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Sirirak, Worapot, and Rapeepan Pitakaso. "Marketplace Location Decision Making and Tourism Route Planning." Administrative Sciences 8, no. 4 (November 20, 2018): 72. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/admsci8040072.
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This research addresses the problem of planning tourism routes and finding appropriate shopping (market place) locations for agricultural product transportation. Generally, tourists visit popular tourism attractions; and generally, unpopular tourism attractions do not stimulate the economy, trade, or local income. Popular tourism attractions that are located far away from each other require the transportation of local products, and tourists must make decisions as to which locations to visit when planning their vacation. Planning a tourism route while balancing tourism attractions and shopping markets is important for the economic stimulation of tourism. This work presents a problem-solving method for tourism route-planning for a particular case study in Chiang Rai province, Thailand, using the Adaptive Large Neighborhood Search (ALNS) method. Six main destruction and five repair cycles in the ALNS method were applied to solve the tourism route design problem and to find the best solution so that tourists can visit all of the main attractions. We found that 13 tourism routes provide the shortest travel distance for each travel route. The total distance traveled was 2538.02 km for all routes. To balance the tourism on all routes, the popular and less popular tourism attractions were combined. For all routes, the shopping market location is the best place for tourism products to be sold and where tourist relaxation occurs. The results from ALNS were compared with the results from those obtained by the exact Lingo program V11. The ALNS algorithm results were not significantly different from the Lingo results. For the computational results for all examined cases, the ALNS algorithm was shown to be competitive, with short processing times given the sizes of the problems. For the traveling distance, the ALNS result significantly differs from the exact method by approximately 1.12%, and had a better effect than the exact method by approximately 99% in terms of processing time. Therefore, the proposed methodology provides an effective and high-quality solution for tourism route planning.
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Cong, Li, Qiqi Wang, Geoffrey Wall, and Yijing Su. "Decision-Making Behavior and Risk Perception of Chinese Female Wildlife Tourists." Sustainability 13, no. 18 (September 15, 2021): 10301. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su131810301.
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Prior to the global pandemic, wildlife tourism was increasing rapidly globally but was in the early stages of development in China, where it faces great challenges and opportunities. Women comprise a substantial proportion of the market but their decision-making behavior and their perceptions of risk in wildlife tourism have not yet been explored. This paper explores relationships between risk perception and decision-making in tourism. A survey of female tourists was undertaken at non-captive and semi-captive wildlife sites in western China, as well as through internet website posting, resulting in 415 completed questionnaires. Quantitative methods were used to examine four sequential stages of decision-making in wildlife tourism: destination selection, trip itinerary, travel mode and security assurance, and entertainment consumption. Three dimensions of risk perception in wildlife tourism were identified: physical safety, personal comfort, and quality of experience. Decision-making behavior and risk perceptions are related. Perceived risks greatly impact tourists’ travel mode and security assurance decisions. The higher the perceived risk, the greater the likelihood of female tourists participating in decisions on destination selection, travel methods and other entertainment activities undertaken on their wildlife tourism trips. Concerns regarding personal comfort positively influence destination selection, the trip itinerary, and recreation and consumption decisions. Assurance of acquiring a quality experience influences entertainment consumption decisions. The study contributes to the understanding of risk, decision-making behavior and gender research, and confirms the practical importance of safety considerations at wildlife destinations.
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Nor Azazi, Noor Alyani, and Maslina Mohammed Shaed. "Social Media and Decision-Making Process among Tourist: A Systematic Review." Jurnal Komunikasi: Malaysian Journal of Communication 36, no. 4 (December 11, 2020): 395–409. http://dx.doi.org/10.17576/jkmjc-2020-3604-24.
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Social media nowadays have a huge influence on the tourism sector. With the advancement of search engines, tourists can search for any information they need on their tourism preferences. Today, there are tons of social media websites (such as TripAdvisor, Trivago, Booking.com, Agoda.com) that can help the tourist to find and decide the best tourism places and activities around the world. Studies have shown that social media is one of the best tools that are used by a tourist in the decision-making process. This paper is written to have a better understanding and to find a gap in the studies related to this topic. Hence, this paper focuses on conceptual review using a systematic review based on 24 published journals and theses from 2015 to 2019 on the influence of social media and its impact on the decision-making process for the tourist. Based on the findings, the majority of the scholars supported that social media have a big impact on how people make the decision for their tourism destination. The gaps that derived from this review have proven that only limited studies have been conducted in Malaysia; most of the research used a quantitative approach; only a few studies have included the theory related to this issue, and the targeted respondents were mostly among young travellers. Therefore, further studies on the role of social media in the decision-making process can be done by focusing on these gaps, especially in the Malaysian context. Keywords: Decision-making, influence, social media, tourism, tourist.
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Žibert, Maja, Črtomir Rozman, Andrej Škraba, and Boris Prevolšek. "A System Dynamics Approach to Decision-making Tools in Farm Tourism Development." Business Systems Research Journal 11, no. 2 (October 1, 2020): 132–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/bsrj-2020-0020.
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AbstractBackground: Besides visiting the main tourist attractions in Slovenia, many tourists want to spend their free time in the countryside as well, but the number of farming establishments in Slovenia diminished distinctly in the last years.Objectives: This paper aims to develop a system dynamics model, with the goal to analyse dynamics of the diversification of agricultural holdings into farm tourism activities in Slovenia.Methods/Approach: A system dynamics methodology was chosen to model the diversification in farm tourism. First, we present a basic concept of a system dynamics model with a causal loop diagram. Further, a system dynamics model with different scenarios is presented.Results: The main feedback loops were identified, and the simulation model was used to analyse different simulation scenarios of the transition of farming establishments into farm tourism facilities.Conclusions: The model provides the answers to the strategic questions about the dynamics of transfer into tourist farms, using several simulation scenarios. The transition mainly relies on subsidies, promotion of diversification and the growth of rural tourism, which provides a relevant direction for the development of future incentives.
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Shaikh, Adina Shafi, Areesha Dars, Keenjhar Memon, and Abdul Ghafoor Kazi. "A Study of Factors Affecting Travel Decision Making of Tourists." Journal of Economic Info 7, no. 1 (May 3, 2020): 1–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.31580/jei.v7i1.1157.
