Tourism Analysis 

About: Tourism Analysis is an academic journal published by Cognizant Communication Corporation. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Tourism & Tourism geography. It has an ISSN identifier of 1083-5423. Over the lifetime, 1148 publications have been published receiving 18373 citations.

Conceptualizing the travel decision-making hierarchy: a review of recent developments.

Abstract: Travel decision-making research has enjoyed considerable progress over the decades. Many different models and approaches have been used to advance our knowledge of travel decisions, including gravity and econometric models, psychological motivational/value, information processing theory, attitude theory, and conjoint analysis. Conventional travel research follows a normative perspective, which aims to predict visitor volumes and the overall economic impact of travel to a particular destination. Common to these modeling efforts is that they tend to focus attention on choice of destination. In addition, these conventional approaches emphasize the static nature of travel choice behavior. As a result, these models often provide problematic and invalid estimations. Recent developments in travel choice and decision-making behavior research indicate that travel decisions follow a temporal, dynamic, successive, and multistage contingent decision process. This research establishes the basis for developing an alternative and a more comprehensive view of travel decision making. The article provides an extensive overview of the theoretical underpinnings of travel decision research and proposes a conceptual framework that can be used to better describe the travel decision-making process

Symptoms of complexity in a tourism system

Abstract: Tourism destinations behave as dynamic evolving complex systems, encompassing numerous factors and activities that are interdependent and whose relationships might be highly nonlinear. Traditional research in this field has looked after a linear approach: variables and relationships are monitored in order to forecast future outcomes with simplified models and to derive implications for management organizations. The limitations of this approach have become apparent in many cases, and several authors claim for a new and different attitude. While complex systems ideas are among the most promising interdisciplinary research themes emerged in the last few decades, very little has been done so far in the field of tourism. This article presents a brief overview of the complexity framework as a means to understand structures, characteristics, and relationships, and explores the implications and contributions of the complexity literature on tourism systems. The objective is to allow the reader to gain a deeper appreciation of this point of view.

Attributes of destination competitiveness: a factor analysis

Abstract: A model is developed to capture the main elements of competitiveness highlighted in the general literature, while appreciating the special issues involved in exploring the notion of destination competitiveness as emphasized by tourism researchers. Associated with the model is a set of indicators that can be used to measure the competitiveness of any given destination. These indicators, comprising both objective and subjective measures, were identified from the major elements comprising the generic destination competitiveness model and also from discussions at workshops held in Korea and Australia in 2001. This article has three major objectives: to display a model of destination competitiveness that identifies key success factors in determining destination competitiveness; to display the findings arising from the application of factor analysis to survey data collected in a study of Australian and Korean tourism industry stakeholders; to explore issues for further research arising from the study.

Assessing structure in the pleasure trip planning process.

Abstract: The goal of this study was to examine the structure of the trip decision-making process and to explore how travel decisions evolve during the course of trip planning. The results indicate that the travel decision-making/planning process can be decomposed into a number of constituent “subdecisions" or facets. Explication of these component parts seems to indicate three basic levels of decisions: (1) core decisions, which are planned in detail well in advance of the trip; (2) secondary decisions, which appear to be considered prior to the trip but “flexible" to accommodate the possibility of change; and (3) en route decisions, which are, in the main, not considered until the traveler is actually en route and actively seeking alternatives. Decisions made in an earlier stage appear to condition decisions made in later stages. However, the relationships among component decisions at each level are undetermined and should be explored in future studies. In addition, relationships between level and detail of the trip and a variety of independent variables such as trip length and type and knowledge level should be examined.

Measuring Tourist Satisfaction With Multiple Destination Attributes

Abstract: This study is an assessment of the findings of a single instrument distributed among four different groups of tourists visiting Mallorca (Spain) and Mugla (Turkey) in the summer of 1998. Its objective was to investigate the strength and importance of each destination attribute on the level of tourists' satisfaction and their intentions of recommendation and repeat visitation. The findings suggest that the impact of an attribute on the overall tourist satisfaction, the intention of recommendation, and repeat visiting is influenced by multiple attributes and differs from one customer group and from one destination to another.