Beyond “culture”: A comparative study of forces structuring tourism consumption

Kirillova, Ksenia; Wang, Dan; Fu, Xiaoxiao; Lehto, Xinran

doi:10.1016/j.annals.2020.102941

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“…Travel is increasingly integral to daily life, particularly for the elderly, who are now a significant demographic in tourism, representing over 20% of tourists according to the National Committee on Aging. This shift reflects a broader trend where travel enhances the well-being and sense of fulfillment of older adults, fostering their adaptation to changing societal norms and contributing to a higher quality of life [10][11][12][13][14]. Beyond offering leisure, elderly tourism facilitates personal growth, allowing seniors to engage with new environments, which in turn rejuvenates their sense of vitality and fosters a unique connection with the world-a perspective that often eludes younger generations [15][16][17].…”

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The influence of progeny–Parents family travel on the well-being of the elderly in filial piety culture

Wang,

He,

Zhang

et al. 2024

PLoS ONE

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Grounded in the cultural context of Chinese filial piety, this study employs structural equation model to analyze survey data from elderly participants. It explores the effect and path of progeny–parents family travel on the elderly’s sense of well-being and examines the mediating roles of generational interaction, optimistic emotion, and psychological resilience. The findings indicate that progeny–parents family travel positively influences the well-being of the elderly, with generational interaction, optimistic emotion, and psychological resilience serving as intermediary roles. Theoretically, this study enriches the localized perspective of family travel’s psychological and behavioral impact on the elderly. It elucidates the spillover effects of family travel within the framework of filial piety culture, delineates the mechanisms by which family travel enhances elderly well-being, and offers theoretical insights for businesses to develop customized family travel products and services.

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The influence of progeny–Parents family travel on the well-being of the elderly in filial piety culture

Wang,

He,

Zhang

et al. 2024

PLoS ONE

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“…Useful reviews not only sway purchase decisions, but also assist tourism managers in enhancing their services, ultimately leading to increased transactions. However, existing research has primarily focused on identifying important attributes of tourism services [6][7][8], while neglecting to fully consider the influence of consumers' understanding and adaptation to the destination culture, which plays a significant role in enriching travel experiences, fostering emotional resonance, promoting cultural exchange, and establishing meaningful interpersonal connections [9,10]. Therefore, it is necessary to explore the impact of these factors on consumers' decisions regarding the usefulness of reviews.…”

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“…Such research is significant for enhancing tourism experiences, targeted marketing, and cross-cultural exchange. It also opens up opportunities for personalized services and informed tourism choices, as well as providing fresh insights into the dynamics of cultural adaptation and consumer behavior [9,10]. Hence, the objective of this study is to investigate the impact of factors influencing consumer cultural adaptation in online reviews and the interactive effects of these factors on the usefulness of theme park online reviews.…”

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The Impact of Consumer’s Adaptation to the Creative Culture of Theme Parks on Review Usefulness

Li,

Dou,

Chen

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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In the era of information overload and repetitive reviews, there has been limited exploration into the influence of consumers’ cultural adaptation to creative symbols in theme parks on the usefulness of online reviews, which is significant for enhancing tourism experiences, targeted marketing, personalized services, and informed tourism choices. This study aims to bridge this gap by examining how cultural adaptation factors interact and impact the review usefulness, and by considering the role of cultural adaptation in simplifying information during consumer decision-making processes. Additionally, the study investigates how consumers’ decision reference points, represented by advanced ticket levels, moderate their attention to attribute consistency when evaluating the review usefulness. A sample of 5929 valid consumer reviews of Disney theme parks from 2019 to 2022 on Meituan.com is analyzed using latent semantic analysis and Tobit regression to test the proposed hypotheses. We find that high symbolic creativity reviews stimulate cultural adaptation and increase attention to service attributes when evaluating review usefulness. Moreover, advanced ticket levels do not moderate the usefulness of extremely negative reviews. However, they do have a moderating effect on the usefulness of extremely positive reviews, with the direction of moderation differing based on the levels of symbolic creativity.