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Tourism is considered as one of the major sources for creating employment opportunities, generating revenues and supporting culture and entertainment. Travel and tourism plays a vital role by associating themselves with other industries of Pakistan which leads to rise in foreign investment, opportunities of trade, investments in private, local development, and public infrastructure. This study aims to explore the influence of the factors (travel decision making, media, perceived risk, terrorism and safety & security) tourists’ decision making of tourists residing in Pakistan. This is a quantitative study, data was collected from 50 people using questionnaire at 5-point Likert Scale. Data was analysed using descriptive statistics and regression method. The results of this study depict that role of media, safety & security, and terrorism have significant impact on travel decision making. Within the context of Pakistan terrorism is always a highlighted area on which every tourist think a lot while making a destination choice. Particularly negative media coverage also has significant importance on travel decision making of a tourist. In Pakistani context, this study found that risk perception was supposed more than the actual risk because travel decision to a new place is always riskier somehow, therefore, it has no effect on travel decision making. Tourist develops an insight that what factor is more significant in travel decision making. This study recommends that media, safety and security and terrorism policies are critical for Pakistan to cater the number of tourist by helping them in travel decision making.
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Ngxongo, Nduduzo, and Nsizwazikhona Chili. "The Nature of Host Community Participation in Informative Consultation and Decision-Making Processes in Tourism Development: A Case Study of Umhlwazini, Bergville, KwaZulu-Natal." Journal of Economics and Behavioral Studies 9, no. 5(J) (October 20, 2017): 93–105. http://dx.doi.org/10.22610/jebs.v9i5(j).1912.
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Tourism industry in the central Drakensberg region has enjoyed a noteworthy growth in visitor influx and earnings as well. Conversely, poverty and poor living conditions in and around villages positioned nearby to major tourist destinations in the country continues to degenerate, which ultimately raised the issue regarding the contribution of host communities in tourism decision making and informative consultation processes. Community consultation and participation in decision making processes constitute a crucial component that offers assurance to the host community that tourism benefits will be shared with the community and that their views will be considered when making tourism decisions. Thus, this paper aims at exploring the existing extent of community consultation and participation in tourism decisions making, using a case study of Umhlwazini, Bergville, KwaZulu-Natal. The study incorporates a qualitative research approach with the use of interviews, focus groups and observations. The research findings show that the informative consultation process of community in the study area has been centralised, controlled, and minimal to none regardless of the constant aspirations of the host community to participate in decision making processes. Agreements and decisions relating to tourism and the community resources are agreed upon by outsiders who have no interest of the community at heart. The study recommends a private-public partnership, financial support for small local business enterprises, policy development and amendment to promote active community participation in tourism consultation and decision-making processes. This study contributes to a broader context of community participation in decision making structures, and present scholarly significance to researchers, students and academicians, and theoretical value to government, policy makers, investors and tourism authorities.
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Ngxongo, Nduduzo, and Nsizwazikhona Chili. "The Nature of Host Community Participation in Informative Consultation and Decision-Making Processes in Tourism Development: A Case Study of Umhlwazini, Bergville, KwaZulu-Natal." Journal of Economics and Behavioral Studies 9, no. 5 (October 20, 2017): 93. http://dx.doi.org/10.22610/jebs.v9i5.1912.
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Tourism industry in the central Drakensberg region has enjoyed a noteworthy growth in visitor influx and earnings as well. Conversely, poverty and poor living conditions in and around villages positioned nearby to major tourist destinations in the country continues to degenerate, which ultimately raised the issue regarding the contribution of host communities in tourism decision making and informative consultation processes. Community consultation and participation in decision making processes constitute a crucial component that offers assurance to the host community that tourism benefits will be shared with the community and that their views will be considered when making tourism decisions. Thus, this paper aims at exploring the existing extent of community consultation and participation in tourism decisions making, using a case study of Umhlwazini, Bergville, KwaZulu-Natal. The study incorporates a qualitative research approach with the use of interviews, focus groups and observations. The research findings show that the informative consultation process of community in the study area has been centralised, controlled, and minimal to none regardless of the constant aspirations of the host community to participate in decision making processes. Agreements and decisions relating to tourism and the community resources are agreed upon by outsiders who have no interest of the community at heart. The study recommends a private-public partnership, financial support for small local business enterprises, policy development and amendment to promote active community participation in tourism consultation and decision-making processes. This study contributes to a broader context of community participation in decision making structures, and present scholarly significance to researchers, students and academicians, and theoretical value to government, policy makers, investors and tourism authorities.
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Permana, Faishal, Masyhuri Masyhuri, and Any Suryantini. "TOURISM DECISION MAKING AND THE EFFECT OF SATISFACTION IN AGRO TAMBI TOURISM." Journal of Tourism, Hospitality and Environment Management 4, no. 16 (September 11, 2019): 56–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.35631/jthem.416005.
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Agrotourism in Indonesia is one of the interesting destinations to be visited by tourists, which encourages PT Perkebunan Tambi which focuses on tea production to create a business line to increase revenue for the company through the establishment of Agro Tambi Tourism in 2001. Understanding the consumer characteristics of Agro Tourism that are different from consumers of tea products, causes the need for further study. Improving Service Quality is important to increase customer satisfaction. Increasing satisfaction leads to the willingness of the customer to recommend it to others. The purpose of this study is to understand tourist's perception of the decision-making process, knowing the tourist's satisfaction and to examine the effect of the decision-making process toward satisfaction that is the willingness to recommend Agro Tambi Tourism. The basic method in this research was used descriptive analysis method, Customer Satisfaction Index and regression analysis. A survey by non- probabilistic sampling was carried out to collect data, and 100 tourists observed as respondents. SPSS 17 was used to analysis those data. The results of the study showed that tourists' perceptions were based on the benefits of travel. The Customer Satisfaction Index was 82.25 percent, which stated that tourists were very satisfied, and 88 percent of tourists agreed to recommend Agro Tambi Tourism. Source of information, travel expense, and advantage of travel had a significant influence on the willingness of tourists to recommend Agro Tambi Tourism to family and friends. Agro Tambi Tourism must provide activities that can increase the benefits and satisfaction of tourists. Thus, the recommendations to family and friends lead to reduced marketing costs for Agro Tambi Tourism.
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Wilson, Jude, and Kevin Moore. "Performance on the Frontline of Tourist Decision Making." Journal of Travel Research 57, no. 3 (March 17, 2017): 370–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0047287517696982.
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There have been recent calls to reconceptualize tourist decision-making models. This study presents evidence for a model that depicts on-site tourist decision making as a socially embedded (discursive) performance in which frontline tourism staff members play key roles. Such performances aim to achieve tourism experiences that serve the multiple interests of participants in the decision-making process. Interviews with frontline staff in Canterbury, New Zealand, revealed a “performance” in which a complex set of discursive skills, interpersonal strategies, and service attributes were displayed. Together these generate—via conversation—socially embedded environments of trust that, in turn, lead to outcomes optimized for decision-making effort, decision justifiability, and the avoidance of negative emotions. Findings are discussed within the framework of the “discursive action model,” which highlights a process that has appropriate tourist experience, deemed authentic, as its goal.
