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View article: Cooking Class Travel in Thailand: An Investigation of Value Co-Creation Experiences
Cooking Class Travel in Thailand: An Investigation of Value Co-Creation Experiences Open
Cooking class travel (CCT) is a special form of food economy that is emerging worldwide, especially in Southeast Asian countries, such as Thailand. CCT is a touristic activity with strong value co-creation characteristics, but it is scarce…
View article: A Systematic Analysis of Diaspora Tourism: Geographical Perspectives and Superdiversity
A Systematic Analysis of Diaspora Tourism: Geographical Perspectives and Superdiversity Open
This review provides novel and timely insights into research in the field of diaspora tourism. The principal originality of this work lies in capturing the full extent and richness of research on this topic by looking beyond tourism journa…
View article: Dining in the sharing economy: a comparison of private social dining and restaurants
Dining in the sharing economy: a comparison of private social dining and restaurants Open
Purpose In view of the intense competition between businesses in the sharing economy and the conventional hospitality industry, this study aims to compare consumers’ private social dining and restaurant dining experiences. Design/methodolo…
View article: Resilience of Tourists’ Repurchase Intention during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Shared Accommodation Sector
Resilience of Tourists’ Repurchase Intention during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Shared Accommodation Sector Open
The economy has suffered unprecedentedly during the COVID-19 pandemic, including the shared accommodation sector. This study aims to discover the pandemic consumer behavior model for the recovery of the sector as well as investigate the ec…
View article: Companionship to an Aging Parent in International Tours: Conflict VS Harmony
Companionship to an Aging Parent in International Tours: Conflict VS Harmony Open
Senior tourism is a rapidly growing market in China, and global players have begun to attract senior tourists from China using diversified ways to help boost the industry in different destinations worldwide. However, scant research has bee…
View article: Impact of online food delivery services on China’s hotel catering businesses
Impact of online food delivery services on China’s hotel catering businesses Open
Drawing upon the underdeveloped literature on online food-delivery (OFD) services, this exploratory study investigated how OFD services impact hotel catering businesses. Methods of focus groups and the Delphi technique were adopted to expl…
View article: Peer-to-Peer Dining: A Motivation Study
Peer-to-Peer Dining: A Motivation Study Open
This study examined tourist motivations to determine whether peer-to-peer dining is a new, pursuable tourism product. A two-stage analysis of semistructured interview data from 28 individuals yielded three push dimensions (i.e., seeking va…
View article: Tourists’ private social dining experiences
Tourists’ private social dining experiences Open
While private social dining has emerged as a new activity in the sharing economy, associated research is limited. This study aims to conceptualize tourists’ private social dining experiences by incorporating the concept of the experience e…
View article: Factors determining the disruption from sharing economy: evidence from Airbnb in China
Factors determining the disruption from sharing economy: evidence from Airbnb in China Open
Airbnb is one of the most successful sharing platforms, providing informal, long-term accommodations globally. China is considered the fastest growing market in the domestic and global tourism industry. This study aims to explore the relat…
View article: Halal tourism: travel motivators and customer retention
Halal tourism: travel motivators and customer retention Open
This research was designed to identify halal-friendly travel motivation factors and unearth their role in Muslim customer retention process in Korea. Qualitative and quantitative procedures were used to achieve research objectives. A compr…
View article: Evaluation of work motivation factors among management and employees in food and beverage departments in international tourist hotels in Taiwan
Evaluation of work motivation factors among management and employees in food and beverage departments in international tourist hotels in Taiwan Open
Perceptional inconsistencies have the potential for creating barriers to motivational development because management may not be responsive to employee needs. An absence of a convergence in perceptions may increase employee turnover, thus c…
View article: Is Airbnb a Good Choice for Family Travel?
Is Airbnb a Good Choice for Family Travel? Open
This study investigates how a sharing economy shapes family travel in accommodation service. This study draws on a data source composed of a literature review and in-depth interviews with family travelers. Interviews with Airbnb family use…
View article: Analyzing the Economic Sustainability of Tourism Development: Evidence from Hong Kong
Analyzing the Economic Sustainability of Tourism Development: Evidence from Hong Kong Open
Despite increased concerns about the negative economic impacts of tourism on host communities, insufficient attention has been paid to assess tourism’s economic sustainability. This article aims to develop and validate a framework for asse…
View article: Entrepreneurial Motivation and Destination Evolution
Entrepreneurial Motivation and Destination Evolution Open
This study aims to understand the small tourism business owner's entrepreneurial motivation in different stages of destination development. Using a qualitative approach, 46 entrepreneurs who owned guesthouses in the Old Town of Lijiang, Ch…
View article: To go or not to go: travel constraints and attractiveness of travel affecting outbound Chinese tourists to Japan
To go or not to go: travel constraints and attractiveness of travel affecting outbound Chinese tourists to Japan Open
Title on author’s file: To go or not to go: Travel constraints and attractiveness of outbound Chinese tourists to Japan
View article: Experiential Learning in Hospitality Education Through a Service-Learning Project
Experiential Learning in Hospitality Education Through a Service-Learning Project Open
The importance of experiential learning in hospitality and tourism education is widely noted. Effective learning can only be achieved by well-guided practice in the real world. Learning by doing is widely manifested in the hotel and touris…
View article: Customers’ Perception of the Authenticity of a Cantonese Restaurant
Customers’ Perception of the Authenticity of a Cantonese Restaurant Open
The term ‘authenticity’ is becoming increasingly precious in this world full of hyper reality. Authenticity has been an important attribute of the tourism industry as well as the food sector. This study explores diners’ perception of authe…
View article: A framework of memory management and tourism experiences
A framework of memory management and tourism experiences Open
This research first develops a conceptual model to link relevant concepts in psychology and tourism research to each stage of the long-term memory (LTM) system. It combines insights from mindfulness, positive affect, and quality of conscio…
View article: Contesting the Commercialization and Sanctity of Religious Tourism in the Shaolin Monastery, China
Contesting the Commercialization and Sanctity of Religious Tourism in the Shaolin Monastery, China Open
The Shaolin Monastery annually attracts millions of visitors from around the world. However, the overcommercialization of these sacred places may contradict the values and philosophies of Buddhism. This study aims to comprehensively unders…
View article: Exploring the Environmental Scanning of the Hotel Industry in China
Exploring the Environmental Scanning of the Hotel Industry in China Open
This study explores the environmental scanning of the hotel industry in China by investigating the effect of external and internal factors on hotel performance. The respondents are hotel owners, managers, directors, and supervisors in vari…
View article: Social entrepreneurs: innovating rural tourism through the activism of service science
Social entrepreneurs: innovating rural tourism through the activism of service science Open
Purpose This study aims to construct an integrated social entrepreneur system in the rural area of Hengshan, Taiwan, that could benefit four stakeholders, namely, tourists, business, community and government. Two social entrepreneur cases …