Souvenirs: Icons of meaning, commercialization and commoditization

KK Swanson, DJ Timothy - Tourism management, 2012 - Elsevier
This article examines the development of souvenirs research in tourism studies. It looks at
souvenirs from four broad vantage points, namely historical perspectives on souvenirs …

Tourism-based customer engagement: The construct, antecedents, and consequences

RA Rather, LD Hollebeek, JU Islam - The Service Industries Journal, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Drawing on a service-dominant (SD) logic perspective, this study identifies key antecedents
and consequences of tourism customer engagement, which remain nebulous to date. We …

[HTML][HTML] Authenticity and place attachment of major visitor attractions

Y Ram, P Björk, A Weidenfeld - Tourism management, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper aims to explore the relationships between place attachment and perceived
authenticity of major visitor attractions. The empirical study was conducted with a sample of …

Virtual reality: Applications and implications for tourism

DA Guttentag - Tourism management, 2010 - Elsevier
Virtual reality (VR) offers tourism many useful applications that deserve greater attention
from tourism researchers and professionals. As VR technology continues to evolve, the …

Authenticity: The link between destination image and place attachment

Y Jiang, H Ramkissoon, FT Mavondo… - Journal of Hospitality …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
This study explores the relationships between destination image, existential authenticity,
and different dimensions of place attachment in the nature-based tourism context. A visitor …

[HTML][HTML] A construal level view of contemporary heritage tourism

D Scarpi, F Raggiotto - Tourism Management, 2023 - Elsevier
Psychological distance is “a subjective experience that something is close or far away from
the self, here, and now”(Trope & Liberman 2010, p. 440). This research investigates heritage …

Experiencing places of historical significance: a psychological framework and empirical overview

M Ries, S Schwan - Journal of Environmental Psychology, 2023 - Elsevier
The awareness of being at a place where historic events took place is of great importance,
as reflected in the National Register of Historic Places or the UNESCO world heritage list …

Visitors' experience, place attachment and sustainable behaviour at cultural heritage sites: A conceptual framework

P Buonincontri, A Marasco, H Ramkissoon - Sustainability, 2017 - mdpi.com
Sustainable tourism research has attracted wide interest from scholars and practitioners.
While several heritage sites are mandated to provide optimum visitor satisfaction with …

Effects of place identity, place dependence, and experience-use history on perceptions of recreation impacts in a natural setting

DD White, RJ Virden, CJ Van Riper - Environmental management, 2008 - Springer
It is generally accepted that recreation use in natural environments results in some degree of
negative social and environmental impact. Environmental managers are tasked with …

Authenticity in objects and activities: Determinants of satisfaction with virtual reality experiences of heritage and non-heritage tourism sites

K Nam, CS Dutt, J Baker - Information Systems Frontiers, 2023 - Springer
Virtual Reality (VR) is becoming an increasingly important technology in a host of industries,
including tourism. VR can provide virtual experiences before, during, or in lieu of real-world …