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Brajdić, Igor. "THE SPECIAL FEATURES OF DECISION-MAKING IN ADVERTISING IN CONTINENTAL TOURISM." Tourism and hospitality management 9, no. 1 (2003): 27–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.20867/thm.9.1.3.
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One of the primary functions of a tourist enterprise is advertising, as a component of the broader marketing function. Each function has its specific traits which are manifested in the various processes of the enterprise, one of the more important being decision-making. It is assumed that in continental tourism, due to its predominant orientation in providing more food and beverage services and less hotel services, special features in decision-making can be found within the advertising function. The empirical study carried out in part of continental tourism involving the region of the Croatia Zagorje was aimed at a range of typical characteristics of decision-making such as types of decisions, the methods of decision-making, the outcome of alternatives, the monitoring of effects and the measures of improving decision-making. Regarding types of decisions, the majority of managers and executives feel that, to a very large extent, satisfactory decisions are being taken, as well as routine decisions, which are in accordance with the predominant orientation of providing the fundamental catering services. Due to a general orientation towards group decision-making, it follows that, when choosing advertising media, the management structure contacts the executive personnel only randomly. From the latter group of questions, it can be concluded that in the enterprises surveyed anything that has to do with science is applied to the least possible measure.
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Dileep, M. R., Sindhu S, and Abduraoof Ahmed Ismail. "Influence of New Media on Travel Decision Making." Atna - Journal of Tourism Studies 8, no. 1 (January 1, 2013): 1–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.12727/ajts.9.1.
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Tourism, one of the largest industries in the world, has recorded consistent growth since the end of Second World War. Travel is a key factor in the process of tourism, where the tourist is the main player as well as the ultimate consumer of the products and services offered to him/her. A tourist‟s decision to travel is by itself a complex process because there are many factors that influence the decision. The New media, which has emerged in the wake of tremendous advancements in information and communication technologies is also influencing the decision making process in modern times. Here, an attempt has been done to examine the influence of new media in the various stages of decision making process and the role played by it. A questionnaire based survey was undertaken to conduct the study and the analysis reveals various kinds of influences of new media.
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Atadil, Hilmi A., Ercan Sirakaya-Turk, Fang Meng, and Alain Decrop. "Exploring travelers’ decision-making styles." International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management 30, no. 1 (January 8, 2018): 618–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijchm-11-2016-0613.
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Purpose The purpose of this study is to profile market segments using travelers’ decision-making styles (DMS) as segmentation bases and to identify similarities and differences between traveler segments regarding a series of psychographic and attitudinal characteristics. Design/methodology/approach Data are gathered from a sample of 426 travelers in Dubai and Shanghai via self-reported surveys. Analyses included factor, k-means cluster, discriminant and MANOVA. Findings Study findings reveal significant differences among the rational, adaptive and daydreamer decision-makers’ segments in their behavioral and attitudinal characteristics with respect to tourism involvement and destination images. Practical implications Findings provide important practical implications for generating effective marketing and positioning strategies based on the identified attitudinal characteristics of the traveler segments for destination marketing organizations. Originality/value A stream of recent tourism studies shows a strong relationship between tourism involvement and destination images, yet very little research has tackled the issue of how these critical variables can be affected by individuals’ decision-making styles. This study explores and tests the relationships among DMS, tourism involvement and destination image using a factor-cluster approach.
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Feng, Bin, Hua Chen, Qinglei Li, and Wei Li. "Analysis of Influencing Factors Tourists’ Purchase Decision-making Behavior in Kunming." Journal of Finance Research 2, no. 3 (November 8, 2018): 87. http://dx.doi.org/10.26549/jfr.v2i3.1175.
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Based on the theory of consumer behavior, this paper analyzes the current situation of tourism shopping market in Kunming, and analyzes the decision-making behavior of tourists shopping in Kunming with the questionnaire survey, and clarifies the influencing factors of the decision-making behavior of visitors to Kunming. In the future, the influencing factors of Kunming tourists' shopping decision-making behavior are combined with the current situation of Kunming's tourism shopping market. The problems of cheating-induced shopping, the high price of shopping products, the low level of tourism shopping experience and the imperfect after-sales service are analyzed. Finally, the corresponding countermeasures and suggestions are proposed from four aspects: rectifying the tourism shopping market, establishing a sound price supervision mechanism, strengthening the tourism shopping experience, and improving after-sales service.
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Makara, Oksana, and Andrii Kotinsky. "Competition conditioned strategic decision making by tourism enterprises in Ukraine." Vìsnik Marìupolʹsʹkogo deržavnogo unìversitetu. Serìâ: Ekonomìka 10, no. 20 (2020): 48–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.34079/2226-2822-2020-10-20-48-55.
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The article is devoted to the disclosure of theoretical and methodological foundations and development of practical recommendations for strategic tourism management in Ukraine. The main components of an effective strategy in the field of tourism are identified as well as the main levels of tourism development and appropriate tools for implementing this development. The authors have analysed the process of strategic decision making by enterprises in the field of tourism in a competitive environment. The strategies of tourism enterprises should be the basic provisions creating a hierarchical system with intertwined elements. This system should be in line with the national strategy for the development of tourism in Ukraine, combining macro-, meso-, and micro-levels. The ratified Programme of the sphere of tourism development of Volyn region exemplifies the practice of development and realisation programme and strategy by local authorities in the field of tourism. It has been concluded that coordination and control over the implementation of the Programme remain unsettled. Apart from the development measures and sources of funding the strategies for tourism development in the regions of Ukraine should also provide appropriate mechanisms for control, monitoring and reporting. The study of tourism has shown that this industry is currently experiencing at the stage of development, which is due to the long process of reforming Ukraine's economy. In this connection, the author has proposed the following measures aimed at withdrawing the tourism sector out of development: achieving European and world parameters of the balance of service quality and prices for these services; development of market mechanisms in the field of tourism; development of tourism in a mixed form of ownership; raising funds from the tourist structures independently, as well as bank loans and investments; development of an investments protecting mechanism, including the foreign ones; creation of a favourable tax policy to support tourism development, intensification of environmental activities to create normal living conditions and environmental safety of the territory; creation of programmes and further prognosticating the sphere of tourism development.
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Gross, Sven, and Dominik Huber. "Tourist information boards on motorways: perceptions, memory effects and decision-making support." Journal of Qualitative Research in Tourism 1, no. 1 (December 1, 2020): 28–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/jqrt.2020.01.02.
