Locals' Involvement in Travelers' Informational Search and Venue Decision Strategies While at Destination

Rompf, Paul D.; DiPietro, Robin B.; Ricci, Peter

doi:10.1300/j073v18n03_02

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“…Other researchers (e.g. Gitelson & Kerstetter, 1995;Rompf, DiPietro, & Ricci, 2005) also found evidence of decision delegation within larger studies, but did not investigate it in detail.…”

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confidence: 97%

“…Gitelson and Kerstetter (1995) stated that people defer "some of the decision-making to individuals who are more knowledgeable about the destination" (p. 60). Similarly, Rompf et al (2005) suggested that asking locals for referrals is a process of decision delegation, and Bronner and de Hoog (2008) wrote that decision delegation occasionally occurred as a means to settle conflicts in family decision making.…”

Section: Informal Decision Delegation/social Surrogatesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Deciding not to choose: Delegation to social surrogates in tourism decisions

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“…Other researchers (e.g. Gitelson & Kerstetter, 1995;Rompf, DiPietro, & Ricci, 2005) also found evidence of decision delegation within larger studies, but did not investigate it in detail.…”

Section: Contents Lists Available At Sciencedirectmentioning

confidence: 97%

Section: Informal Decision Delegation/social Surrogatesmentioning

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Deciding not to choose: Delegation to social surrogates in tourism decisions

Stone¹

2016

Tourism Management

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“…To analyze the weights of different information sources, we derive a set of items from scales proposed by Gartner (1993), Baloglu and McCleary (1999), Kim and Richardson (2003), Beerli and Martin (2004), Seabra et al (2007), Rompf, DiPietro, and Ricci (2005) and Lookinside Travel (2012). Gartner (1993) described the image formation process as a continuum of separate agents that act independently or in combination to form a destination image that is unique to each individual.…”

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A multidimensional analysis of the information sources construct and its relevance for destination image formation

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“…For tourism destinations, information search is one of the first steps of the vacation decision-making process and has influence on travel behaviors, such as where to go, how long to stay and how much to spend (Romf et al, 2005). …”

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Differences of Perceived Image Generated through the Web Site: Empirical Evidence Obtained in Spanish Destinations

2016

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In this paper, a study of the perceived destination image created by promotional Web Pages is expounded in an attempt to identify their differences as generators of destination image in the consumers' mind. Specifically, it seeks to analyse whether the web sites of different Spanish regions improve the image that consumers have of the destination, identifying their main dimensions and analysing its effect on satisfaction and intentions of the future behavior of potential visitors. To achieve these objectives and verify the hypotheses, a laboratory experiment was performed, where it was determined what changes are produced in the tourist's previous image after browsing the tourist webs of three different regions. Moreover, it analyses the differences in the effect of the perceived image on satisfaction and potential visitors' future behavioral intentions. The results obtained enable us to identify differences in the composition of the perceived image according to the destination, while confirming the significant effect of different perceived image dimensions regarding satisfaction. The results allow managers to gain a better understanding of the effectiveness of their sites from a consumer perspective as well as suggestions to follow in order to achieve greater efficiency in their communication actions in order to improve the motivation of visitors to go to the destination.

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Locals' Involvement in Travelers' Informational Search and Venue Decision Strategies While at Destination

Cited by 23 publications

References 17 publications

Deciding not to choose: Delegation to social surrogates in tourism decisions

Deciding not to choose: Delegation to social surrogates in tourism decisions

A multidimensional analysis of the information sources construct and its relevance for destination image formation

Differences of Perceived Image Generated through the Web Site: Empirical Evidence Obtained in Spanish Destinations

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