What is a theme park? A synthesis and research framework

Z Liang, X Li - Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Theme parks have attracted extensive scholarly attention within and outside the tourism
literature. These parks have been studied from various stances, yet a uniform definition and …

Develo** an overarching framework on theme park research: A critical review method

B Li, T Zhang, N Hua, MF Jahromi - Current Issues in Tourism, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This paper presents a critical review of prior research on theme parks. By critically reviewing
195 academic publications in major hospitality and tourism journals as well as other journals …

Crowded and popular: The two sides of the coin affecting theme-park experience, satisfaction, and loyalty

A Milman, ADA Tasci, W Wei - Journal of Destination Marketing & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Crowding has become popular in academic research. Empirical studies have not, however,
addressed the role of crowding on increasingly popular theme-park settings. This study …

[HTML][HTML] Mediating effect of brand image and satisfaction on loyalty through experiential marketing: A case study of a sugar heritage destination

AH Chen, RY Wu - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
While the value of industrial heritage tourism has been recognized, less is known about
visitors' experience formation process and its role along with brand image and satisfaction in …

[HTML][HTML] Visiting intentions toward theme parks: do short video content and tourists' perceived playfulness on TikTok matter?

X Wang, Y Yu, Z Zhu, J Zheng - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
TikTok, along with other social media platforms, has emerged as one of the most important
tools for many people, particularly millennials. Because the relationship between social …

An expanded nomological network of experienscape

ADA Tasci, A Pizam - International Journal of Contemporary …, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose Bitner's (1992) concept of servicescape has received widespread academic
attention, resulting in many conceptual and empirical studies. By scanning the servicescape …

A model of destination consumption, attitude, religious involvement, satisfaction, and revisit intention

YK Liao, WY Wu, GNT Truong… - Journal of Vacation …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
This study aimed to develop the destination consumption-customer attitude model to explain
tourist travel satisfaction and revisit intention with the moderating effect of religious …

What keeps historical theme park visitors coming? Research based on expectation confirmation theory

L Yuan, A Marzuki - Frontiers in psychology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Culture is one of the most important factors in attracting tourists and influencing the tourist
experience. In China,“theme park” is a new field of tourism research, an excellent theme …

Perceived robotic server qualities and functions explaining customer loyalty in the theme park context

A Milman, A Tasci, T Zhang - International Journal of Contemporary …, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose This paper aims to explore theme park visitors' attitudes toward interacting with
robots and investigated the qualities and functions of robotic servers and their influence on …

Integrating the tourist gaze with the social servicescape: Implications for creating memorable theme park experiences

Y Zheng, W Wei, N Line, L Zhang - International Journal of Hospitality …, 2021 - Elsevier
This research examines how the social servicescape-directed gaze (ie, perceptions of
similarity, appearance, and behavior of other customers) influences theme park visitors' …