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“…The definition reveals some boundaries -a Western focus and religious separation. Norman (2012) and Kirillova (2020) note that spiritual tourism should be studied in specific cultural contexts rather than simply transplanting Western ideas to the East or vice versa.…”

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Futures of spiritual tourism in Vietnam in 2050

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Spiritual tourism is a significant sector of the global tourism market, growing fast in both scale and scope. While spiritual tourism has received much attention from academics and practitioners, the future of spiritual tourism is still uncertain. Post Covid-19, regenerative tourism may be a probable future of spiritual tourism, in which long-lasting sustainability for all stakeholders, marginalised people, sectors, communities, and the natural world are a greater focus.The purpose of this thesis is to address the question 'What are the futures of spiritual tourism in Vietnam in 2050?.’ Deploying scenario planning as a theory building and research method, and using a driver approach, it constructs four scenarios of spiritual tourism in Vietnam in 2050. A Delphi method was used to collect data from thirty participants who are experts in spiritual tourism and relevant sectors. Namely, the economic, political, social, technological, and environmental sectors. Four Delphi rounds, three of interviews, and one of surveys, were conducted. Data was analysed by the bricolage approach, which interprets fragmented data from different thoughts, patterns, and perspectives in a meaningful way. This process produced a scenario planning framework for understanding spiritual tourism from a theoretical and practical perspective. The conceptual framework consists of four alternative futures (or scenarios) of spiritual tourism created upon a foundation of ontology and epistemology. Scenario 1 - Secularisation, a prediction scenario, focuses on how secularisation secularises spirituality. Scenario 2 - Individualisation, a prognosis scenario, envisages that individualisation diversifies spirituality, shifting spiritual tourism from institutional religions to individual spirituality. Scenario 3 - Cyborg Religion, a science fiction scenario, emphasises how technology changes spirituality, and spiritual tourism addresses physical space. Scenario 4 - A Whole New World, a utopia emerging from dystopia scenario, highlights how dystopia strengthens spirituality, and subsequently transforms spiritual tourism from a sustainable to a regenerative form.The theoretical contribution of this thesis is a conceptual framework that provides an understanding of the future of spiritual tourism in Vietnam from a plural perspective. The literature on spiritual tourism has thus far been dominated by a Western perspective focussed on international tourists, this plurality of spiritual tourism model will contribute to the knowledge of an Asian perspective on domestic tourism. The research also identifies a series of drivers of change that will shape the future of spiritual tourism, and examines the impact of these trends when they are combined through the scenarios in this thesis. This model contributes to identification through its use as a ‘map,’ that can be used to find out where spiritual tourism could go from certain pre-set conditions. The conceptual framework is also transferable to other religions and destinations. Finally, the conceptual framework elaborates Norman’s definitions of spiritual tourism in the complicated context of Vietnam, and suggests revisiting the definition. This conceptual framework also elaborates on Abdul, Tatoglu, & Shamsiah’s conceptual model for future research, and presents it under different conditions-scenarios.From a futures perspective, the research introduces new access to the future by merging Dator et al.’s philosophy, Bergman et al.’s ontology, and Yeoman & McMahon-Beattie’s adaption into a single framework, in order to stretch the understanding of the futures. This conceptual framework can create boundaries and separate possible futures of spiritual tourism. The research also contributes to scenario planning, and theory building by demonstrating how scenario planning builds upon and extends intuitive logic frameworks when science fiction and dystopian aspects from Bergman et al.’s ontology perspective are added.The plurality of spiritual tourism model gives insight into the complexities and changes from an industry perspective, and provides a series of assumptions about the future of spiritual tourism in Vietnam based on the drivers of change identified. It will help policy-makers, destination managers, and tourism planners to understand and tackle uncertainties, seize new business opportunities, and develop appropriate policies and strategies for future-proofing.The central contribution of this research is that it represents the future of spiritual tourism. This is a guide to the future of spiritual tourism. The future of spiritual tourism is unknown. I have created the known.

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Beyond “culture”: A comparative study of forces structuring tourism consumption

Cited by 16 publications

References 38 publications

The influence of progeny–Parents family travel on the well-being of the elderly in filial piety culture

The influence of progeny–Parents family travel on the well-being of the elderly in filial piety culture

The Impact of Consumer’s Adaptation to the Creative Culture of Theme Parks on Review Usefulness

Futures of spiritual tourism in Vietnam in 2050

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