International Journal of Tourism Cities: Volume 8 Issue 3

Antecedents and consequences of community-based tourism in border district of Jammu and Kashmir

Zaffar Iqbal, Sharief Ahmed

The purpose of this paper is to identify the factors influencing community participation in destination building and its consequences for the local inhabitants in the form of…

Antecedents of hedonism affecting memorable tourism experience (MTE) leading to revisit intention in tourists

Abhijeet Vikramaditya Tiwari, Naval Bajpai, Deependra Singh, Vishal Vyas

This study aims to examine the hedonism attributes, memorable tourism experience (MTE), revisit intention and their relationships. This study explores the antecedents of hedonism…

Web analytics: more than website performance evaluation?

Irem Önder, Adiyukh Berbekova

The purpose of this study is to understand the status quo of the use of Web analytics tools by European destination management organizations (DMOs) and to provide guidelines in…

Business model adaptation as a strategic response to crises: navigating the COVID-19 pandemic

Teerawut Chanyasak, Mehmet Ali Koseoglu, Brian King, Omer Faruk Aladag

This study aims to explore how hotels adapt their business models as a strategic response to crisis situations. It sheds light on the processes and methods of business model…

Social media customer behavioral engagement and loyalty among hotel patrons: does customer involvement matter?

Ernest Emeka Izogo, Mercy Mpinganjira

Despite wide acknowledgment in research of the benefits of customer engagement to firms, the customer engagement process and how it leads to positive marketing outcomes remains…

Impact of corona virus outbreak on travellers’ behaviour: scale development and validation

Zaid Ahmad Ansari, Makhmoor Bashir, Sudeepta Pradhan

The purpose of this paper is to develop an instrument to measure the influence of coronavirus (COVID-19) on international travellers’ behaviour.

From success to unrest: the social impacts of tourism in Barcelona

Berezi Elorrieta, Aurélie Cerdan Schwitzguébel, Anna Torres-Delgado

This study aims to examine the main factors and the related impacts that have caused a negative shift in the social perception of tourism among residents of Barcelona. Namely, it…

Leisure of the elderly Brazilian: the southeast in focus

Bruno Ocelli Ungheri, Carla Augusta Nogueira Lima e Santos, Maria Aparecida Dias Venâncio, Edmur Antônio Stoppa, Hélder Ferreira Isayama

This paper is an excerpt from a countrywide study entitled “Leisure in Brazil: representations and realizations of daily experiences”, which aims to investigate what Brazilians do…

Political factors influencing residents’ support for tourism development in Kashmir

Aasif Ali Bhat, Kakali Majumdar, Ram Kumar Mishra

This study aims to examine the relationship between the perceptions of local residents concerning political factors and support for tourism development in the Kashmir region.

Wayfinding strategies guide mobile commerce in sharing economy development

Edward C.S. Ku, Jiunn-Woei Lian, Ling-Ling Liu

The purpose of this study is to integrate wayfinding strategies and open innovation to examine the factors of mobile application (M-App) design.

Factors affecting future travel intentions: awareness, image, past visitation and risk perception

Maria Amélia Machado Carvalho

This study aims to examine the influence of destination awareness, cognitive and affective image, risk perception and past visitation on the intention to visit a tourist…

Social media research trends in tourism city context

Trinh Ngo T.T., Phuong Bui L.A., Dung Pham T.H., Tram Mai N., Luan Bui K.

The COVID-19 pandemic has a massive impact on people’s lives, the wealth of nations, tourism cities, economic and social media. The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has led to…

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