Daniel R. Fesenmaier

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated risk perceptions associated with travel and found that the relationships between risk perceptions and travel behavior appear to be situation-specific, suggesting that it may be difficult to generalize behaviors observed in the purchase of goods to travel decision making.

TL;DR: The authors integrated theories from tourism destination choice, advertising, and landscape aesthetics to examine how content of promotional visuals affects destination image construction and interpretation, and found that familiarity with the destination was significant across all image dimensions.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors explored the mediation mechanisms of smartphones by examining stories provided by travelers related to their use of smartphones (and associated applications) for traveling purposes, revealing that smartphones can change tourists' behavior and emotional states by addressing a wide variety of information needs; in particular, the instant information support of smartphones enables tourists to more effectively solve problems, share experiences, and "store" memories.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined two hypotheses regarding the roles that online travel videos play as mediators of tourist experiences and found that online shared videos can provide mental pleasure to viewers by stimulating fantasies and daydreams, as well as bringing back past travel memories.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify and examine those factors that have helped rural communities successfully develop tourism and its entrepreneurship opportunities and demonstrate the importance of the community approach to tourism development and that rural tourism development cannot work without the participation and...