Launch of the <i>JHTR</i> Featured Section “Insight &amp; Foresight”: Inspire “Homegrown” Theorizing in Hospitality and Tourism Research

Li, Miao; Baker, Melissa A.; Hughes, Karen; Kim, Sang Kyun; Lu, Lu; Singal, Manisha; Young, Cheri A.

doi:10.1177/10963480221104406

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“…Goal 3 of the SDGs is specifically geared toward enhancing human health and well-being worldwide. The tourist industry must prioritize the SDGs (Miao et al 2022 ). Yet, typological difficulties, conceptual ambiguity, and scientific conflicts indicate that well-being research in tourism remains in its childhood.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Greening tourism with environmental wellness: importance of environmental engagement, green tourist intentions, and tourist’ environmental stimulus

Hou

Zhang

Sun

2023

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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The appearance of COVID-19 has highlighted the critical nature of well-being and health in the modern world that affected the tourism industry at large. Thus, the research aims to estimate the nexus between green tourism inspiration and tourists’ environmental wellness, environmental engagement, and green revisit intentions in China. The study obtained data from Chinese tourists and applied the fuzzy estimation technique. The study estimated the findings using fuzzy HFLTS, fuzzy AHP, and fuzzy MABAC techniques. The study results show green tourism inspiration, environmental engagement, and green revisit intentions, while fuzzy AHP revealed that tourism engagement has the highest fuzzy-weighted score in developing the revisit intentions of Chinese tourists. Moreover, the fuzzy MABAC score indicated that green tourism inspiration and environmental wellness matter most in reshaping tourists’ revisit intentions. The study results are found to be robust in determining the relationship. Hence, research findings and recommendations for future study will help companies and society at large while elevating the Chinese tourism industry’s reputation, impact, and worth in the eyes of the public.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Greening tourism with environmental wellness: importance of environmental engagement, green tourist intentions, and tourist’ environmental stimulus

Hou

Zhang

Sun

2023

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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“…Moreover, such inquiry can help researchers alleviate some of the biases and issues that plague research in our field, particularly the stagnation caused by a lack of critical thinking (McKercher, 2018). In this regard, the HOST model, by characterizing hospitality as a broad-spectrum experiential phenomenon that affects society via three epistemological pathways rather than just a context, offers “an updated and broadly applicable hospitality model” in its relationship with the five sustainability pillars (Lombarts, 2018) and opens the door to collaboration across disciplines, thereby fostering a much-needed diversity of thought and theory (Miao et al , 2022).…”

Section: Theoretical Implications and Future Researchmentioning

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Rethinking the role of hospitality in society: the HOST model

Bilgihan,

Hanks,

Line

et al. 2023

IJCHM

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Purpose The purpose of this conceptual paper is to provide a critical reflection on the role of hospitality in society. Specifically, this research criticizes contemporary conceptualizations of hospitality in academic research and practice and suggests a reconceptualized approach for capturing the full potential of hospitality to elicit transformative social change. Design/methodology/approach This paper is based on a critical analysis of hospitality research and practice as reflected in the extant literature. A typological approach to conceptualization is used to develop a framework that views hospitality from three distinct epistemological pathways. Findings Hospitality has largely been conceptualized as an industry- or a business-level context in which economic activity takes place, a pathway referred to as application. This paper offers the hospitality-oriented society of tomorrow (HOST) framework, which urges researchers and practitioners to explore two additional pathways – infusion and transformation – through which hospitality can contribute to society. The nonrecursive relationships between these three pathways and the five pillars of sustainable development espoused by the United Nations 2030 Agenda are proposed to form the basis of future inquiry into the role of hospitality in society. Practical implications The HOST model provides a framework whereby stakeholders within and outside of the traditional contours of the hospitality industry can benefit from a broader conceptualization and implementation of the hospitality phenomenon. Originality/value The paper offers a thought-provoking assessment of the fundamental tenets of hospitality as an academic discipline and social phenomenon. It offers a unique framework that should inform the evolution of hospitality research and practice if the discipline is to bolster its social significance.

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“…First, this is the first study to develop a conceptual framework to comprehensively understand the nature and mechanism of VTE. This is vital in the hospitality and tourism industry to develop new conceptual models and build upon homegrown theories (Miao et al , 2022). Previous studies only examine online video tours (such as 360-degree hotel tours) or VR.…”

Section: Theoretical Implicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

All without leaving home: building a conceptual model of virtual tourism experiences

Wei

Baker

Önder

2022

IJCHM

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Purpose This study aims to use mixed methods to create a new conceptual framework to understand the unique characteristics of virtual tourism experiences (VTE), which has not been systemically examined. Design/methodology/approach Study 1 uses topic modeling with Latent Dirichlet Allocation to analyze 91,609 online reviews from the Airbnb Experience platform. Study 2 uses content analysis of open-ended qualitative responses from VTE customers. The two studies together are used to build a new conceptual model. Findings Building upon the Stimulus–Organism–Response (S-O-R) model and the experience economy, results present a new conceptual model and identify VTE as unique in terms of Stimulus (education, entertainment, esthetics, escapism and connection), Organism (experiencing synchronicity, telepresence, participation and customization, emotion) and Response (evaluation and behavioral responses). Given the uniqueness of VTE, the new construct of the virtual servicescape is incorporated, recognizing the host, the focal customer and other customers, and the technology as the four main components. Practical implications The proposed framework can be used to guide the design, development, and evaluation of VTE, including identifying the key considerations, engagement within the ecosystem and providing guidance to hosts and operators. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study that systematically explores VTE and proposes the theoretical framework to comprehensively understand this new form of experience in sharing economy by combining the unique aspects of the stimulus, organism, response and virtual servicescape.

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Launch of the JHTR Featured Section “Insight & Foresight”: Inspire “Homegrown” Theorizing in Hospitality and Tourism Research

Cited by 7 publications

References 12 publications

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Greening tourism with environmental wellness: importance of environmental engagement, green tourist intentions, and tourist’ environmental stimulus

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Greening tourism with environmental wellness: importance of environmental engagement, green tourist intentions, and tourist’ environmental stimulus

Rethinking the role of hospitality in society: the HOST model

All without leaving home: building a conceptual model of virtual tourism experiences

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