Predicting behavioral intention of choosing a travel destination

Lam, Terry; Hsu, Cheng

doi:10.1016/j.tourman.2005.02.003

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“…Specifically, a tourist's pre-trip interest moves from the impersonal scenery and destination related touristic activities to the personal enjoyment and delights they anticipate for themselves and their intimates (Dann, 1993). Consequently, the recognition of conative image as an antecedent of the intention to revisit a destination reintroduces the need to examine conative images, which contradicts the suggestions of previous researchers who considered that the intent or action component of image is analogous to behavior (Çakmak & Isaac, 2012;Gartner, 1996;Hallmann et al 2014;Lee, 2009;Nadeau et al, 2008;Prebensen, 2007;Roth & Diamantopoulos, 2009;Stylidis, Belhassen, & Shani, 2014;White, 2005;Zhang et al 2014) or who disregarded conative image when examining images (Assaker 2014;Bigné, Sánchez & Sanz, 2009;Byon & Zhang, 2010;Hudson et al, 2011;Lam & Hsu, 2006;Lin, Morais, Kerstetter, & Hou, 2007;Ryan & Cave, 2005;San Martin & Rodríguez del Bosque, 2008).…”

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“…Demographic characteristics of participants are described in Table 2. we used the three items developed by Lam and Hsu (2006), corresponding to questionnaire items IRD 1, 2, and 3, and one developed by Quintal and Polczynski (2010), corresponding to item IRD 4. All items were measured on a 7-point semantic differential scale, ranging between "1 = extremely unlikely" and "7 = extremely likely".…”

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Destination images, holistic images and personal normative beliefs: Predictors of intention to revisit a destination

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This research examines the complex relationship between components of images of destinations and behavioral intentions, incorporating two pivotal constructs that have not been explored in the related literature, namely holistic image and personal normative beliefs (PNBs). Previous studies incorporating destination images as predictors of intention to revisit have mostly investigated their direct effect. This research integrates holistic image as a mediator and PNBs as a moderating variable. The findings verify the mediating role of holistic image for predicting tourists’ intentions to revisit a destination, supporting a model that incorporates a partial effect and two indirect mediations. Interestingly, only affective and conative images contribute to the prediction of tourists’ intentions to revisit a destination through the holistic image towards this destination. Moreover, PNBs moderate the effect that conative destination images have on tourists’ holistic images. Practically, the research sheds light to factors that affect tourists' tendency to select a tourism destination, which can serve as a basis for tailoring the effective positioning of destinations

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Destination images, holistic images and personal normative beliefs: Predictors of intention to revisit a destination

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“…Tourist behavior studies have commonly adopted a positivist approach and a quantitative inquiry to the exploration of motivations (e.g., Park, & Yoon, 2009;Prideaux et al 2008), behavioral intentions (e.g., Lam & Hsu, 2006;Line et al, 2010) and the relationships between them (e.g., Jang et al, 2009;Huang & Hsu, 2009). Not only have these studies established the relationships between tourist motivations and intentions but they also provided evidence that these constructs can be measured by a quantitative research strategy.…”

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Consuming post-disaster destinations: The case of Sichuan, China

Biran¹,

Wei²,

Li³

et al. 2014

Annals of Tourism Research

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Addressing the call for a better understanding of tourist behavior in relation to post-disaster destinations, this study explores the motivations and intentions of potential domestic tourists (from non-hit areas) to visit Sichuan, China in the aftermath of an earthquake. Drawing on dark tourism theories, this study offers a more comprehensive insight into the consumption of destinations recovering from a disaster, aiming to capture the impact of the changes to the destination's attributes on tourist behavior. The findings move beyond the common approach to tourism recovery which solely focuses on reviving the destination's traditional 'non-dark' products. In contrast, this study reveals the importance of newly formed dark attributes emerging from the disaster as another vehicle to destination recovery, reflected in the emergence of new tourist segments.

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“…This relationship is based on individuals' continued satisfaction with destinations (i.e. whether expectations are consistent with their experiences and final destination image) (Petrick, 2005, Hernandez-Lobato et al, 2006, Lam and Hsu, 2006, Castro et al, 2007. As individuals build stronger relationships over time, they become more personally and emotionally involved with destinations (Barnes, 2002, Niemeyer, 2009).…”

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A conceptual and methodological framework of leisure activity loyalty accommodating the travel context

LaMondia

Bhat

2011

Transportation

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As leisure travel continues to grow, it has become a critical subject for planners and decisionmakers since it significantly impacts regional economic and social development as well as contributes to emission levels and congestion. Despite being a significant percentage of our travel, however, leisure travel behavior is still not very well understood. The goal of this paper is to contribute to our understanding of leisure activity participation by considering leisure activity loyalty within the travel context. In particular, this study focuses on one specific dimension of travel context: travel extent (i.e. whether an individual participates in a leisure activity on a daily versus a long-distance basis). As such, this paper first introduces a unified conceptual framework for measuring leisure activity loyalties within a travel context, based on two distinct dynamics of leisure loyalty behavior -destination attachment and activity involvement.Additionally, this paper uses a unique 2001 NHTS dataset comprised of households' daily and long-distance leisure activities to undertake a unique empirical analysis of five distinct leisure activities using the conceptual framework and a copula-based model methodology. The findings confirmed that households demonstrate significant loyalties to travel contexts across all leisure activities, especially resting and sightseeing.

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Predicting behavioral intention of choosing a travel destination

Cited by 824 publications

References 37 publications

Destination images, holistic images and personal normative beliefs: Predictors of intention to revisit a destination

Destination images, holistic images and personal normative beliefs: Predictors of intention to revisit a destination

Consuming post-disaster destinations: The case of Sichuan, China

A conceptual and methodological framework of leisure activity loyalty accommodating the travel context

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