Includes bibliographical references.

The size and market-to-book value in the hospitality industry: international evidence -- Examining the relationship between tourism and CO2 emissions: evidence from APEC region -- Exploring the gifting motivations of young Chinese independent outbound tourists -- Supply side factors as determinants of Ethiopia’s image as a destination -- Intention to visit under the impact of reverse country-of-origin effect -- Psychological contract breach and affective organizational commitment in small-sized hotels -- The travel dream experience in pandemic times -- Activities and economic impact of infrequent or non- travelers -- Dark tourism intentions: moderating effect of xenophobia -- Risk mitigation through source credibility in online travel communities -- Quantifying villager readiness in rural tourism: an application of analytical hierarchy process (AHP) -- Drama tourism: the influence of Korean K-pop dramas characteristics on Malaysian travel motivation and behavioural intention -- Understanding new assurance attributes of hotel restaurants during COVID-19 -- Shifts in heritage tourists’ health risk and travel sentiments following COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from Georgetown UNESCO World Heritage Site -- Modelling international tourism demand to Thailand: an augmented gravity approach -- Mobility of tourism academics in the United Kingdom higher education environment -- Childism, child(isn’t) and child(usian): contrasting evolution between the tourism industry and tourism academic research.

[Article Title: The size and market-to-book value in the hospitality industry: international evidence/ Emel Bacha Simöes, p. 289-305]

Abstract: The dynamics of market value in the hospitality industry have different aspects as the firms have specific conditions. The study aims to determine the dynamics of the market-to-book value of companies operating in developed and emerging markets. Empirical findings reveal that there is a statistically significant relationship between market-to-book and firm size. The effect of hotel size on the market-to-book ratio is not a linear one. A significant relationship was found between the current value of the market-book ratio and the lag values. When the profitability and dividend payout increase, the market-to-book value increases. It was determined that some factors affecting the firm’s market-to-book value differ according to whether the firm is large-scale or small-scale.

https://doi.org/10.1080/13032917.2021.2021429

[Article Title: Examining the relationship between tourism and CO2 emissions: evidence from APEC region/ Kalaichelvi Ravinthirakumaran & Navaratnam Ravinthirakumaran, p. 306-320]

Abstract: The paper investigates the relationship between tourism, energy consumption, trade openness, economic growth, and CO2 emissions for 20 economies of the APEC region from 1995 to 2017. This paper employs cross-sectional dependence with heterogeneous panel estimation techniques. The data confirms cross-sectional dependence, and the CIPS panel unit root test shows that the variables are stationary at their first differences. The Westerlund panel cointegration test affirms a long-run relationship among the variables. Tourism and trade openness have significant positive effects on CO2 emissions while economic growth and energy consumption adversely affect CO2 emissions in the long-run. The panel non-causality test reveals that there is a one-way causality running from tourism to CO2 emissions and economic growth to CO2 emissions.

https://doi.org/10.1080/13032917.2021.2021430

[Article Title: Exploring the gifting motivations of young Chinese independent outbound tourists/ Xuxiangru Fan & Maoying Wu, p. 321-332]

Abstract: This study explored the motivations behind gift shopping behaviour of young Chinese independent outbound tourists. Analysis of 30 semi-structured interviews revealed six key motivations: expressing care and affection, enhancing post-trip experience, building/maintaining relationships, following cultural tradition, showing prestige, and fulfiling utilitarian purposes. Face, guanxi, and reciprocity were identified as the socio-cultural values behind these motivations. Implications for destination marketing practitioners were provided.

https://doi.org/10.1080/13032917.2022.2039251

[Article Title: Supply side factors as determinants of Ethiopia’s image as a destination/ Amare Yaekob Chiriko, p. 333-343]

Abstract: While destination image remains among well-researched themes in the tourism literature, studies on its determinants have largely focused on demand-side factors. The current study investigates the influence of supplyside factors in explaining the image of Ethiopia as a destination. Quantitative data were gathered from 399 international tourists through a structured questionnaire using a convenient sampling technique. Hierarchical linear regression was employed as a major data analysis tool. Findings from analysis of cognitive images of tourists revealed that, though the factors of destination resources, infrastructural elements, political and economic factors and human aspects significantly determine the country’s image as a tourist destination, the predictive power of tourism resources is far greater than the combined ability of all the other determinants.

https://doi.org/10.1080/13032917.2022.2039252

[Article Title: Intention to visit under the impact of reverse country-of-origin effect/ Peng Zheng, Qianwen Wang, Hui Cheng, Jiayi Chen & Zhuang Liu, p. 344-358]

Abstract: Structural equation models, correlation analysis and other methods are adopted to explore the impact of Japan’s reverse country-of-origin effect on Chinese consumers’ intention to visit. The results show that: (1) Consumers’ evaluation and attitude towards hedonic products are positive, while reverse country-of-origin effect is the highest in terms of utilitarian products; (2) The reverse country-of-origin effect of women on nature-based products is higher than that of men, while the reverse country-of-origin effect of women on utilitarian products and hedonic products are opposite; (3) The desired interaction of the 45–64 age group and those with high school degrees, technical secondary school certifications, or lower degrees groups can lead them to visit a destination.

