An overview of cruise tourism research through comparison of cruise studies published in English and Chinese

K Hung, S Wang, BD Guillet, Z Liu - International Journal of Hospitality …, 2019 - Elsevier
The concept of cruise tourism should be examined given the rapid growth of this segment of
travel worldwide. Rapid increases in cruise tourists and port construction have been …

Perceptions of cruise travel during the COVID-19 pandemic: Market recovery strategies for cruise businesses in North America

T Pan, F Shu, M Kitterlin-Lynch, E Beckman - Tourism Management, 2021 - Elsevier
The study aims to identify consumer perceptions of the cruise industry amid the COVID-19
pandemic and seeks to provide market recovery strategies for cruise businesses. The …

The influence of online reviews to online hotel booking intentions

X Zhao, L Wang, X Guo, R Law - International Journal of …, 2015 - emerald.com
Purpose–This study aims to investigate the impacts of online review and source features
upon travelers' online hotel booking intentions. Design/methodology/approach–This study …

Development of a scale to measure memorable tourism experiences

JH Kim, JRB Ritchie… - Journal of Travel …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
The quality experiences provided to customers, which are indeed memorable, directly
determine a business's ability to generate revenue (Pine and Gilmore 1999). However, the …

Construction and validation of a scale to measure tourist motivation to consume local food

YG Kim, A Eves - Tourism management, 2012 - Elsevier
Although the importance of the role of local food in tourism has begun to form an academic
debate in the last decade, little effort has been invested in understanding what tourist …

Constrained and virtually traveling? Exploring the effect of travel constraints on intention to use virtual reality in tourism

AF Schiopu, RI Hornoiu, AM Padurean, AM Nica - Technology in Society, 2022 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic gravely affected the travel industry, with many changes in terms of
customers' attitudes and behavior. Since people had limited ability to visit far-away …

Active living in later life: An overview of aging studies in hospitality and tourism journals

K Hung, J Lu - International Journal of Hospitality Management, 2016 - Elsevier
The most rapid growth of the aged population is predicted to occur after 2010, at which baby
boomers would reach the age of 65. Here, a thorough review of past aging studies has been …

Examining Chinese college students' intention to travel to Japan using the extended theory of planned behavior: Testing destination image and the mediating role of …

SH Park, CM Hsieh, CK Lee - Journal of Travel & Tourism …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Understanding the decision-making process and predicting travel behavior are critical for
destination tourism marketers. This study develops and tests a structural equation model …

The geography of cruises: Itineraries, not destinations

JP Rodrigue, T Notteboom - Applied Geography, 2013 - Elsevier
The cruise industry is a highly concentrated business in terms of players and markets.
Vessel deployment strategies and itinerary design by cruise operators are primordial and …

Development and validation of a multidimensional tourist's local food consumption value (TLFCV) scale

JYJ Choe, SS Kim - International journal of hospitality management, 2019 - Elsevier
This study is to test whether consumption value theory can be applied to food tourism in a
tourism destination. Despite its importance, few studies have explored the types of local food …