A critical assessment of the role of fashion in influencing the travel decision and destination choice

Lewis, Clifford; Kerr, Greg; Burgess, Lois

doi:10.1504/ijtp.2013.054052

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“…First, Sirakaya and Woodside (2005) conclude that research concerning experiential purchases such as vacations tends to focus more on psychological variables and less on social variables, although it has been shown empirically that significant others play an important role in influencing holiday choice. Lewis, Kerr, and Burgess (2013) support this conclusion and make a case for paying more attention to the influence of the social context on vacation decision-making. They state, "since tourism is a social activity involving family, relatives, friends and other reference groups, a different approach is needed" (p. 14).…”

Section: Implications For Market Research and Marketingmentioning

confidence: 53%

Conspicuous consumption and the rising importance of experiential purchases

Bronner¹,

Hoog

2018

International Journal of Market Research

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More than 100 years ago, the term conspicuous consumption was coined. In the economist tradition, emphasis was always on the demonstration of wealth, income, and status by material purchases. However, conspicuous consumption not only means the ostentation of wealth but also the demonstration of something symbolic that is more immaterial. There is an increasing importance of immaterial experiences over material things in the current cultural climate. This study investigates the role of conspicuous consumption for vacation decision-making as an example of an experiential purchase. The study found that communicating about vacations with others is important and increases by the ubiquitous use of social media. Two conspicuous consumption factors are found, namely those of (a) status and wealth and (b) identity demonstration. The first factor plays little or no role in holiday choice. The second is found to be of importance and is characterized by items such as having unique experiences, showing other people who you are, and visiting trendy locations. Thus, with a holiday one wants to show more of his or her personality and identity than of status and wealth. This fits into other empirical research in which it is shown that experiences make people more happy than material possessions.

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Section: Implications For Market Research and Marketingmentioning

confidence: 53%

Conspicuous consumption and the rising importance of experiential purchases

Bronner¹,

Hoog

2018

International Journal of Market Research

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“…Additionally, this form of governance can be a complex pull-factor (i.e. 'Fashion Destination') that adds value to ecotourism branding (Lewis, Kerr & Burgess, 2013).…”

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Sunscreen pollution and tourism governance: Science and innovation are necessary for biodiversity conservation and sustainable tourism

Downs

Remengesau

2022

Aquatic Conservation

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1. Sunscreen pollution can be a symptom of unsustainable tourism and coastal development, impacting marine and aquatic resources. When introduced into marine and freshwater ecosystems, sunscreen pollution can cause a cascade of insults to the ecological structure, from impacting primary production to reducing wildlife reproductive viability and fecundity.2. Without intervention, tourism and its associated development in these coastal areas may become self-destructive, ultimately degrading or destroying the natural resources that are the principal attractions. The environmental sciences that focus on pollution, such as ecotoxicology, environmental contaminant surveys and monitoring, and ecological risk assessments are critical for both describing the pollution phenomenon and identifying pollution sources, as well as providing the basis for mitigation.3. As a case study, the Republic of Palau has taken the step of implementing a precautionary governance policy to tourism that conserves and protects its marine and aquatic resources from chemical factors that are known to contribute to sunscreen and cosmetic pollution. 4. Governance policies can inspire the cosmetic and fashion industries to innovate product formulations that are shown to be ecologically safera critical and viable option for pollution mitigation and an essential component for sustained conservation. Safer products and a precautionary approach to governance, when combined with ecologically and culturally cognizant branding and education, may contribute to an authentic experience that effectively promotes environmentally sustainable tourism.

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“…Lewis et al mention that fashion has relevance to behavior, fashion, it is claimed, can impact one's conduct and decisions. Following a review of the interpretations and explanations of fashion, a conceptual model is offered to show how fashion might act as a moderating variable [11]. Although the significance of being fashionable appears to be rational, little attention has been paid to this application to our knowledge.…”

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“…Materialism has been connected to a number of consumer behaviors, including the drive to spend for social reasons [11]. Persons with a high level of materialism place a higher value on objects that can be worn or seen in public and may gain more pleasure from showing off the good rather than really using it [18].…”

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The Materialism and Conspicuous Consumption in South Korea

Elvis¹,

Kim²

2022

APJCRI

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Consumption of luxury on a lavish scale in order to increase one's prestige is referred to as conspicuous consumption. Conspicuous consumption is the act of buying products or services in order to showcase one's fortune and demonstrate one's social status, especially when products or services are displayed in public and are out of reach for other members of one's class. This study was conducted to examine the effects of Materialism and Conspicuous Consumption between some important antecedent variables and continuous intention. This framework was extended by including Self-Esteem, Public Self-Consciousness, Being Fashionable, and the Need for Uniqueness. The methodologies adopted for this study are conceptually and practically linked with previous studies, to grow on them while minimizing the limitations. The first phase was identifying the research objectives, scope, and research questions, as well as examining the literature, and creating and refining the research model. On the other hand, Materialism and Conspicuous Consumption to continuous intention are the focus of the second phase which was derived from the literature review and was empirically confirmed using data from an online survey. The third phase is analyzing the data and generating results. For this research, 276 samples were collected via an online survey and 270 respondents were found valid. The structural equation modeling technique was used since it allows simultaneous analysis. The model was examined using the data acquired for the research. This study used SmartPLS 3 and IBM SPSS version 20. This work robustly explores Materialism and Conspicuous Consumption. But the primary purpose is to explore the affiliation among antecedents (i.e., Self-Esteem, Public Self-Consciousness, Being Fashionable, Need for Uniqueness, Materialism, Conspicuous Consumption, and Continuous Intention). The results of the analyses show that Self-Esteem, Public Self-Consciousness, Being Fashionable, and the Need for Uniqueness have positive impacts on Conspicuous Consumption. Being Fashionable and the Need for Uniqueness have positive impacts on Materialism. A satisfactory overall model fit index supports most of the proposed hypotheses. The empirical findings of this research work provide a new understanding and explain the fundamental mechanism under users' decision-making process to Continuous intention.

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A critical assessment of the role of fashion in influencing the travel decision and destination choice

Cited by 11 publications

References 68 publications

Conspicuous consumption and the rising importance of experiential purchases

Conspicuous consumption and the rising importance of experiential purchases

Sunscreen pollution and tourism governance: Science and innovation are necessary for biodiversity conservation and sustainable tourism

The Materialism and Conspicuous Consumption in South Korea

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