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In recent years more and more tourist information boards have been put up on German motorways. Little research exists with regard to the effects of these information boards. A qualitative research approach was used and 29 semi-structured interviews were conducted to increase knowledge about the relationships between tourist information boards and related tourism behaviour. A model was developed which integrates the elements perception of tourist motorway signage, its memory effects and tourism decision-making processes. Findings suggest that spontaneous driving off the motorway is rarely found and points of interest are more likely to be visited after the trip or used as travel inspiration. This study shows for the first time that tourist information boards can play an important role in tourism decision-making processes and resulting behaviours.
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Frias, Armindo, Erza Raskova, Álvaro Costa, and João Cabral. "Obtaining Data Values from Tourist Preferences." Sustainability 13, no. 18 (September 14, 2021): 10276. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su131810276.
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Satisfied customers are the main sustainability factor for the viability of any activity, and tourism has increasing relevance to the global economy and the economic development of many regions. In order to create better matches between tourist demands and preferences and the local supply, an understanding of tourists as decision makers is necessary. The aim of this work is to introduce a mathematical model that explains the decision-making process of tourists, other consumers, and tourism business managers. We used a mathematical model, taking into consideration the preferences of individuals and their strengths during the exploration and use of tourism resources. The integration of preferences into an IT tool provided extra support to the decisions of tourists and allowed better choices to be made in the execution of travel plans. In addition, the model can be used by resource managers. Understanding how tourists make decisions in each different situation can improve the allocation of available resources to satisfy their expectations. The proposed model is also adaptable to situations where it is necessary to decide among different options with a high degree of complexity.
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Stylos, Nikolaos. "Technological evolution and tourist decision-making: a perspective article." Tourism Review 75, no. 1 (August 29, 2019): 273–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/tr-05-2019-0167.
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Purpose This paper aims to demonstrate the importance of technological advancements in shaping tourist decision-making. It reviews relevant theories and underlines the need for new theoretical frameworks that would illustrate the role of cognitive technologies, i.e. artificial intelligence (AI) applications, in tourist decision-making. Design/methodology/approach A critical analysis and synthesis of interdisciplinary literature was undertaken, aiming to discuss the theoretical frameworks and approaches used and to offer a future perspective based on major technological advances. Findings The technological advancements play a structural role in tourist decision-making processes, with digital technologies and cyber-physical systems becoming extensions of a tourist’s self. Research limitations/implications The study offers the basis for a new theoretical framework in the area of tourism decision-making, considering the future of cyber-physical-human systems. Originality/value This study exemplifies the main elements of tourism decision-making theory and describes the need for a paradigm shift, as new forms of AI will complement human intelligence.
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Simasathiansophon, Nalin. "TOURIST PREFERENCES AND EXPECTATIONS IN HEALTH TOURISM OF BAN THUNG PRADU, PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN PROVINCE, THAILAND." EUrASEANs: journal on global socio-economic dynamics, no. 3(22) (June 2, 2020): 66–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.35678/2539-5645.3(22).2020.66-71.
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This research aims to study tourist preferences and expectations in health tourism of Ban Thung Pradu. Tourist motivation is divided here into push and pulls types of motivation. The research also analyzed service marketing mix (7Ps) which is affecting tourist decisions to travel to Ban Thung Pradu. The population of this study consisted of those tourists who visited Ban Thung Pradu recently. Probability sampling method and simple random sampling were used to select the sample group. There were 69 samples in this research. The questionnaire was used to collected data from the sample. Questions covered various sides of tourist motivation and service marketing mix. The results show that learning new experience from a new environment has the most influence on tourist decision-making. Further motivations influencing decision-making include the reward received after hard work, spending time with friends, having good vacation time, and participating in an interesting activity respectively. Decision-making in terms of activity was affected by motivation the most. This was, probably, because of the interesting activities involved, good home stay, and professionalism of the service providers in Ban Thung Pradu.
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Zuraidah, Eva. "Decision Support System For Selecting Bali Tourist Attractions Using The PROMETHEE Method." SinkrOn 3, no. 2 (March 5, 2019): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.33395/sinkron.v3i2.237.
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Tourism is currently very potential to be developed as a source of local income by providing information both online and offline to the community so that regional income increases. Bali is one of the tourist destinations in Indonesia which is visited by many local and foreign tourists. The island of Bali has many interesting sights consisting of natural attractions, royal festivals, culinary tours, traditional markets, and museums. There are many criteria that must be considered, so through this recommendation system, tourists can find out what places are in Bali they will visit. One of the problems of decision making with many criteria and attributes in the selection of attractions is to provide detailed decisions that refer to the scale of weight possessed. Decision support systems provide priority results of attractions that are suitable for every traveler. Traveling is very important because with tourism we can eliminate fatigue due to activity during the day. The selection of the right tourist attraction also affects this, so it is necessary to choose the right tourist attraction. This study focused on the application of multi-attribute decision making (MADM) to decision support systems (SPK) using preferred organizational methods for enrichment and evaluation (Promeethe). When a traveler fills out a questionnaire, he must be consistent with the answers to get the best results based on his willingness and characteristics. This research uses descriptive analysis method that presents a summary of the results of surveys and interviews of tourists who want to choose Bali tourist attractions according to costs, security, natural beauty, facilities, and infrastructure and location.
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Matiza, Tafadzwa, and Elmarie Slabbert. "The salient place brand factor(s) influencing medical tourism to South Africa." Tourism 68, no. 3 (2020): 336–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.37741/t.68.3.7.
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Regardless of its importance to the global tourism economy, there is still limited academic inquiry relating to Africa within the context of non-traditional tourism typologies, such as medical tourism. This article contributes to the broader understanding of the potential factors influencing medical tourism by extending place branding theory to the decision-making process of tourists within the South African medical tourism context. The present study examines the place brand - medical tourism nexus using data generated from a sample of n=233 conveniently sampled inbound tourists. Exploratory Factor and Multiple Regression Analyses were applied to the data. It emerged that South Africa's socio-cultural place brand was found to be a statistically significant heuristic cue, positively influencing medical tourism to the country, pivoting aspects such as the country's cultural practices and colonial heritage, as some of the key considerations in the decision making the process of tourists when considering South Africa as a medical tourism destination. Critically, the results associate medical tourism with the socio-cultural profile of South Africa, through the place brand as a heuristic cue for information symmetry. The study enriches both place branding and medical tourism discourse by providing empirical evidence of the nexus between the two constructs. Practically, destination marketers are provided with critical insights into tourist perspectives, and it is recommended that African governments and medical tourism facilitators collaborate to develop a nation branding theory-based framework as a decision support model for proactively managing and communicating the image of South Africa as a medical tourism destination
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Brajdić, Igor. "Recurrent decisions and innovation management in tourism." Tourism and hospitality management 3, no. 1 (June 1997): 9–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.20867/thm.3.1.2.
