life expectancy, and negatively by mortality and the lifetime risk of maternal death rate. The domestic general government health expenditure for developed countries has a weak positive effect on international tourism receipts, while the prevalence of undernourishment in developing countries has a strongly negative effect. Finally, the tuberculosis death rate in developing countries has a negative impact on international tourism receipts.

Coronavirus Disease 2019 Safety Measures for Sustainable Tourism: The Mediating Effect of Tourist Trust.

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is continuing to have severe effects on tourism-related industries, as safety precautions have become essential to follow. Based on this, this study aims to explore the role of perceptions of the tourist of safety in tourism destination choice with the mediating effect of tourist trust (TT) in the context of the Chinese tourism sector. In addition, this study considers improvements to safety measures for sustainable tourism and the benefits of the technology transformation in the travel industry because of COVID-19. For this study, a quantitative approach was used, and data were collected through convenient sampling. The questionnaire was measured on a 5-point Likert scale, and a cross-sectional approach was adopted for data analysis. The findings of this study show that the effect of the perceived safety of the social environment, perceived safety of facility and equipment elements, perceived safety of human elements, perceived safety of management elements, and perceived safety of natural environments is significant and positive on the tourist destination choice (TDC). In addition, TT is a significant mediator between these elements and TDC. Furthermore, this study concluded that COVID-19 had increased travel anxiety, with particularly negative effects on the Chinese tourism sector, but that the adoption of perceived safety measures could be beneficial in regaining TT for traveling, eventually giving tourists confidence in choosing their traveling destination.

The Typicality of the Agri-Food Product Driver of the Enhancement of Destination Tourism The Apulian Case History

Typical products are becoming more and more an element of differentiation and qualification of entire territories, becoming one of their resources or, in some cases, the main resource and the real tourist attraction factor of the tourist resorts that direct their own promotion strategies of the territory to the new segments of tourist demand (tourists of taste or gastronauts, green tourists). In this sense, it becomes essential to activate synergies and commercial relations with the local economic system (for example with catering, trade, crafts) in order to actively consolidate the ancient territorial link, strengthening its image among consumers: thus, effectively serving as a promotional tool and enjoying the benefits derived from such approaches. Objective of the paper: "Indeterminacy" is the term that characterizes the concept of typicality of the agri-food product and that arises from the low level of information either of consumers and producers of agricultural raw materials and other operators in the supply chain. This work aims to analyze how much the knowledge and impact of the typical Apulian agri-food product affects the choice of the tourist destination. Methodology: The work is based on the analysis of data resulting from a survey in 2020 aimed at potential buyers of the agri-food product aimed at understanding the impact of the typical Apulian agri-food product in the choice of tourist destination. Results: The analysis carried out highlighted how the knowledge, awareness and enhancement of typical products represent a strong attractive lever for tourist flows, with a view to choosing the potential final destination. From the testimonies of the users and internal stakeholders it was clear that the typicality has not affected the value of the destination, which remains primary in the purchase intentions of potential customers, but has triggered a climb in the hierarchy of preferences of those who intend to live an experience Italian or foreign tourists, in fact, evaluate the offer enriched by the multiple nuances of the territorial tradition within a specific tourist route. Research limits: This work is intrinsically limited by the strictly qualitative nature of the survey, as well as by the analysis of a single case study. Originality: The originality of the study lies in the contribution it intends to provide to the advancement of research focused on the analysis based on the connection among the territory, typical products and tourist flows.

The impact of climate change on tourism demand: evidence from Kazakhstan

ABSTRACT This study takes the first step in analysing the impact of climate change on international tourist arrivals to Kazakhstan from 121 origin countries for the period 2000–2018. Despite this interest, little effort has been made to examine the relationship between time-variant climate variables and tourism demand. The study captures the destination choice of tourists based on temperature in the origin and destination countries over time by incorporating time-variant climate variables. The results reveal that the optimal temperature of international tourists visiting Kazakhstan is obtained at 7°C. Moreover, international tourists prefer to travel to Kazakhstan at a moderate temperature, that is neither too hot nor too cold.

