Research on user-generated photos in tourism and hospitality: A systematic review and way forward

H Li, L Zhang, CHC Hsu - Tourism Management, 2023 - Elsevier
Visual content has become an integral component of consumers' experience sharing.
People increasingly search for visual content posted by others prior to making purchase …

A review of aesthetics research in tourism: Launching the Annals of Tourism Research Curated Collection on beauty and aesthetics in tourism

K Kirillova - Annals of Tourism Research, 2023 - Elsevier
This systematic literature review identifies major trends that guided tourism research on
beauty and aesthetics, critiques its current state, and proposes directions to advance tourism …

The role of visual cues in eWOM on consumers' behavioral intention and decisions

R Filieri, Z Lin, G Pino, S Alguezaui… - Journal of business …, 2021 - Elsevier
Consumers increasingly use eWOM to make decisions about various products and services.
However, few studies have investigated how different visual and verbal eWOM cues affect …

A framework for quantitative analysis and differentiated marketing of tourism destination image based on visual content of photos

X **ao, C Fang, H Lin, J Chen - Tourism Management, 2022 - Elsevier
Photos shared by tourists are being generated at an unprecedented speed, creating new
opportunities to study tourism destination images. Nevertheless, little research has focused …

The gloom of the COVID-19 shock in the hospitality industry: A study of consumer risk perception and adaptive belief in the dark cloud of a pandemic

P Foroudi, SAH Tabaghdehi, R Marvi - International Journal of Hospitality …, 2021 - Elsevier
As the new coronavirus (COVID-19) spreads globally, the hospitality industry is at the heart
of implementing social distancing, a measure demonstrated to be effective in flattening the …

Inspiring tourists' imagination: How and when human presence in photographs enhances travel mental simulation and destination attractiveness

YW Li, LC Wan - Tourism Management, 2025 - Elsevier
Due to the intangible nature of tourism products, successful destination marketing depends
on whether visual materials can evoke tourists' vivid fantasies of their future travel …

Is a picture worth a thousand words? Understanding the role of review photo sentiment and text-photo sentiment disparity using deep learning algorithms

H Li, H Ji, H Liu, D Cai, H Gao - Tourism Management, 2022 - Elsevier
Images have become integral to consumers' sharing of consumption experiences due to
their abilities of carrying rich and vivid information. This study investigates the impacts of …

The effect of implied motion in travel photographs on visit intention: The mediating role of mental imagery

FS Li, J Ma - Tourism Management, 2024 - Elsevier
Travel photographs play a crucial role in tourism marketing, and implied motion, that is, the
use of techniques that give the illusion of movement,(eg, through the use of blurring …

Impacts of user-generated images in online reviews on customer engagement: A panel data analysis

H Li, H Liu, HH Shin, H Ji - Tourism Management, 2024 - Elsevier
Visual content has become an integral component of customers' experience sharing, with
customers increasingly searching for visual content in online reviews prior to making …

Aesthetics of hotel photos and its impact on consumer engagement: A computer vision approach

L Hou, X Pan - Tourism management, 2023 - Elsevier
Visual content has been an essential marketing approach to exerting enjoyable virtual
experiences and inducing consumer engagement. However, despite the widespread …