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This study aimed to examine how prestige sensitivity and fashion leadership affect conspicuous consumption via specific products and the moderate role of brand consciousness on conspicuous consumption. We collected samples of conspicuous consumption behaviour from three famous travel online communities’ consumers by mailing an online survey hyperlink to those who qualified tourists. Statistical analysis involved the use of SPSS and SmartPLS programs. As prestige sensitivity and fashion leadership can contribute to conspicuous consumption, the uniqueness of luxury tourism products should be considered as a mediator variable in determining conspicuous consumption. Tourism marketers can communicate prestige to the consumer through advertising that encourages the consumer to purchase. Advertising oriented toward prestige sensitivity can play an attractive role in luxury tourism product sales. Luxury tourism providers need to stand out and differentiate their product characteristics to suit the individual needs through differentiated products or dedicated services.

This paper presents a choice model of international travel arrangements for potential Taiwanese FIT (Foreign Independent Travel) travelers. Previous studies were based mostly on package vacations, with little attention given to FIT travelers. Recent years have indicated a transition toward FIT. Since this transition is likely to continue, it is important for travel and tourism organizations and for marketers to understand FIT individuals. This study distinguishes potential FIT travelers from non-FIT travelers, identifies variables useful in making this prediction, and provides recommendations to travel and tourism organizations of host countries. The findings indicate that Taiwanese FIT travelers are likely to be younger, male, highly educated, budget conscious, travel with a larger party size for purposes of meeting interesting and friendly local people, stay for longer

In the 1+1-dimensional dilatonic background of Callan et al. [1], we collide fields. Real and ghost fields are considered separately. The colliding ghost fields in the lineland creates particle-like wormholes. These structures, however, collapse to a black hole whenever the supporting ghosts are removed.