Relationship between Tourism Motives and Destination Choice for Micro-Tourism in the COVID-19 pandemic

Relationship between Tourism Motives and Destination Choice for Micro-Tourism in the COVID-19 pandemic

Place of Biocultural Heritage in Post Covid-19 Tourism Destination Choice

Place of Biocultural Heritage in Post Covid-19 Tourism Destination Choice

LGBT+ tourists’ destination choice: relationship between psychological motivations and destination image

Purpose: this study aimed to identify the relationship between psychological motivations and destination image of self-defined LGBT+ tourists’ destination choice. Design/ methodology/ approach: The study was operationalized through a survey with 239 respondents. Which 89 were self-defined as LGBT+. Statistical univariate and bivariate analyses were used for data analysis. Findings: (1) both targets value leisure as the primary psychological motivation for choosing the travel destination; (2) infrastructures and socio-economic environment and affective image are the most critical dimensions of destination image; (3) the psychological motivations increase the destination image of self-defined LGBT+ tourists'; (4) there was no significant difference between the choice of tourist destination between heterosexuals and the LGBT +. Originality/value: Previous studies have focused on analyzes of consumption of LGBT + tourist destinations, but not understanding the main psychological motivations and their association with the image of the destination, either check whether there are in fact differences between the LGBT + and heterosexual audiences. This study answered to this gap.

The virtual cultural tourist: Film-induced tourism and Kubo and the Two Strings

Over the past two decades, there has been growing research in film-induced tourism. Much of this research is focused on how film influences tourist destination choices. There has been less emphasis, however, on the nature and types of movies that may induce this attraction to such locations. By examining Kubo and the Two Strings (Knight, 2016), a stop-motion animation produced by Laika Studios, this paper aims to apply film studies to explore current understandings of film-induced tourism. This paper argues that Kubo is itself a form of film-induced tourism by positioning the viewer as a virtual cultural tourist whose cinematic experience may be likened to a veritable media pilgrimage through Japanese culture, history and aesthetics. The movie introduces the viewer into an imagined world that borrows from origami, Nō theatre, shamisen music, obon rituals and Japanese symbolism, philosophy and mythology. The resulting pastiche is a constructed diorama that is as transnational and postmodern as it is authentic and indigenous.

Impact of the COVID-19 on the Destination Choices of Hungarian Tourists: A Comparative Analysis

The pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus (COVID-19) has transformed the tourism sector to an unprecedented extent, creating new challenges and new development paths. Although the recovery of tourism is fraught with uncertainties, the changes in tourists’ travel habits offer a unique opportunity for tourism to recover in a way that respects the principles of sustainable development. Several international studies suggest that the pandemic has significantly transformed tourists’ travel habits and destination choices, making them more environmentally conscious and shifting their preferences towards inland destinations close to nature. To test these claims, we examined tourists’ destination choices and the factors influencing them in a sample of 500 respondents in Hungary before the pandemic and after the restrictions on travel, businesses, gatherings, and mask requirements were lifted in the summer of 2021. Our results show that there was no significant change in the destination choices of the tourists surveyed. The main influences were the aspects of safety and comfort; the consideration of environmental concerns, despite our assumptions, did not play a significant role.

An Empirical Study on the Influence of the Mobile Information System on Sports and Fitness on the Choice of Tourist Destinations

Based on the popularity of mobile information and the important role of mobile information in marketing, the use of mobile information to publish travel information and travel advertisements has become a new choice for operators, which can also attract sports and fitness people. This article studies the influence of official microblog of tourist destination on tourists’ choice of tourist destination. In this study, five factors, such as the usefulness of official microblog, are taken as independent variables, tourist destination selection as dependent variables, and the mediating role of use attitude is taken into account. A research model is established to explore the impact of these variables on tourist destination selection. The results show that usefulness, ease of use, interactivity, and entertainment have direct effects on tourists’ willingness to choose tourist destinations; ease of use and interactivity can indirectly affect tourists’ choice of tourist destinations using attitudes; perceived trust needs to have a positive effect on tourists’ willingness to choose tourist destinations using attitudes.