The impact of the wellness tourism experience on tourist well-being: The mediating role of tourist satisfaction

L Liu, Y Zhou, X Sun - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
On the basis of the bottom-up spillover theory, this study explores the influence of the
wellness tourism experience on tourists' well-being. Considering wellness tourists as the …

Impact of destination advertising on tourists' visit intention: The influence of self-congruence, self-confidence, and destination reputation

Y Guo, M Yu, Y Zhao - Journal of Destination Marketing & Management, 2024 - Elsevier
This study aimed to develop and validate a theoretical model for examining how different
types of destination advertising (abstract vs. concrete) affect tourists' visit intention. The …

Demystifying destination attachment, self-congruity and revisiting intention in dark tourism destinations through the gender-based lens

I Cifci, RA Rather, O Taspinar… - Tourism Recreation …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Drawing on self-congruity theory, we construct and examine a theoretical model that
explores the effect of destination attachment on revisiting intention via ideal and actual self …

Develo** an extended model of self-congruity to predict Chinese tourists' revisit intentions to New Zealand: the moderating role of gender

S Yang, SM Isa, T Ramayah, J Wen… - Asia Pacific Journal of …, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose This study developed an extended model of self-congruity by integrating
destination image, destination personality, self-congruity, revisit intention and gender …

Influence of time metaphor and destination image proximity on tourist responses

Q Su, FS Li - Tourism Management, 2024 - Elsevier
Travelers may use two common time metaphors to describe their upcoming vacations. The
first is the time-moving metaphor, expressed as “the vacation is approaching us,” and the …

Does destination gender matter for destination brand attachment and brand love? The moderating role of destination involvement

A Hamdy, J Zhang, R Eid - Marketing Intelligence & Planning, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose The main purposes of this article are twofold:(1) to investigate the unexplored
connections among destination gender personality, destination stereotypes, brand …

Effective destination user-generated advertising: Matching effect between goal framing and self-esteem

L Wang, Z Guo, G Zhang - Tourism Management, 2022 - Elsevier
This study examines how the relationship between self-esteem (both trait self-esteem and
state self-esteem) and goal-framing messages can affect individuals' visit intentions on the …

Unveiling the mediating effects of destination gender on tourist loyalty

W Ren, L Pan - Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
As an arising branding tool, how destination gender affects tourist loyalty remains unclear.
This study unveiled mechanisms between destination masculinity/femininity and tourist …

Destination gender: Scale development and cross-cultural validation

L Pan, L Lu, T Zhang - Tourism management, 2021 - Elsevier
Destination gender traits have attracted considerable attention in the tourism marketing
literature, inspired by the concept of branding. A scale to measure destination gender with a …

When cool hospitality brand meets AI: exploring the matching effect of service agents and brand images on brand attitude

Y Liu, X Wang, H Qin - International Journal of Contemporary …, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose This paper aims to explore the matching effect of hospitality brand image (cool vs
non-cool) and service agents (Artificial intelligence [AI] vs human staff) on brand attitude …