Electronic commerce in the tourism sector has experienced rapid growth in recent years. However, due to market competition, consumer demands, the inherent risk of e-commerce and the intangible nature of tourism products, it is important to understand consumers' online purchasing behavior in greater depth in this sector. With this premise, this paper's objective is to study the variables that influence the online purchase intention and the e-loyalty of young people in the context of destination tourism. This two variables that have rarely been studied together. Young people have similar attitudes, beliefs and experiences, they use the Internet, mobile telephony and social media when they want to buy a tourism product, and have great potential to buy and influence. Through a wide sample and using structural equations (PLS), an equitable causal model has been generated that explains the formation of online purchase intention and e-loyalty in tourism through two external variables (site design and eWOM intention) and two internal variables (trust and satisfaction). The results show that the weight of the internal variables is greater than that of the external variables. The proposed causal model is practical to the extent that it can be applied by tourism firms to improve purchase intention and online loyalty.
Purpose This study aims to explore how tourists construct destination images in the context of dark tourism and reveals the relationships between on-site experience, destination image and behavioural intention. Design/methodology/approach The earthquake-ravaged county town of Beichuan in China was chosen as the study site. The study collected 298 viable questionnaires from tourists. Partial least squares structural equation modelling was performed to explore the relationships between the variables of on-site experience, destination image and behavioural intention. Findings The study identified four dimensions of dark tourism destination image (TDI) from its attribute and functional perspective. It found that “image of memorial place” and “image of educational place” were the most perceptual images and positively related with most subdimensions of on-site experience and behavioural intention. “Image of leisure place” and “image of landscapes of fear” were less perceived by tourists and negatively related with some subdimensions of on-site experience and behavioural intention. Originality/value To our knowledge, this study is the first attempt to explore the complex mechanisms of dark TDI formation with the framework of “on-site experiences–destination images–behavioural intentions”. By identifying tourists’ most and least perceptual images and their effective antecedents and consequences help to reconcile and manage the controversial and contradictory images of a dark tourism destination.
Resumen: La ultraperiferia añade a los problemas inherentes a la insularidad los derivados de la lejanía respecto a los principales centros de aprovisionamiento, la considerable escasez de recursos, la fragmentación del territorio, y por tanto, de los mercados. En las últimas décadas se ha ido tomando conciencia del impacto de la ultraperiferia sobre el desarrollo de las regiones y estados insulares. La ultraperiferia es un atributo geográfico que condiciona las opciones de desarrollo y el tipo de especialización de las economías, afecta a la competitividad y a las estrategias empresariales. El agroturismo es una de las actividades que está adquiriendo mayor relevancia en el marco de la diversificación de las explotaciones agrarias, agropecuarias y del turismo. Por ello, la necesidad de activar económicamente las zonas rurales de territorios insulares ultraperiféricos, así como la valorización de las producciones agrarias y agropecuarias vinculadas a la actividad turística, se presentan como elementos vitales para estrategias de diversificación, transformación y mejora de la competitividad y calidad de las mismas. El presente trabajo tiene como objetivo analizar los cambios y el posible impacto que supone la incorporación del agroturismo como una alternativa al turismo de sol y playa, de incremento de rentas de las familias, del desarrollo rural y de nuevas formas de turismo. Se pretende establecer un análisis estratégico del agroturismo, analizar el lado de la oferta y demanda, para sentar la base de las razones de fomentar esta actividad.
El presente artículo es una reflexión, al hilo de las principales tendencias de desarrollo en las aportaciones sobre la web 2.0 y la sociedad digital, que se manifiestan en dos direcciones fundamentales: la tendencia hacia la innovación económica y creativa, el desarrollo de valores y el equilibrio medioambiental, o la pulsión hacia la comercialización, manipulación y el mundo de los simulacros en sectores vitales de la actividad humana. Al hilo de las reflexiones, se plantea que desde sus orígenes la sociedad red ha tenido ante sí un panorama bipolar, en el que los acuciantes dramas políticos, económicos, ecológicos y humanos nos obligan a elegir una opción de desarrollo.
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