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0000-0002-1752-0462
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North Carolina State University
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James Cook University
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Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2001
Publisher: Routledge
Date: 10-09-2009
Publisher: Goodfellow Publishers
Date: 09-2021
DOI: 10.23912/9781911635932-4947
Abstract: There have been growing calls for greater community engagement in tourism planning and governance. These are often accompanied by arguments for the use of more futures thinking to deal with the complex problems that tourism faces. This suggests that there is a need for different approaches to engaging destination communities in tourism planning. The aim of the present research was to evaluate such a different approach using futures thinking techniques focussed on destination community wellbeing (DCW) as the primary tourism planning goal. The outcomes of a series of community workshops that used the new futures thinking DCW approach were compared to the strategies described in relevant traditional tourism planning documents. This evaluation revealed that the residents in the futures and community wellbeing workshops generated more varied, specific, innovative and sustainable tourism futures than the traditional tourism planning processes. Tourism governance needs to focus more on empowering destination residents and on making specific links between aspects of tourism and changes in aspects of DCW.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 2005
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 19-09-2007
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 22-01-1997
Publisher: Routledge
Date: 14-01-2010
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 05-02-2020
Abstract: Chinese tourist shopping reflects the new consumer culture in contemporary China, but remains underexplored in the tourism literature despite its importance to many destinations. The present study applies social practice theory to tourist shopping research with the aim of exploring the key features of Chinese tourist shopping in Australia. Tourist shopping as a social practice is the basic unit of analysis, while tourists are decentralized as carriers of this practice. This study employed a qualitative methodology to analyze shopping-related posts in 40 travel blogs from two Chinese online travel communities. The findings show that tourist shopping practice consists of four interconnected elements: materials, competences, meanings, and settings—with utilitarian products purchased in large quantities and maintaining guanxi emerging as unique features of the Chinese tourist shopping practices. The article concludes with a discussion of the potential of social practice theory to enhance theoretical approaches in this area.
Publisher: Cognizant, LLC
Date: 12-2007
DOI: 10.3727/108354207783227948
Abstract: Despite a growing body of work on destination branding in general, particularly at a country or nation level, there has been little investigation of whether or not tourists do attribute brand personality characteristics to tourism destinations and whether or not tourists' perceived self-image and the "brand personality" of destinations are related. The aim of the study presented in this article was to explore the relationships among four key constructs proposed for destination branding and choice process: tourist travel motivations, destination brand personality, self-congruity, and visitation. The study involved a survey of tourists' perceptions of a branded regional tourism destination—the Whitsundays—in Queensland, Australia. Data were collected from a total of 277 participants yielding a response rate of 62%. The results provided general support for the proposal that tourists ascribe personality characteristics to destination. Furthermore, the study found that there is a level of congruity between tourists' self-image and their perceptions of the destination brand personality.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 10-2017
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 08-2007
Abstract: Destination branding is growing rapidly as an approach to tourism destination promotion. While this concept has been borrowed from the world of general consumer goods and applied in a number of national tourism destinations, academic analysis of the value and effectiveness of destination branding has emerged more slowly. The present article addresses this paucity of academic scrutiny by examining the value of the destination brand personality construct in distinguishing between two regional tourism destinations. A survey of 480 tourists was conducted adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef in Northern Australia to gather data about the destination image attributes of two regional destinations that were branded by a state destination marketing organization. The results indicated that tourists were able to articulate different destination brand personalities for each region. The results also indicated that more work might need to be done to adapt existing frameworks of brand personality to the tourism context.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2017
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 13-01-2000
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2019
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 03-08-2007
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 23-04-2013
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 12-2005
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 11-09-2020
Abstract: Chinese outbound tourist shopping is a prominent phenomenon in many destinations, but the mechanisms behind it have rarely been addressed. This study draws upon social practice theory to examine why shopping dominates the tourist experience of Chinese travelers in Australia. Thirty-two semistructured interviews were conducted to identify key social and consumption practices that lead to the dominance of Chinese outbound tourist shopping. The study argues that the shopping practices of Chinese tourists result from a combination of Chinese consumerism and guanxi maintenance under the condition of outbound travel. This study contributes to a holistic understanding of Chinese outbound tourist shopping by revealing how it is embedded in broader consumption practices in China.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2016
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 2012
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 28-02-2011
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 1995
Publisher: Cognizant, LLC
Date: 08-2012
DOI: 10.3727/108354212X13412775927745
Abstract: The purpose of the current research is to study the importance of destination image to products and distribution partners in the tourism system. It also examines the perceived contribution of various image creation factors in stages of the consumer buying process. The study examines the opinions of management from travel products located in Australia and active marketing in the US and management from travel wholesalers marketing Australian travel products in the US. Results of the study highlight the importance of destination image to destination image stakeholders. It concludes that image creation factors play different roles during the consumer buying process. The study recognizes the perceived importance of Australian tourism Commission (ATC) brand development strategies. The Australian branding experience in the US provides insights for destination marketing organizations (DMOs) seeking to maximize their impact on destination image creation by leveraging “word of mouth,” public relations, e-marketing, and stakeholder marketing efforts.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 03-10-2023
Publisher: Inderscience Publishers
Date: 2009
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 26-12-2020
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 30-04-2014
DOI: 10.3390/SU6052538
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Date: 2013
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 28-05-2020
Abstract: This paper aims to draw upon the notion of practice as performance from social practice theory to unravel the onsite process of Chinese outbound tourist shopping. The study took a mixed methods approach. Qualitative data were collected via 110 participant observations conducted in Australia, and quantitative techniques were used to analyse the data in Leximancer. Chinese tourist shopping practices are performed on site through a range of intra-personal and inter-personal embodied actions, with the patterns these actions constitute being different across shopping settings. The frequency of inter-personal actions also reflects the importance of social interactions and communications in the shopping performances of Chinese tourists, some of which are conducted with people not present in the settings via social media. This study uses a social practice framework from sociology to examine in detail how Chinese outbound tourists shop on site. The embodied actions identified in the study present a rich and detailed picture of the flow of Chinese tourist shopping performances. This allows for improved understanding of the forces for change in this aspect of Chinese outbound tourism.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-2011
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 02-03-2018
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