This conceptual paper develops and justifies a pro-active, design-driven approach to
sustainable destination development. Using insights from design science, it helps explain …

The tourism area life cycle is used to map the changes within the tourism destination on a
temporal basis. The paper reviews the literature on the tourism area life cycle from 2003 …

Given limited research about the effects of identity-related and self-congruity constructs in
destinations with insecurity issues, this study investigates tourists' travel intentions as …

Purpose Given the lack of research on the nomological validity of tourism destination
consumer-based brand equity (CBBE) constructs incorporating core, well-established …

Purpose Tourist destinations are constantly changing products, evolving as per the controls
exerted by the stakeholders. The study aims to map the pattern of tourism development and …

One of the most well-known, seminal models in the tourism field is the one proposed 50
years ago by Stanley C. Plog. His venturesomeness model has been widely cited in journal …

In the international tourism market, the number of arrivals in Asian regions is increasing
every year, and that of foreign tourists in Mongolia, a new tourism market, is also rapidly …

Purpose–This paper uses the prices of holiday accommodations on large Mediterranean
islands specialising in sun and beach tourism to determine their initial state in 2015, their …

Given limited research about the effects of identity-related and self-congruity constructs in
destinations with insecurity issues, this study investigates tourists' travel intentions as …

The venturesomeness concept developed by Stanley Plog almost five decades ago has
been influential, amply cited and used in tourism investigations. However, a close review of …