Photographs in tourism research: Prejudice, power, performance and participant-generated images

N Balomenou, B Garrod - Tourism Management, 2019 - Elsevier
Photography has often been considered tainted as a source of research data, even in
tourism, its natural habitat. This situation is undoubtedly a legacy of the prejudice that many …

[HTML][HTML] Color and engagement in touristic Instagram pictures: A machine learning approach

J Yu, R Egger - Annals of Tourism Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Color plays a critical role in recognizing tourist experiences and influencing their emotions.
By classifying tourism photos on Instagram using machine learning, this study uncovers the …

Branding luxury hotels: Evidence from the analysis of consumers'“big” visual data on TripAdvisor

S Giglio, E Pantano, E Bilotta, TC Melewar - Journal of business research, 2020 - Elsevier
The aim of this paper is to understand consumers' perception of luxury hotel brands. To this
end, the research evaluates consumers'“big” visual data on TripAdvisor through a machine …

How to perceive tourism destination image? A visual content analysis based on inbound tourists' photos

X Wang, N Mou, S Zhu, T Yang, X Zhang… - Journal of Destination …, 2024 - Elsevier
Photos are an important tool for understanding the minds of travelers and characterizing the
tourism destination image, and they play a unique role in the construction of tourism images …

Urban and rural destinations on Instagram: Exploring the influencers' role in# sustainabletourism

M Palazzo, A Vollero, P Vitale, A Siano - Land use policy, 2021 - Elsevier
Tourism development perspectives and land use planning often intersect in sustainable
tourism management. However, the promised (advertised) sustainability and concrete …

Using social media user attributes to understand human–environment interactions at urban parks

XP Song, DR Richards, PY Tan - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Urban parks and green spaces are among the few places where city dwellers can have
regular contact with nature and engage in outdoor recreation. Social media data provide …

Research on rural landscape preference based on TikTok short video content and user comments

H Chen, M Wang, Z Zhang - International Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Landscape is the visual embodiment of the human–environment relationship. It is an
important field for understanding and shaping the relationship between human society and …

Beyond cost–benefit analysis: Resident emotions, appraisals and support toward tourism performing arts developments

D Zheng, BW Ritchie, PJ Benckendorff - Current Issues in Tourism, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Abundant literature has examined resident reactions to tourism by their perceptions of
perceived impacts, overlooking individual emotional responses that might be elicited by …

Visual representation of tourism landscapes: A comparative analysis of DMOs in a cross-border destination

D Cerić, M Więckowski, DJ Timothy - Journal of Destination Marketing & …, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper introduces a framework for analyzing and interpreting the visual content of
tourism landscapes, particularly focusing on the comparative representation of these …

The “genius loci” of places that experience intense tourism development

PA Christou, A Farmaki, A Saveriades… - Tourism Management …, 2019 - Elsevier
In classical Rome, the icon of a snake was used to depict the protection of place identity.
This genius loci helped identify the quintessential elements of a place. The present study …