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A possible starting point when considering the theory of decision-making is offered in the concept of recurrence of problem situations as a concept which is in direct connection with innovative management. The importance of innovative management is present in all activities including too tourism. For the successful realisation of innovation in tourism two aims should be satisfied: • Foresee as much as possible non-recurrent problem situations. • Increase the number of self-occurring, non-recurrent problem situations. Decisions made by innovative managers, and especially top managers in tourism, who are often confronted with non-recurrent situations, and need to make non-structured decisions, can best be described using the descriptive model for decision-making. To enable the realisation of given goals of quality decision-making in management for Croatia's tourism it is necessary to depart from recurrent and self-transcendental systems (to which belongs also tourism), and include an intelligent support system for decision-making. To enable a practical realisation it is necessary to create and maintain a completely new culture of tourism management directed towards the concept of creativity and innovation.
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Novaliendry, Dony, and Yuli Pusparani. "RANCANG BANGUN APLIKASI SISTEM PENDUKUNG KEPUTUSAN SELEKSI PEMILIHAN DESTINASI PARIWISATA SUMATERA BARAT MENGGUNAKAN METODE ELECTRE." Jurnal Teknologi Informasi dan Pendidikan 12, no. 1 (March 30, 2019): 1–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.24036/tip.v12i1.178.
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Tourism is one of the activities carried out by humans that has a purpose as entertainment. Human who travel are referred to as tourist. West Sumatra Province is one of the regions with the best tourism is sea tourism and land tourism. Marine tourism consists of beach tourism, island tourism and lake tourism, while mainland tourism consists of tourist panorama, mountain tours, hill tours and others. However, only a portion of West Sumatra's tourist attractions are known to tourists, because of this information is obtained so that there are still many tourist attractions in West Sumatra unknown to tourists from outside the West Sumatra region. To overcome this problem, a system is needed that can be used to support the electoral decision-making process in West Sumatra. This system is built on the Web, using the PHP programming language and Laravel Framework and MySQL as a Database. The method used in this system is the Elimination of Et Choix Traduisant la Realite (ELECTRE). The use of Elimination Et Choix Traduisant la REalite (ELECTRE) can help provide information in West Sumatra, which is in accordance with the wishes of tourists according to the specified criteria. With the help of this system, the information obtained will make it easier for tourists to find tourist attractions.
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Rutkauskas, Virgilijus. "Factors Behind Weak Tax Morale: the Case of European Union Countries." Ekonomika 95, no. 3 (January 11, 2017): 7–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.15388/ekon.2016.3.10325.
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The purpose of the article is to analyse factors influencing the behaviour and decision-making of local tourists in choosing Azerbaijan as a destination. The main attributes, elements and types of tourism destinations are analysed. The understanding of consumer behaviour is defined and the peculiarities of decision-making process are presented. The main internal and external factors influencing tourist’s behaviour and decision-making are summarised. The current situation of tourism in Azerbaijan is examined. The analysis of social, cultural, personal and psychological factors influencing the decision-making of local Azerbaijani tourists to travel to various types of tourism destinations with different attributes like, attractions, available amenities, accessibility, image, price and human resources is done. The research includes both primary and secondary data. Secondary data is used to give insight to the topic and assess conclusions. Primary data is collected by surveying domestic travellers of Azerbaijan. Survey results are analysed by implying descriptive statistics, non-parametric tests and Factor analysis. The research results show that the age, monthly income and marital status of local Azerbaijani travellers affect their travel behaviour especially in the duration of their trip. Destination amenities, tourism infrastructure, environmental features, human resources and price are the important attributes for local tourists in choosing tourism destination.
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Font Aranda, Mabel, and Joana María Petrus Bey. "Metodología para la gestión integrada e inteligente de destinos turísticos de Manabí – Ecuador." International Journal of Professional Business Review 6, no. 1 (January 3, 2021): 208. http://dx.doi.org/10.26668/businessreview/2021.v6i1.208.
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Objective: Systematize methodologies that harmonize integrated and smart tourist destinations management with geographic information, for making timely and accurate decisions, contributing to quality in the context of the cantonal tourist territories of the province, Manabí - Ecuador. Methodology / approach: The paradigms of the management of tourist destinations that reconcile all the participants, policies, components and parts of the system; expressed in an integrated management. The use of information and communication technologies is geared towards smart management, that envolve tourists, communities and managers. Everything in tourism is tied to space and territory, the information systems used require a response to the “where” through analysis and representation tools of places. Originality / Relevance: The sequence of steps of various methodologies and of the systematized theory, focus the integrated and smart tourim destination management, in the transit from the parts to the whole. In practice, it implies the voluntary participation of businessmen, interested in the homogeneous improvement of tourist quality in the territory. Main results: A theoretical model of the concepts that make up the understanding of the integrated and smart tourism destination management and territories for the improvement of quality. A reconfigured methodology from others, for putting the theoretical model into practice. Theoretical / methodological contributions: Guidance for decision-making in tourist territories and understanding by entrepreneurs and managers, to reverse the particular improvement of their businesses, in the homogeneous improvement of the tourist quality of the territories and tourist destinations of the Manabí province.
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Ubaidillah, Muhammad Afif, and Ida Bagus Gede Dwidasmara. "Tourism Recommendation System in Bali Using Topsis and Greedy Algorithm Methods." JELIKU (Jurnal Elektronik Ilmu Komputer Udayana) 8, no. 3 (January 25, 2020): 277. http://dx.doi.org/10.24843/jlk.2020.v08.i03.p09.
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Tourism is the mainstay of the economy of the region of Bali and is an important sector in supporting the level of community welfare. The world of tourism is essentially an important symbol for Bali. Of the many tourists who come to Bali, of course not all tourists know all information about Bali, such as in terms of tourist locations, and tourist attractions closest to other tourist attractions. Therefore, the authors aim to create a recommendation system that can provide planning for the selection of tourist attractions according to the closest distance and the user's budget.
This system is designed using the TOPSIS (Technique for Order Preference by Similarity To Ideal Solution) method and the Greedy Algorithm. The TOPSIS method is a SPK (Decision Making System) that will be used for the selection of tourist attractions that will help tourists to arrange vacation planning before going on a tour. While the Greedy Algorithm is used to find the closest or shortest distance between a tourist site and other tourist attractions, this algorithm will be able to determine which path will be taken first or called the local optimal path, so that all the paths are taken at the end of the trip and create a travel route shortest or called the global optimum so that it can also be the expected solution. From this it can be determined the value of the shortest travel route that starts from the location of the user's residence to the tourist attractions and to other nearby tourist attractions. The data used is data obtained from DISPARDA, namely tourist data.
