...Maria Amélia Machado Carvalho Purpose The study aims to understand the relationship between facilitating, demoting, motivating factors and visit intention; and to clarify the role of death anxiety before visiting a dark exhibition. Design/methodology/approach Partial least squares structural...

... decision-making process. The purpose of the study is to develop and examine tourists’ pre-trip motivational model using the push–pull theory. Design/methodology/approach A tourists’ pre-trip motivational model was developed and then tested based on a sample of 320 Chinese and non-Chinese visitors...

... based on the participants’ motivation and demographics. Furthermore, a significant association was observed among three motivational variables (self-esteem, relationship and physiological needs) and the participants’ intentions to visit. Originality/value This study makes an original contribution...

...Faruk Seyitoğlu; Kadir Çakar; Özgür Davras Purpose This study aims to investigate the relationship between the dimensions of motivation, perceived authenticity and satisfaction of tourists visiting the Mor Hananyo Monastery as a heritage site. Design/methodology/approach The quantitative...

...María Magdalena Solis-Radilla; Mauricio Carvache-Franco; Orly Carvache-Franco; Wilmer Carvache-Franco Purpose The purpose of this study is to find the underlying variables of travel motivations associated with a coastal and marine destination, and the motivations that predict satisfaction...

... operators in major urban areas and cities. Especially, this study has a practical contribution to the city tourism practitioners and gives them more insight in what values, attitudes, perceptions, expectations and motivations the solo travellers might have before or while they visit their cities. The study...

...Zurina Mohaidin; Koay Tze Wei; Mohsen Ali Murshid Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors of environmental attitude, motivation, destination image, word-of-mouth, and perceived service quality to predict the tourists’ intention to select sustainable tourist destination. It also...

...Ling Guan; Yi Luo; Liang Rebecca Tang Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify push and pull factors that motivate decision makers to choose wedding banquet venues, and to explore the relationships between the motivational factors and demographic information. Design/methodology...