Investigating tourist destination choice: Effect of destination image from social network members

X Pan, S Rasouli, H Timmermans - Tourism Management, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper aims to investigate tourist destination choice, focusing on the research question
how and to what extent the destination images of tourists' social network members influence …

The influence of market heterogeneity on the relationship between a destination's image and tourists' future behaviour

CB Castro, EM Armario, DM Ruiz - Tourism management, 2007 - Elsevier
In the past decade, companies and academics have become aware of the great benefits of
maintaining a solid base of loyal customers. Such customer loyalty is also important to other …

Social biases of destination perceptions

CC Chen, YH Lin, JF Petrick - Journal of Travel Research, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
This research examines how destination perceptions are socially constructed in the context
of international tourism. Building on social identity theory, this research proposes that the …

Social network analysis as a valuable tool for understanding tourists' multi-attraction travel behavioral intention to revisit and recommend

D Park, G Lee, WG Kim, TT Kim - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
In order to better understand tourists' multi-attraction travel behavior, the present study
developed a research model by combining the social network analysis technique with the …

Social network for the choice of tourist destination: attitude and behavioural intention

L Di Pietro, F Di Virgilio, E Pantano - Journal of Hospitality and …, 2012 - emerald.com
The aim of this paper is to investigate how social networks can become the main tool for
achieving fast and detailed information for the choice of tourism destination, in order to …

Segmenting mainland Chinese tourists to Taiwan by destination familiarity: A factor‐cluster approach

CC Chen, YH Lin - International Journal of Tourism Research, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
This research examines the effectiveness of destination familiarity as a segmentation
variable. Based on the traditional destination‐choice model, which suggests that customers …

Why do first-time and repeat visitors patronize a destination?

DB Morais, CH Lin - Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Most studies of tourists' destination choices have either focused on how to attract more
tourists or on developing stable relationships with existing ones. Therefore, the fit of a …

Place branding and moderating role of social media

P Ebrahimi, A Hajmohammadi… - Current Issues in …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
This study investigates how social networks impact place branding of a tourism destination
and encourage prospect tourists to visit that place. By adapting an existing model, a survey …

The formation of a tourist destination's image via information sources: The moderating effect of culture

DM Frías, MA Rodríguez… - … Journal of Tourism …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The present study aims to outline the growing importance of culture in the field of tourism.
More specifically, it highlights culture as a moderating variable in pre‐visit tourist destination …

Unraveling the impact of destination reputation on place attachment and behavior outcomes among Chinese urban tourists

L Su, Y Huang, M Hsu - Journal of hospitality and tourism insights, 2018 - emerald.com
Purpose The impact of destination reputation on tourists' behavior has not received sufficient
attention in the tourism literature. Built upon the signaling theory and the well-documented …