Research related to the selection of tourism object decisions based on the type of tourism, prices and facilities, and the results are able to provide recommendations for tourist attractions that meet these criteria. Tourism Selection Using Techniques For Order Preference By Similarity To Ideal Solution (Topsis) With Object Localization Visualization [4], Development of Decision Support System for Hotel Determination in Buleleng District Using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) Method and Technique for Others Reference By Similarity To Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) [3], a Decision Support System for Determining Tourist Locations using the Top-sis Method [6]
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Augustyn, Marcjanna M. "Vacation Decision-Making." Annals of Tourism Research 34, no. 4 (October 2007): 1087–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2007.04.001.
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Virdi, Preeti, Arti D. Kalro, and Dinesh Sharma. "Online decision aids: the role of decision-making styles and decision-making stages." International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management 48, no. 6 (April 24, 2020): 555–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijrdm-02-2019-0068.
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PurposeDecision aids (DAs) in online retail stores ease consumers' information processing. However, online consumers do not use all decision aids in purchase decision-making. While the literature has documented the effects of individual decision aids or two decision aids at a time, no study has compared the efficacy of multiple decision aids simultaneously. Also, very few studies have looked at the use of decision aids for consumers with maximizing and satisficing tendencies. Hence, this study aims to understand the preferences of maximizers and satisficers towards online decision aids during the choice-making process.Design/methodology/approachThis is an observational study with 60 individuals who were asked to purchase either a search-based or an experience-based product online. Participants' browsing actions and verbalizations during online shopping, were recorded and analysed using NVivo, and later the use of decision aids was mapped along their choice process.FindingsConsumer's preference of decision aids varies across the two stages of the choice process (that is, consideration set formation and evaluation & choice). In their choice formation, maximizers use different decision aids in both stages, that is, filter tool and in-website search tool for search products, and collaborative filtering-based recommender systems and eWOM for experience products. Satisficers used more decision aids as compared to maximizers across the two stages for both product types.Originality/valueThis study is an exploratory attempt to understand how consumers use multiple decision aids present on e-commerce websites.
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Chen, Hsiu Fen, Shu Chen Hsu, and Ching Tien Shih. "Optimized Tourism Destination Selection Based on InLinPreRa." Advanced Materials Research 774-776 (September 2013): 1786–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.774-776.1786.
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This research is regarding the optimized tourism destination selection when tourists choose tourist products or travel destinations. This study adopts the method of Incomplete Linguistic Preference Relations to simplify calculation and speed up the process of comparison and selection of alternative. This method considers only judgments, whereas the tradition analytic hierarchy approach (AHP) takes judgments in a preference matrix with n elements to establish a complete preference relation decision making matrix. According to the importance weights of evaluationcriteria, C was the optimize tourism destination.
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Higuchi, Yukari, and Yasuhiro Yamanaka. "The potential value of research-based evidence in destination management: the case of Kamikawa, Japan." Tourism Review 74, no. 2 (April 8, 2019): 166–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/tr-11-2017-0188.
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PurposeThis paper aims to examine the direct intervention of university researchers in tourism practices in Hokkaido, Japan. The overall objective is the further understanding into the potential value of research-based evidence and scientific knowledge in tourism destination management. The paper articulates how the outcomes of structured knowledge creation were able to fundamentally change the long-held presumptions of local stakeholders about their destination, and the paper also examines how this knowledge was used to aid decision-making and the formulation of new tourism strategies.Design/methodology/approachThrough an action research approach, data were collected by direct participation and interviews and then qualitatively analyzed.FindingsThe results clearly depict that the key factors for making destination management workable and sustainable are related to academic researchers’ direct intervention in tourism practices.Originality/valueThis paper has filled a gap in existing scholarship where empirical understanding from first-hand experiences has lacked around the important role that scientific knowledge or evidence-based research can play in enhancing decision-making in collaborative initiatives aiming to develop local tourism resources. The importance of the scientific approach and evidence-based decision-making is gaining increasing recognition in tourist destination development and management. This points to an important opportunity for academic researchers to contribute to the realization of sustainable tourist practices.
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KRUPSKYI, Oleksandr P., Sergii E. SARDAK, Yuriy P. KOLBUSHKIN, and Yuliia M. STASYUK. "Formation of the Economic Security System of Tourism and Hospitality Enterprises." Journal of Advanced Research in Law and Economics 10, no. 4 (June 30, 2019): 1159. http://dx.doi.org/10.14505//jarle.v10.4(42).16.
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The purpose of the paper is to consider genesis and approaches to forming a security culture of tourism and hospitality enterprises that are superstructures of economic, industrial, professional, household, ecological, psychological and social security. In the research, apart from general scientific methods, we used the collection and analysis of primary information obtained from the survey of 220 respondents. Three areas that have a decisive influence on the security of tourism and hospitality enterprises have been identified: organizational culture, decision-making responsibility, and competitiveness. The decision-making methods for different leadership styles were identified. There were conceptualized connection and strength of correlation between types of strategic decisions, leadership styles and organizational culture of tourism and hospitality enterprises. It has been proposed the factors’ configuration relevant to the security of tourism and hospitality enterprises, which focuses on the economic security formation as a function of organizational culture, responsibility for decision making and competitiveness. The styles of leadership and decision-making styles have been revealed, which determine the effectiveness of economic security of tourism and hospitality enterprises.
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Jain, Vranda, and Vinita Srivastava. "Wonder Pedicabs: leisure rickshaw rides." Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies 8, no. 3 (August 20, 2018): 1–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/eemcs-07-2017-0169.
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Subject area Marketing Management and Economics. Study level/applicability Management courses (MBA level), Courses on Tourism Case overview When in India (WII) is a tour company serving the niche segment of Heritage tourism. WII was incorporated in 2011 with the aim to enable foreign and domestic tourists to experience the deeply embedded cultural ethos and heritage of Old Delhi. Their unique tourism product, “the Wonder Pedicabs”, provides leisure rickshaw rides through the Old Delhi lanes. This teaching case focuses on various managerial dimensions of the operations of WII. The case can be used in courses on Marketing as well as Economics. The case discusses the macro and micro environmental forces operating on WII. It deliberates on the economics of various tours offered by WII. It also educates the participants about the process of decision-making that goes into the selection of a tour operator and a tourism product. Hence, it appreciates the significance of need recognition, search for information, evaluation of alternatives and purchase decision as pillars in the process of decision-making process. The case also attempts to educate the participants about the Indian Tourism Sector. Expected learning outcomes Comprehend what constitutes a tourism product and types of tourism. Understand consumer decision-making for a tourism product. Highlight the importance of the tourism sector in the Indian economy. Discuss economic concepts pertaining to cost and volume, enabling managerial decision-making. Supplementary materials Teaching Notes are available for educators only. Please contact your library to gain login details or email support@emeraldinsight.com to request teaching notes. Subject code CSS 12: Tourism and Hospitality.