https://doi.org/10.1080/13032917.2022.2039253

[Article Title: Psychological contract breach and affective organizational commitment in small-sized hotels/ Emmanuel Twumasi Ampofo, Enya Besa Ameza-Xemalordzo, Caroline Ampofo & Seth Nkrumah, p. 359-372]

Abstract: Our paper develops and tests a research model that proposes that job satisfaction (JSAT), career satisfaction (CSAT) and work engagement (WENG) mediate the effect of psychological contract breach (PCB) on affective organizational commitment (AOC). Data were collected from small-sized hotel employees who occupy frontline positions in three waves in four cities in Ghana. The hypothesized linkages were assessed via structural equation modelling. The empirical data confirmed all the hypothesized relationships. Specifically, PCB had a negative impact on AOC. Additionally, JSAT, CSAT and WENG mediated the effect of PCB on AOC. Discussion of implications of the findings are included in the paper.

https://doi.org/10.1080/13032917.2022.2039254

[Article Title: The travel dream experience in pandemic times/ Antónia Correia, Sérgio Moro & Paulo Rita, p. 373-388]

Abstract: This study was developed to understand how tourists feel after dreamed travel experiences ended up cancelled. The orchestra model that considers experiences as an intermingled process was applied to analyse the negative feelings experienced by tourists during these pandemic times. Through web scraping, over 40 thousand comments from 600 threads discussing the pandemic impact on tourists’ inability to concretize their dreams were extracted from the TripAdvisor forum. Those comments were subjected to data mining techniques, including the generation of topic modelling and analysis of sentiment scores across continents vis-à-vis reported cases and fatalities. Results suggested that despite the disillusion for not being able to travel, tourists were understanding and mostly concerned with the health of their peers.

https://doi.org/10.1080/13032917.2022.2041444

[Article Title: Activities and economic impact of infrequent or non-travellers/ Jürgen Schmude, Cyrille Genre-Grandpierre & Franziska Pellkofer, p. 389-400]

Abstract: Non-travellers or infrequent travellers have been largely neglected by (tourism) academic research. There is a lack of knowledge about why they don’t travel much as well as about their activities on holiday and the related economic impact on their living environment. The exploratory study analyses the economic impact of non-travellers and infrequent travellers due to their activities for the Department of Vaucluse (France), an important source area and destination in national tourism. The analysis of the socio-demographic structure shows that this group, sometimes associated to the phenomenon of staycation, is heterogeneously composed. Financial, occupational and health conditions are major constraints, while a lack of motivation is of secondary importance. It shows that their economic impact is important and spatially differentiated.

https://doi.org/10.1080/13032917.2022.2041445

[Article Title: Dark tourism intentions: moderating effect of xenophobia/ Pooja Mehta, Swati Gupta & Himanshu Singla, p. 401-413]

Abstract: This study examines the determinants of visitors’ intentions to visit places associated with death, sufferings and violence. The relationships of dark tourism intention with each of its determinants were tested for the moderating impact of xenophobia. The study utilizes survey of 581 visitors of Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar, India. The findings of SmartPLS (v.3.2.8) suggested that commemoration, knowledge, curiosity and social obligation significantly influenced dark tourism intentions. The moderating impact of xenophobia was significant on commemoration and social obligation relationship with dark tourism intentions. Nevertheless, xenophobia did not play any role in affecting the relationship of either curiosity or knowledge with dark tourism intentions. The study concludes with several implications, limitations and future scope of research. https://doi.org/10.1080/13032917.2022.2048403

[Article Title: Risk mitigation through source credibility in online travel communities/ Elizabeth A. Whalen & Amanda Belarmino, p. 414-425]

Abstract: This study investigated the impacts of risk perceptions in online travel communities on source credibility and community engagement using the uncertainty reduction theory. Through a quasi-experimental design, this study found that the impact of risk perception varies by the type and level of risk. Functional risk had a positive impact on source credibility; financial risk had a negative impact. Source credibility did not impact community engagement except in high-risk scenarios which is a different result compared to past published studies. The results of this study indicate that online community interactions provide a means of mitigating perceived functional risk but do not alleviate financial risk perceptions.

https://doi.org/10.1080/13032917.2022.2048405

[Article Title: Quantifying villager readiness in rural tourism: an application of analytical hierarchy process (AHP)/ Arif Budy Pratama, p. 426-438]

Abstract: While many studies neglect to assess villager readiness for tourism-based village development, this present study addresses this issue by providing a quantitative measurement to evaluate villager readiness towards tourism programmes. Using Balesari village -an emerging tourism village in Indonesia- as a case, the level of readiness was measured. To better capture the actual condition, the present study applied Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) to weigh each dimension based on stakeholders’ priority. Drawing from the key stakeholders’ dimension weighting and field survey of 187 respondents, we can quantify the readiness level and provide detailed descriptions of villager readiness in a tourism development project. The result of this study may inform policymakers in assessing rural tourism development projects from the villagers’ perspective.

