International Tourists’ Perceived Sustainability of Jeju Island, South Korea

Kim, Min-Seong; Thapa, Brijesh; Kim, Hany

doi:10.3390/su10010073

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“…This represents a 25.01% total increase in Chinese tourists travelling to Korea [127]. Regardless of the massive tourism potential of Chinese outbound travelers, a few studies have focused on the experiences of the Chinese tourists traveling to Korea [72,128,129]. In this regard, the present study assessed the motivations of assessed Chinese tourists who visit Korea in the context of the assessed country's image.…”

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Relationships among Country Image, Tour Motivations, Tour Quality, Tour Satisfaction, and Attitudinal Loyalty: The Case of Chinese Travelers to Korea

2020

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This study examined the antecedents and the consequences of tour motivations. More specifically, this study proposed how two sub-dimensions of a country's image, such as the cognitive and the affective destination images, affect tour motivations. In addition, it was proposed that tour motivation helps to enhance tour quality and tour satisfaction. Lastly, this study examined the effect of tour quality the tour satisfaction on word-of-mouth. A total of 623 samples were employed in order to test the seven hypotheses. This study employed the AMOS program to conduct confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling. The results of the data analysis showed that the cognitive and the affective destination images play an important role in the formation of the tour motivation. This study also found that tour motivation has a positive influence on tour quality. Additionally, the current study confirmed the effect of tour quality on tour satisfaction. Lastly, the influences of tour quality on tour satisfaction and word-of-mouth were identified.The global tourism industry has become progressively more profitable and more competitive, so the vast majority of destination marketing organizations (DMOs) have concentrated their endeavors on explicitly creating a better destination image in order to be more appealing in the psyches of the potential tourists, since the travel industry is one of the segments that provide the biggest contributions to the financial improvement of a country [4]. If the destinations inside a country are the spots that are known and favored by international travelers, it will impact the regional development and improve the nation countrywide. Since the destination's image influences the tourists' basic decision-making process and travelers' opinions in connection to a specific travel destination, it is along these lines that a country must show a positive image to the potential travelers [5].When examining the behavior of a tourist, the tourist motivation can be viewed as the essential factor [6,7]. A push-pull model for travel motivation was created by Crompton [8], which recognized the push-and-pull consequences for a traveler's destination decision and experience. As indicated by this model, the push power motivates a traveler to venture out from their home and look for some undefined getaway destination, and the pull power forces a traveler toward specific destinations that are seen as appealing on account of their characteristics [9,10]. A few researchers have expressed that the motivation is identified with the affective part of the image, and a person's affective image for a destination is affected by the traveler's motivation, which is centered upon their past travel encounters [11][12][13]. In the previous tourism literature, numerous researchers recognized the significance of understanding better the relationship of variables, such as travel motivation, destination image, visitor satisfaction, revisit intentions, and intention to recommend [14][15][16][17][18][19][20]. However, few...

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Relationships among Country Image, Tour Motivations, Tour Quality, Tour Satisfaction, and Attitudinal Loyalty: The Case of Chinese Travelers to Korea

2020

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“…Based on its cultural and environmental aspects, the island has been inscribed as a Biosphere Reserve in 2002, Natural World Heritage Site in 2007, and Global Geopark in 2010 [57]. In addition, it has also been listed on the New Seven Wonders of Nature since 2011 [58] (see Figure 2).…”

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“…In addition, it has also been listed on the New Seven Wonders of Nature since 2011 [58] (see Figure 2). [57]. In addition, it has also been listed on the New Seven Wonders of Nature since 2011 [58] (see Figure 2).…”

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Influence of Environmental Knowledge on Affect, Nature Affiliation and Pro-Environmental Behaviors among Tourists

Kim

Thapa

2018

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Jeju Island is a popular destination in South Korea that is dependent on nature-based tourism. The annual increase in the influx of visitors has created major environmental impacts due to overuse and commercial expansion. With projected growth in arrivals and the development of tourism infrastructure, the island will experience perpetual challenges for sustainable management of natural resources. However, the role of visitors will be central via a commitment to practice pro-environmental behaviors to protect the island from further degradation. This study was grounded in the cognition-affection-attitude-behavior model to examine the predictive validity of tourists’ environmental knowledge, environmental affect, and nature affiliation on pro-environmental behavior. The data comprised responses from 304 domestic visitors who had visited Jeju Island. The empirical findings indicate that environmental affect was significantly impacted by two dimensions of environmental knowledge (i.e., subjective and objective). Additionally, nature affiliation was positively impacted by environmental affect, while pro-environmental behavior was significantly influenced by both environmental affect and nature affiliation. Overall, these findings provide theoretical and practical implications for sustainable tourism at a nature-based destination. The findings can be utilized for implementation of intervention programs and visitor management at Jeju Island.

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“…Jeju Island was chosen for several reasons. First, Jeju Island has been one of the most popular destinations for South Korean tourists for a long time [50]. Hence, Jeju Island has been familiar to most of South Korean tourists as a tourism place.…”

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A Sustainable Solution to Overtourism in the Social Media Era: An Exploratory Analysis on the Roles and Functions of Place–Visitor Relationship (PVR)

2020

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As overtourism has become a serious threat to the tourism industry in recent years, this study attempts to extend the theoretical framework of organization-public relationship (OPR) developed in the public relations scholarship to the context of overtourism. To that end, the concept of place–visitor relationship (PVR) is theoretically suggested and empirically tested in a structural equation model. Also, statistical reliability and validity of PVR are put under investigation. The findings helped confirm the roles and functions of PVR as a potential solution to overtourism in the social media era. As an antecedent, visitors’ affective tour experiences stemming from exposure to social media information significantly influenced PVR. PVR, on the other hand, significantly affected attitudes toward a place and, further, behavioral intentions toward measures against overtourism. In addition, the findings revealed that PVR consists of two sub-factors: Loyalty and relational attachment. Relationship strategies as a solution to the issue of overtourism are discussed in light of PVR.

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International Tourists’ Perceived Sustainability of Jeju Island, South Korea

Cited by 36 publications

References 61 publications

Relationships among Country Image, Tour Motivations, Tour Quality, Tour Satisfaction, and Attitudinal Loyalty: The Case of Chinese Travelers to Korea

Relationships among Country Image, Tour Motivations, Tour Quality, Tour Satisfaction, and Attitudinal Loyalty: The Case of Chinese Travelers to Korea

Influence of Environmental Knowledge on Affect, Nature Affiliation and Pro-Environmental Behaviors among Tourists

A Sustainable Solution to Overtourism in the Social Media Era: An Exploratory Analysis on the Roles and Functions of Place–Visitor Relationship (PVR)

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