Visual content has become an integral component of consumers' experience sharing.
People increasingly search for visual content posted by others prior to making purchase …

Despite the increased recognition of the importance of images as a rich data source, the full
potential of images to advance tourism and hospitality knowledge, both conceptually and …

Tourism organizations use social media to promote their destinations and attract new
customers. However, there is a challenge in how tourism organizations can choose or create …

Photos shared by tourists are being generated at an unprecedented speed, creating new
opportunities to study tourism destination images. Nevertheless, little research has focused …

Drawing on the theory of sociology of trust and risk, this study proposes and empirically tests
a conceptual model of tourists' new destination visit intentions. The model links tourists' …

Inaccurate promotional information about tourist destinations may result in tourists' negative
evaluations. This study proposes a new approach to measure the congruence between …

Visual content has been an essential marketing approach to exerting enjoyable virtual
experiences and inducing consumer engagement. However, despite the widespread …

Tourism research has marched into the big data arena and brought remarkable
developments. Despite the promising role of big data and increasing volume of research, it …

More than 50 years have passed since the first article on destination image was published,
and this body of research is still one of the most popular topics in tourism studies. However …

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 …