Purpose Using a qualitative approach, this cross-disciplinary study integrating modern slavery, tourism and marketing expertise outlines Chinese outbound tourists' perceptions of reactions to issues related child sex tourism. Design/methodology/approach In total, 27 in-depth interviews were conducted, data analysed. Manual coding was chosen as an efficient method process interview given the rel...

Bolu ili ve aşçılık üzerine geçmişten günümüze yapılan tüm çalışmalar, ilin turizm potansiyeline dikkat çekmiş, bir gastrnomi merkezi olarak önemini vurgulamış mevcut duru-mun altını çizmek adına hâlihazırda Bolu’yu ziyaret eden yerli/yabancı turistlerin yorum değerlendirmelerini–beklentilerinin ne ölçüde karşılandığını analiz etmemiştir. Bu bağlamda araştırmanın özgün değeri, pozitif senaryola...

To encourage the sustainability of rural tourism and to achieve success in the tourist industry, an understanding of the factors by which tourists are motivated to visit rural areas is required. This study aims to measure factors affecting rural tourists’ satisfaction in relation to different aspects of a destination and to increase the likelihood of revisitation and recommendation. This study ...

Recently, researchers have begun to investigate the role of negative encounters, emotions and feelings in tourism leisure activities. However, temporal effects encounters are still underexplored. This research consists two studies that were conducted longitudinally. Study one investigated overall visiting experience 50 multi-generational Chinese diaspora tourists; study interviewed 22 former pa...

Purpose This paper aims to study the influence of gender on theoretical and empirical relationships between tourists’ risk perceptions both destination image behavioural intentions. Design/methodology/approach An was carried out with potential tourists at home in Germany UK considering travelling Spain, Egypt, Morocco, Brazil, Colombia Indonesia. Data were analysed using structural equation mod...

Tourists are different. Tourists prefer different destinations, engage in different vacation activities and perceive different aspects of their vacation as important. Differences (heterogeneity) among tourists enable the tourism industry to identify interesting groups within the market who have similar and very distinct needs, target them, and gain competitive advantage through offering superio...

The level of tourists visits at Museum Asia-Africa Conference (MKAA), Bandung had been fluctuated in the last 3 years from 2019-2022. factor that influenced this fluctuation were Covid-19 Pandemic over past few which decreased visits, also, as well perception about service MKAA. purpose study was to determine visitor perceptions, Instagram social media, visiting decisions and find out influence...

BACKGROUND Medical tourism describes the private purchase and arrangement of medical care by patients across international borders. Increasing numbers of medical facilities in countries around the world are marketing their services to a receptive audience of international patients, a phenomenon that has largely been made possible by the growth of the Internet. The growth of the medical tourism ...

Authentication and commodification of cultural events for the tourists has been practiced for a long time. These practices have had both positive and negative effects on the host community and its cultural heritage. Tourism deals with experiences sold to tourists which has had to be authentic. Therefore, this paper aims to look at the authenticity and commodification of cultural events presente...