The rapid growth of China's outbound tourism market has attracted a great deal of attention
in recent years. However, the academic literature is still sparse in this area. Using a …

Culinary tourism as part of a tourism strategy for a locale has received growing support.
Though the literature seems to support a connection between tourism and gastronomy, little …

Purpose–Travel and tourism is the second largest global industry with daily international
revenues of approximately US $2 billion, and investments of 12 percent of world GDP …

Tourism scholars and practitioners tend to regard diaspora tourism as a homogeneous
market, with needs that can be met through general types of products. Adopting a literature …

Travel behaviour refers to the way in which tourists behave according to their attitudes
before, during and after travelling. Knowledge regarding travel behaviour can assist in …

Tourism organizations are recognizing the potential of culinary tourism as a powerful tool to
promote destinations. Despite this recognition, the knowledge about how to successfully …

Purpose–Worldwide approximately 200 national economies are competing in the
destination market. In 2006, global government and capital expenditure exceeded US …

This paper adopts a mixed method approach to examine antecedents and consequents of
luxury tourism. Specifically, a structural model was proposed to depict what motivates …

This study identifies the travel motivations of international tourists to Penang, Malaysia,
using the theory of push and pull motivations as a conceptual framework. The methodology …

Package tours encourage the development of destinations by increasing their attractiveness
to global visitors. This study examines the benefits of package tour designs that allow …