A reflection of greenwashing practices in the hospitality industry: a scoping review

S Majeed, WG Kim - International Journal of Contemporary …, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose This review aims to put forth a conceptual understanding of greenwashing. It also
identifies the antecedents and consequences of customer perceptions of greenwashing in …

Toward understanding healthcare hospitality and the antecedents and outcomes of patient-guest hospital-hotel choice decisions: A scoping review

S Majeed, WG Kim - International Journal of Hospitality Management, 2023 - Elsevier
The healthcare industry is increasingly interested in using the power of hospitality to improve
the patient experience. However, the conceptual understanding of hospitality in healthcare …

Health tourism and government supports

M Shabankareh, A Nazarian… - International Journal of …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose Health tourism is a relatively new branch of international tourism that has
developed more rapidly than other tourism sectors in recent years. This study aimed to …

Towards a better understanding of memorable wellness tourism experience

E Sthapit, P Björk, DN Coudounaris - International Journal of Spa …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The global outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 has raised awareness of the
importance of physical, mental and spiritual wellness, and many consumers (tourists) are …

Wellness tourism experience and destination brand love

S Kim, A Al-Ansi, JS Lee, BL Chua… - Journal of Travel & …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This study assessed various aspects of the wellness tourism experience in Thailand. A
survey was conducted with a sample of 420 Chinese tourists. The findings revealed …

Examining the influential components of tourists' intention to use travel apps: the importance–performance map analysis

P Fakfare, N Manosuthi - Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Insights, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose The main objectives of this study are to (1) explore underlying components and
attributes of travel applications that influence traveler usage intention and (2) investigate …

Perceived destination restorative qualities in wellness tourism: The role of ontological security and psychological resilience

B Liu, A Kralj, B Moyle, M He… - Journal of Travel …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Scholarship on wellness tourism has experienced exponential growth. Despite this, limited
studies have explicitly examined how the perceived destination restorative qualities of a …

Medical tourism and cognitive dissonance: exploring tourist choice behavior, post-choice pre-outcome regret, and visit intention

S Majeed, WG Kim, K Ryu - … of Quality Assurance in Hospitality & …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This study examines the underlying mechanism of cognitive dissonance in medical tourism
and its impact on tourist behaviors, which is yet under-explored in the extant literature. Study …

Investigating resident perceptions of medical tourism in Hainan: An integrative analytical approach

AKF Wong, P Li, Y Pan, JB Xu, J Deng - Tourism Management …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study drew upon social exchange and place attachment theories in adopting an
integrative analytical approach to examine local resident perceptions of medical tourism …

Solving the optimal selection of wellness tourist attractions and destinations in the GMS using the AMIS algorithm

R Pitakaso, N Nanthasamroeng, S Dinkoksung… - Computation, 2022 - mdpi.com
This study aims to select the ideal mixture of small and medium-sized destinations and
attractions in Thailand's Ubon Ratchathani Province in order to find potential wellness …