The Tourist Gaze: Domestic versus International Tourists

Stone, Lesego S.; Nyaupane, Gyan P.

doi:10.1177/0047287518781890

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“…Study 1 replicates the results obtained in previous research (e.g., Bonn, Joseph, and Dai 2005; Simpson, Siguaw, and Sheng 2016; Stone and Nyaupane 2019; Yuksel 2004) showing that foreign visitors exhibit more positive responses to their visit than domestic visitors. Specifically, we show that foreign visitors—compared to domestic visitors—are more likely to be satisfied with a wine and spirit tourism experience.…”

Section: Study 1: a Field Study At A Wine And Spirit Tourism Attractionsupporting

confidence: 85%

“…National tourism is also considered less exploitative and more sustainable than international tourism (Miller et al 2010). However, domestic tourism has been neglected as a field of study (Iordanova and Stylidis 2019; Yuksel 2004), leading the domestic tourism experience to remain poorly understood from the perspective of national residents (Stone and Nyaupane 2019). It is therefore essential for scholars to examine this phenomenon to produce useful knowledge that can inform practice.…”

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Why Are International Visitors More Satisfied with the Tourism Experience? The Role of Hedonic Value, Escapism, and Psychic Distance

Ponsignon

Lunardo

Michrafy

2020

Journal of Travel Research

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Previous studies have consistently observed that international visitors are more satisfied with the tourism experience than their domestic counterparts. To date, however, no study has provided empirical evidence of the mechanism that could explain this phenomenon. Building on the experiential paradigm, we conducted two empirical studies (a field study and an online experiment) showing that the reason foreign (vs. domestic) visitors exhibit higher levels of satisfaction lies in the greater hedonic value that these tourists derive from their experience. Moreover, the greater hedonic value observed among international foreign visitors is due to the deeper feeling of escapism they experience by traveling abroad. We also demonstrate that this effect is explained by the concept of psychic distance, whereby going abroad leads to a greater perception of psychic distance, and subsequently escapism, hedonic value, and satisfaction with the tourism experience.

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Section: Study 1: a Field Study At A Wine And Spirit Tourism Attractionsupporting

confidence: 85%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Why Are International Visitors More Satisfied with the Tourism Experience? The Role of Hedonic Value, Escapism, and Psychic Distance

Ponsignon

Lunardo

Michrafy

2020

Journal of Travel Research

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“…Takao, might offer similar scenery as that of other destinations in Tokyo, and foreign resident visitors perceived the scenery as less important compared with foreign tourist visitors. The attributes of the destination might be new and more interesting to foreign tourists compared with resident visitors, probably because being a resident visitor would entail some cultural influence on domestic travelers' tourism preferences [47].…”

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Expenditure Patterns of Foreign Resident Visitors and Foreign Tourist Visitors at a Day-Trip Nature-Based Destination

Zakaria

Numata

Hihara

2021

Tourism and Hospitality

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In this study, we examined the difference in expenditure patterns between foreign resident visitors and foreign tourist visitors at a nature-based destination. We also examined the effects of sociodemographic profiles, travel characteristics, and perceived importance on expenditure patterns during off-peak and peak seasons. Generally, the results revealed low average daily expenditure compared with other nature-based destinations. Whereas no differences were observed during the off-peak season, the sociodemographic characteristics, travel characteristics, perceived importance, and expenditure pattern differed between foreign resident and foreign tourist visitors during the peak season. These results suggest that patterns of expenditure and perceived importance of foreign visitors are influenced by the seasonality of a nature-based destination. On the other hand, foreign resident visitors and foreign tourist visitors differ in their characteristics, perceived importance of destination attributes, and expenditure patterns, particularly during the peak season. Longer periods of residence in the host country might result in foreign resident visitors becoming local visitors. Our findings contribute to practical knowledge of the segmentation of foreign visitors at nature-based destinations.

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“…This idealist imagery is further explained in studies by Beirman (2006) and Stone and Nyaupane (2018) that examined the negative tourist imagery on local community cultures and livelihoods. Further, Marshall and De Villiers (2015) in their paper on "marketing tourists gazing into the tourism domain" noted that tourism marketing is critical in addressing the behavioral impacts of visitors, local communities and the tourism industry.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 86%

Sustainable tourism certification, local governance and management in dealing with overtourism in East Africa

Maingi

2019

WHATT

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand the causes and effects of overtourism within the East African region. The paper examines how national governments address the problem of overtourism in East Africa and determines underlying principles and best practice in sustainable tourism certification, local governance and management in dealing with overtourism. Design/methodology/approach To address the objectives, the researcher conducted an exploratory experience survey research design. The study examines the different articles in the subject area and interview findings of practitioner respondents. Based on a review of the existing dimensions of overtourism, the effects of overtourism and local governance, the study sought to derive a holistic (systemic and integrated) perspective on the subject matter. Findings The paper presents valuable evidence from industry practitioners on the effects of overtourism in East Africa by classifying the effects as psychological, physical, economic and socio-cultural. Further, the paper examines how East African governments address the problem of overtourism and gives recommendations on ways to enforce, govern and coordinate implementation of tourism regulations and policies in East Africa. Originality/value This paper is the first to address overtourism in the context of East Africa, examining different local and innovative approaches to dealing with the impacts of overtourism in an East African context.

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The Tourist Gaze: Domestic versus International Tourists

Cited by 66 publications

References 56 publications

Why Are International Visitors More Satisfied with the Tourism Experience? The Role of Hedonic Value, Escapism, and Psychic Distance

Why Are International Visitors More Satisfied with the Tourism Experience? The Role of Hedonic Value, Escapism, and Psychic Distance

Expenditure Patterns of Foreign Resident Visitors and Foreign Tourist Visitors at a Day-Trip Nature-Based Destination

Sustainable tourism certification, local governance and management in dealing with overtourism in East Africa

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