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Chung, Min Gon, Anna Herzberger, Kenneth A. Frank, and Jianguo Liu. "International Tourism Dynamics in a Globalized World: A Social Network Analysis Approach." Journal of Travel Research 59, no. 3 (May 16, 2019): 387–403. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0047287519844834.
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A complex network of tourism has emerged in the globalized world, but there is little research on the dynamics of global tourism networks and the underlying forces that affect those dynamics. Using international tourism data for 124 countries between 2000 and 2013, we integrated cluster analyses and social network models to identify the structures of global tourism networks and uncover factors affecting changes in international tourist flows. Results indicate that global tourism networks have become highly consolidated over time and that reduced transaction costs (e.g., language, distance, and visa policies) are more important in attracting international tourists than natural and cultural attractions. Furthermore, cost of living differences between countries decreased in importance over time. Finally, international tourist flows are resilient to political instability and terrorism risks. Our approach and findings highlight the key strategic factors for decision-making to implement proactive tourism policies.
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Arimavičiūtė, Malvina. "Developing Cultural Tourism Strategies in Lithuania." Public Policy and Administration 14, no. 2 (June 19, 2015): 321. http://dx.doi.org/10.13165/vpa-15-14-2-12.
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This paper determines that cultural tourism in Lithuania is significantly influenced by various different agencies which activities are not sufficiently integrated. The paper also analyses the theoretical models for strategic decision-making and possibilities of alternative strategic decisions in the area of tourism. A classification of strategic plans based on the current Lithuanian strategic planning system and the integration of the activities of separate agencies in the area of tourism is proposed. A new model for strategic decision-making based on the classical definition of strategic hierarchies and the specificities of cultural tourism as a business is then proposed.
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Kunwar, Ramesh Raj. "Tourism Crisis and Disaster Management." Gaze: Journal of Tourism and Hospitality 7 (June 21, 2016): 1–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/gaze.v7i0.15118.
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The article provides a review on the concepts of safety, security and surety in tourism and the repercussions that risk, vulnerability, crisis, disaster, hazard, emergency and political turbulence can pose upon the industry. The article aims not just to prioritize the impacts of disasters on tourism but also aims to focus upon the issues of crisis management, disaster management and new marketing approaches for revival of tourism which comparatively are the less touched upon issues in the context of Nepal. The concept of tourism decision making is also studied here in the light of various theories. The article also discusses on the cultural dimension of tourist decision making and crisis management in relation with national culture and some theoretical orientation of crisis management in relevance to tourism.The Gaze: Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Vol.7 2015 pp.1-36
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Williams, Peter W., Robert W. Penrose, and Suzanne Hawkes. "Shared decision-making in tourism land use planning." Annals of Tourism Research 25, no. 4 (October 1998): 860–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0160-7383(98)00037-1.
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Nichols, Catherine M., and David J. Snepenger. "Family Decision Making And Tourism Behavior And Attitudes." Journal of Travel Research 26, no. 4 (April 1988): 2–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/004728758802600401.
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Bailey, Eric, and Robert Richardson. "A new economic framework for tourism decision making." Tourism and Hospitality Research 10, no. 4 (August 9, 2010): 367–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/thr.2010.14.
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March, Roger. "Buyer Decision-Making Behavior in International Tourism Channels." International Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Administration 1, no. 1 (January 2000): 11–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j149v01n01_02.
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Teitler-Regev, Sharon, and Tchai Tavor. "Decision-making in daily life and in tourism." Israel Affairs 24, no. 3 (April 5, 2018): 467–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13537121.2018.1454003.
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Liasidou, Sotiroula. "Decision-Making for Tourism Destinations: Airline Strategy Influences." Tourism Geographies 15, no. 3 (August 2013): 511–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14616688.2012.726266.
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Liu, Ting, Jianhong Xia, and Lesley Crowe-Delaney. "Tourism Information Diffusion through SNSs: A Theoretical Investigation." Sustainability 12, no. 5 (February 26, 2020): 1731. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12051731.
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Social networking sites (SNSs) are known to have a role in promoting tourism and influencing how it is marketed to consumers, but there seems to be few deep analyses of SNS’s efficacy in tourists’ decision making and destination promotion. To address this, we present Tourism Information Diffusion Ecosystem (TIDE), a novel theoretical framework to help understand this system of tourism SNS information diffusion. TIDE defines who participates in the system, what roles participants play in distributing tourist information contained within user-generated content, how content within a network is distributed, and if this user-generated information, once diffused, has been transferred into tourists’ visiting actions, and the reasons why these actions have been generated. We discovered user typologies and the powerful characteristics of this network structure to be important factors affecting visiting actions in choosing particular tourist destinations.
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Kim, Gyunghoon, Laura W. Jodice, Lauren N. Duffy, and William C. Norman. "Tourists' Attitudes Toward the Benefits of Mariculture: A Case of Decision-making in Marine Tourism in Southeast USA." Tourism in Marine Environments 15, no. 1 (April 3, 2020): 29–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.3727/154427320x15781713928749.
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While sustainable tourism and responsible tourism share commonalities of guiding principles, responsible tourism places more emphasis on the behaviors of individual actors. However, little is known about how responsible tourists' behaviors are reconciled by their attitude toward tourism products' economic, cultural, and environmental contribution to a destination. This study explores the role of the tourists' attitude toward mariculture and perception of its benefits within the context of their travel decision-making process. Framed with the theory of planned behavior, this research examines tourists' perception of shellfish mariculture in relationship to their subjective knowledge about mariculture, attitude toward product quality of mariculture, and intention to be involved in marine tourism. This study suggests that the perception of benefits of the product are important considerations when tourists decide their travel activities in coastal destinations.
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Yoo, Dajong, and Changsoo Kim. "Effects of Risk Perception on Tourism Image and Tourism Decision Making in Cruise Tourism." Journal of Tourism Management Research 25, no. 1 (January 31, 2021): 269–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.18604/tmro.2021.25.1.14.
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Chuang, Ning-Kuang, Patrick C. Lee, and Linchi Kwok. "Assisting students with career decision-making difficulties: Can career decision-making self-efficacy and career decision-making profile help?" Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism Education 26 (June 2020): 100235. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhlste.2019.100235.