https://doi.org/10.1080/13032917.2022.2048406

[Article Title: Drama tourism: the influence of Korean K-pop dramas characteristics on Malaysian travel motivation and behavioural intention/ Aida Kamilia, Mohd Hafiz Hanafiah & Mohd Salehuddin Mohd Zahari, p. 439-443]

Abstract: With international tourism becoming a profitable market, the economic benefit of film- and drama-induced tourism should not be overlooked (Dean & Suhartanto, Citation2019; Kim et al., Citation2019). Recently, the tourism demand in South Korea has proliferated, reaching a high of 1 2.7 million in 2019 (Statsita, Citation2021). This is in line with the sudden burst of Korean K-pop TV drama availability in the Malaysian market through the online streaming platform (Seo & Kim, Citation2020). Visiting the TV drama locations reflects how tourists are “pushed” by motivation as the internal variable to make a travel choice and how the motivation variable “pull” the tourists to the destinations portrayed in the TV dramas (Araújo Vila et al., Citation2021).

https://doi.org/10.1080/13032917.2022.2096654

[Article Title: Understanding new assurance attributes of hotel restaurants during COVID-19/ Aswin Sangpikul & Piyavit Thipbharos, p. 444-447]

Abstract: During the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of studies were conducted to better understand “new normal” services from the perspectives of restaurant operators and customers (Kim & Liu, Citation2022; Wang et al., Citation2021). Having conducted in-depth analysis, the “new normal” services documented in literature are related to assurance, a SERVQUAL and DINESERV dimension, in regard to employees’ ability to inspire customer trust and confidence (Parasuraman et al., Citation1988).

https://doi.org/10.1080/13032917.2022.2109181

[Article Title: Shifts in heritage tourists’ health risk and travel sentiments following COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from Georgetown UNESCO World Heritage Site/ Muhammad Burhanuddeen Mohammad Nasir, Muaz Azinuddin, Mohd Hafiz Mohd Hanafiah & Nur Shahirah Mior Shariffuddin, p. 448-451]

Abstract: The city of Georgetown, located in Penang, Malaysia, was awarded the UNESCO World Heritage Site (WHS) in 2008 (UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Citation2021). Since then, it has been a popular global tourist destination among heritage tourists. However, the Malaysian tourism sector has witnessed diminishing returns for the past two years because of the COVID-19 pandemic (Hanafiah et al., Citation2021). Studies on health crises have shown an inverse relationship between perceived risk and travel intention (Joo et al., Citation2021). Nonetheless, there is evidence that a favourable destination image could diminish tourists’ uncertainty and perceived risk (Su et al., Citation2014).

https://doi.org/10.1080/13032917.2022.2109182

[Article Title: Modelling international tourism demand to Thailand: an augmented gravity approach/ Samuel K. Y. Tong, Sharon G. M. Koh & Audrey K. L. Siah, p. 452-455]

Abstract: International tourism demand has been cited as mostly following classical economic theory, which suggests that tourism demand is a function of economic factors such as income and price-related factors (Crouch, Citation1994; Nguyen et al., Citation2022; Rafiei & Abbaspoor, Citation2021). However, it has become evident that non-economic variables are also significant in explaining tourism demand (Tatoglu & Gul, Citation2019; Ulucak et al., Citation2020). Against this backdrop, Thailand presents an interesting case study as a unique country that has successfully managed political turbulence vis-à-vis a successful coup d’état while keeping the tourism industry resilient.

https://doi.org/10.1080/13032917.2022.2110131

[Article Title: Mobility of tourism academics in the United Kingdom higher education environment/ Hugues Séraphin, p. 456-460]

Abstract: Universities are key stakeholders of the knowledge economy (Kleibert, Citation2021). Some destinations such as the United Kingdom are particularly benefiting from this economy (Kozak & Kozak, Citation2017). Mobility is not just a Higher Education Institution and/or student matter, but also an academic career key topic, as quite often faculties have to move from an institution to another to progress in their career (Ladkin & Weber, Citation2009), when internal progression is not possible (Henningsson & Geschwind, Citation2021).

https://doi.org/10.1080/13032917.2022.2117711

[Article Title: Childism, child(isn’t) and child(usian): contrasting evolution between the tourism industry and tourism academic research/ Hugues Séraphin, p. 461-464]

Abstract: This research note sheds light on three different and complementary perspectives when it comes to children in the tourism industry and academic research: First, “childism” (Wall, Citation2019), which is calling for a better recognition of children as stakeholders of the tourism industry, and a better representation in academic research. Second, “child(isn’t)” which is to some extent, denying to children their “rights to be” in both tourism academic research and industry, but also in society. Finally, “child(usian)” which is halfway through “childism” and “child(isn’t)”. The research questions of the study are as follows: First, “Where are the children in tourism research?” (Poria & Timothy, Citation2014: 77). Second, where are the children in the tourism industry?

https://doi.org/10.1080/13032917.2022.2119591