Conceptualizing post-COVID 19 tourism recovery: A three-step framework

EA Mensah, KA Boakye - Tourism Planning & Development, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The hospitality, travel, tourism, and events industry remains one of the hardest-hit casualties
of the COVID-19 pandemic. This conceptual paper examines responses to COVID-19 by the …

Social media influence on tourists' destination choice: Importance of context

A Tham, J Mair, G Croy - Tourism Recreation Research, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
While social media receive considerable scholarly attention, studies reveal mixed outcomes
in relation to its influence on tourists' destination choices. There is nonetheless a persistent …

Social vacation: Proposition of a model to understand tourists' usage of social media for travel planning

U Tandon, M Ertz, H Bansal - Technology in Society, 2020 - Elsevier
This study develops a theoretical model that highlights the determinants of actual social
media (SM) usage for travel planning by combining theoretical frameworks from the …

Social media as a destination marketing tool for a sustainable heritage festival in Nigeria: A moderated mediation study

H Arasli, M Abdullahi, T Gunay - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
This study explored how social media is used as a destination marketing tool for the
sustainability of heritage festival quality in Nigeria, drawing on the theory of planned …

Preferences and challenges towards the adoption of the fourth industrial revolution technologies by hotels: a multilevel concurrent mixed approach

BA Osei, M Cheng - European Journal of Innovation Management, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose The aim of this mixed methods study sought to investigate the preferences and
challenges towards fourth industrial revolution (FIR) technologies adoption at hotels in …

Anticipated positive evaluation of social media posts: social return, revisit intention, recommend intention and mediating role of memorable tourism experience

A Mittal, H Bhandari, PK Chand - International Journal of Culture …, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine how the anticipated positive evaluation of a
tourist's social media posts by significant others, known as social return (SR), impacts the …

Exploring the influence of Instagram on travel destination choice

A Tešin, T Pivac, S Besermenji… - The European Journal of …, 2022 - aseestant.ceon.rs
The appearance of social media has brought great changes to the tourism journey. Various
such platforms have become an almost inevitable tool in all phases of travel, including …

Safety, security, clean air and intention to experience: Do TikTok short video narratives matter?

I Mohammed, MA Mahmoud… - Tourism and …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Safety, security, and clean air have been given some appreciable attention in tourism
research and practice. However, little is known about TikTok short video narratives of safety …

Social media sites and nightlife tourism: an empirical study of tourist decision-making on nightlife entertainment consumption

C Phucharoen, S Wichupankul… - International Journal of …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose This paper aims to investigate the effect of tourists' social media usage when
planning trips on the probability of tourists consuming nightlife activities and their spending …

Driving forces of social media and its impact on tourists' destination decisions: a uses and gratification theory

SA Keelson, E Bruce, SB Egala, J Amoah… - Cogent Social …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This study investigates the impact of social media on tourists' destination decisions in a less
digitalized economy through the lens of the uses and gratification theory. Data was collected …