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Zhang, Jialin, Tong Wu, and Zhipeng Fan. "Research on Precision Marketing Model of Tourism Industry Based on User’s Mobile Behavior Trajectory." Mobile Information Systems 2019 (February 3, 2019): 1–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/6560848.
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With the deep cross-border integration of tourism and big data, the personalized demand of tourist groups is increasingly strong. Precision marketing has become a new marketing mode that the tourism industry needs to pay close attention to and explore. Based on the advantages of big data platform and location-based service, starting from the precise marketing demand of tourism, we design data flow mining technology framework for user’s mobile behavior trajectory based on location services in mobile e-commerce environment to get user track data that incorporates location information, consumption information, and social information. Data mining clustering technology is used to analyze the characteristics of users’ mobile behavior trajectories, and the precise recommendation system of tourism is constructed to provide support for tourism decision making. It can target the tourist group for precise marketing and make tourists travel smarter.
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Balogun, Babatunde Abiodun. "Preliminary look at the motivators and decision-making process of medical tourists from Nigeria to India." Journal of Tourism Analysis: Revista de Análisis Turístico 27, no. 1 (September 18, 2019): 41–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jta-09-2018-0021.
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Purpose The past decade has witnessed a tremendous and progressive growth in the number of Nigerians who engage in medical tourism from Nigeria to India. Various commentators have advanced diverse reasons for this trend. However, there is a dearth of research that has sought to provide empirical insights. This paper aims to investigate the decision-making process of Nigerian medical tourists and why they prefer medical tourism to India to medical care locally. Design/methodology/approach Eight Nigerian medical tourists are interviewed on a one-on-one basis with open-ended questions using purposive criterion sampling technique from an interpretivist mind-set. Findings The paper identifies two major motivators, namely, inadequate medical infrastructure and poor medical, and customer service from health workers in Nigeria, which spurred medical tourism from Nigeria to India. Further, it finds that first timers premise their decisions on advice from reference groups, while previous personal experiences guide decisions on subsequent medical travels. Findings are explained using the template provided by the theory of planned behaviour. Originality/value This exploratory nature of this research provides a useful basis to elucidate the course of decision-making of Nigerian patients so that appropriate marketing communication channels can be applied. It improves the process of recruiting and engaging Nigerian patients and nurturing wholesome relationships between Nigerian patients and hospitals.
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Yu, Rong. "Research of the Tourism Marketing Basing on the Data Mining." Applied Mechanics and Materials 543-547 (March 2014): 3659–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.543-547.3659.
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With the development of economy, the tourism industry has become a pillar industry for national development. To speed up the development of the tourism industry, more rational capital investment for tourism, the reasonable layout of the facilities, make scientific decisions will be very important to tourism. Data mining technology has had a profound impact in many industries and areas. Among data mining association rules mining, because it can find a lot of interesting connections between data items, can provide the basis for our decision-making. Therefore, we will introduce data mining into tourism industry. Find out the hidden link in the tourism industry, in order to provide the basis for scientific decision-making.
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Yang, Xuan, and Zhou-Jing Wang. "Intuitionistic Fuzzy Hierarchical Multi-Criteria Decision Making for Evaluating Performances of Low-Carbon Tourism Scenic Spots." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 17 (August 28, 2020): 6259. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17176259.
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Low-carbon tourism is an effective solution to cope with the goal conflict between developing tourist economy and responding to carbon emission reduction and ecological environment protection. Tourism scenic spots are important carriers of tourist activities and play a crucial role in low-carbon tourism. There are multiple factors affecting the low-carbon performance of a tourism scenic spot, and thus the performance evaluation and ranking of low-carbon tourism scenic spots can be framed as a hierarchical multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) problem. This paper develops a novel method to tackle hierarchical MCDM problems, in which the importance preferences of criteria over the decision goal and sub-criteria with respect to the upper-level criterion are provided by linguistic-term-based pairwise comparisons and the assessments of alternatives over each of sub-criteria at the lowest level are furnished by positive interval values. The linguistic-term-based pairwise comparison matrices are converted into intuitionistic fuzzy preference relations and an approach is developed to obtain the global importance weights of the lowest level sub-criteria. A multiplicatively normalized intuitionistic fuzzy decision matrix is established from the interval-value-based assessments of alternatives and a method is proposed to determine the intuitionistic fuzzy value based comprehensive scores of alternatives. A case study is offered to illustrate how to build a performance evaluation index system of low-carbon tourism scenic spots located at Zhejiang Province of China and show the use of the proposed intuitionistic fuzzy hierarchical MCDM method.
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Manhas, Parikshat Singh. "Climate disparity versus risk management: destination demand analysis." Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes 8, no. 5 (October 10, 2016): 560–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/whatt-06-2016-0037.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the relationship between tourism and climate change and, hence, to understand the impact of climate change on tourist destinations. Design/methodology/approach A conceptual analysis of secondary data was extracted and analyzed. The framework and policy implications for the study were obtained from online secondary data and by interaction with representatives of a state authority. Findings The findings from the study show that the impact of climate change on tourism is likely to manifest itself in a number of different ways according to local conditions. Climate and weather are connected with tourism and recreational activities. The paper shows the importance of climate for tourism because climate itself is an attraction. Climate and weather are among the most important attributes to influence tourist decision-making. Changing the climate and weather conditions of any destination may affect the tourists’ comfort and travel decisions, and due to the changing demand pattern and tourist flows, tourism businesses and host communities suffer. Cancellation of any trip due to bad weather causes dissatisfaction and those affected may avoid visiting the destination again. Temperature is also one of the most important climate variables in the analysis of tourism demands as it affects comfort. Originality/value This original piece of work suggests that climatic conditions control destination choice and this influences the tourism demands for a given destination.
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Padmaja, N., and T. Sudha. "Big Data Analytics Implications for Smart Tourism Destinations Towards the Enrichment of Content Tourism." Asian Journal of Computer Science and Technology 8, S3 (June 5, 2019): 7–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.51983/ajcst-2019.8.s3.2114.
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Smart tourism has huge amount of Social Big data available from tourists can cherish the value conception process for a Smart Tourism Destination. Applying a multiple-case study analysis, a set of regional tourist experiences related and destination, to derive patterns and opportunities of value creation generated by Big Data in tourism. Near conclusions and data in terms of improving decision making, creating marketing strategies with more personalized offerings, transparency and trust in dialogue with customers and stakeholders, and emergence of new business models, exploitation of Big Data in the context of information-intensive industries and mainly in Tourism. Smart Tourism Destination today is the front line of study in the tourism field and is a promising area from various research perspectives in terms of models, tools and strategies to keep up the process of intelligent configuration of destinations.