Hawkeye sees dragon: A longitudinal study of China's destination-country image projected by the Discovery Channel

A new proposed model for tourists' destination image formation: the moderate effect of tourists' experiences

“…On the other hand, keeping tourists safe is more crucial than ever since risky conditions may severely harm a destination's image (Boakye, 2012). Thus, perceived security and safety are the most crucial aspects of a destination's appeal (Li and Weng, 2022;S€ onmez and Graefe, 1998). As a result, our work seeks to close this research gap.…”

“…This paper contributes to the existing knowledge by addressing the following gaps in the literature: Firstly, due to the relative scarcity of empirical studies that have been interested in studying the factors influencing the formation of the PDI in an emerging destination (Park and Lee, 2022;Sultan et al, 2021), this study responded to previous researchers' calls to study the formation of the PDI through the theory of motivation, because the PDI is the most crucial element affecting a traveler's choice to go to a destination (Li and Weng, 2022;Madden et al, 2016;Park and Lee, 2022;Zhou et al, 2023). Secondly, our study was prompted by requests from academic researchers to explore the tourists' experiences as a potential moderator in the direct link between DEMs and PDI, on the one hand, and among TIM and PDI, on the other (Dagustani et al, 2018;Li et al, 2021;Su et al, 2020).…”

“…A good destination image has always been critical to effective destination marketing techniques. Marketers can build a positive image of a destination by sending out good marketing messages and getting good word of mouth (Li et al ., 2021; Li and Weng, 2022). Thus, in the tourism literature, modeling PDI antecedents such as destination attractions (Eid et al ., 2019; Ragb et al ., 2020); tourist-generated content (Lin et al ., 2021; Park and Lee, 2022; Sultan et al ., 2021); and tourists' intrinsic motives (TIMs) (Beerli-Palacio and Martín-Santana, 2017; Su et al ., 2020; Tang et al ., 2022) remains popular recently.…”

“…However, their framework disregards TIM, destination attractions, perceived safety and security. The fourth group of researchers (Eid et al ., 2019; Li and Weng, 2022) theorizes the interdependence of destination attractions, political stability and PDI. However, their structure disregards TIM, tourist-generated content and tourists' experiences.…”

Untangling the Potential of Sustainable Online Information Sources in Shaping Visitors’ Intentions

“…The key question is, what defines the intent of visiting a destination country? DI was initially assumed to be the only determinant of ITV, but the results from recent research studies suggest that that there is no particular model that addresses all the variables of ITV [19][20][21][22]. ITV is a significant response variable that is strongly associated with tourism behavior.…”