Joseph T. O'Leary

TL;DR: The authors applied consumer involvement theory to describe, interrelate, and explain the repeat visit phenomenon and empirically tested the effect of past experience on tourists' vacation behaviors, finding that prior experience influenced current trips in terms of activity participation and expenditure patterns.

TL;DR: In this article, leading destination marketers from the midwestern United States were invited to participate in a large focus group to discuss the specific challenges encountered by their organizations and their implications for destination marketing organizations as well as tourism research.

TL;DR: In this article, a series of national surveys conducted over the past 6 years (2007-2012) is used to assess how travelers have adapted to the Internet over time. And the results point to a number of key trends in travelers' use of the Internet and suggest that there is a growing "bifurcation" between traditional online travelers, that is, those who use the Internet for standard travel products and those who are beginning to adopt alternative channels and products in search of deeper and more authentic experiences.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that activities are the critical link between tourist motivation and destination choice and develop a model in which travel motivations are related through activity preferences to vacation destination choice.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used factor-cluster analysis to define three benefit-based segments of the Japanese outbound travel market (novelty/nature seekers, escape/relaxation seekers, and family/outdoor activity seekers).