..., social interaction and user experience, giving Metaverse a transformative potential for experiential tourism from the end consumer’s point of view. This raises numerous research questions in areas such as data intelligence, innovation, communication, user experience, consumer behaviour and policy...

... Consumer behaviour Destination choice intention Theory of planned behaviour Politically sensitive destination Kashmir India The Kashmir Valley is a part of Jammu and Kashmir, a Union Territory of India, situated between latitude 32° and 34°N and longitude 74° and 75°E. The valley is located...

...Shahab Pourfakhimi; Tara Duncan; Willem J.L. Coetzee Purpose Despite its volume, the academic research on the impact of electronic word of mouth (eWOM) on tourism and hospitality consumer behaviour is fragmented and largely limited to investigating a small scope of its impact. The purpose...

... to improved guidance for medical tourism stakeholders for more ethical and safe practices. Krystyna Adams can be contacted at: kaa4@sfu.ca © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Motivation theory Consumer behaviour Tourists International medical travel Medical tourism Patient motivation...

... between nature‐based tourists' travel motivations and activities. Norway Tourism Consumer behaviour Travel activity Travel motivation Nature‐based tourism Motivation (psychology) Nature‐based tourism is an overarching construct that reflects various elements of several alternative forms...

... and Patt's (2005) conceptual framework to the individual adaptive behavior of tourists. Travel decision Consumer behaviour Strategic destination management Climate change Austria Tourism Decision making Strategic management in tourism destinations determines the long‐term structure...

... Publishing Limited 2012 Attitudes Awareness Climate change Consumer behaviour The topic of climate change related to tourism is widely studied and discussed. Academic discussions started over 25 years ago and contributions have been growing at considerable pace since the late 1990s (e.g...

... are displayed in Table I . Kirstin Hallmann can be contacted at: k.hallmann@dshs‐koeln.de © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Consumer profiles Consumer behaviour Expenditures Tourism Water sports Moreover, the main travel motive of a holiday trip is to relax (4.52...

... tourism practices. Robert S. Bristow can be contacted at: rbristow@wsc.ma.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Costa Rica Tourism Medical treatment Sustainable development Consumer behaviour For centuries, travel to foreign lands to soak in mineral waters has been...

... item classification in Table I , H2 can now be specified further: © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Personal health Tourism Mountains Brands Consumer behaviour Health and business with health‐related products and services are a mega trend in the twenty‐first...

... Medical Tourism Magazine to help consumers find suitable medical tourist sites and promote MT (Medical Tourism Association, 2009). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Medical treatment Scale Consumer behaviour United States of America Tourism Since ancient times, people...

... profile, travel behaviour, and the benefits sought. Previous studies have focused on a single particular wellness tourist group. Furthermore, the BWTS may be applicable for use in future comparative studies of wellness tourist motivation. Tourism Consumer behaviour Personal health Many...

.... Implications of the results as well as research limitations and suggestions for further research are provided. Market orientation Knowledge sharing Consumer behaviour Hotel and catering industry Supply chain management Services marketing Judging by the past five decades, the tourism industry...

.... This is the first motivation that initiates us to discuss this subject. Long‐Yi Lin can be contacted at: longyi@ms12.url.com.tw © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Consumer risk Perception Purchasing Consumer behaviour Taiwan Taiwan Railway Administration has managed the island's...

... behaviour Germany United Kingdom Turkey The differenced logarithm of monthly tourist arrival rates to Turkey exhibit, as seen in Figure 2 , strong seasonality. This indicates that seasonality should be incorporated into the main model. Equation 6 Equation 7 Figure 1...

...., 2005 ; Baloglu and Pekcan, 2006 ; Gursoy and Chen, 2000 ; Chen, 2000). Consumer behaviour Decision making Tourism Information media Information searches Understanding how visitors acquire information about a given destination is important for marketing and management decisions...

.... Sports Global warming Consumer behaviour Austria In many Austrian regions winter tourism is an important source of income. Therefore they are highly dependent on satisfactory snow conditions. The lack of snow during several recent winters provided many alpine ski destinations a first glimpse...

... structure, consumer behaviour, information and communication technologies, traffic, logistics and accessibility, networking, tourism demand and supply, local resources, marketing and PR. Research limitations/implications ‐ Although focus group research has many advantages, there are limitations...