Sustainable, Smart and Muslim-Friendly Tourist Destinations

Valiño, Pedro Cuesta; Bolifa, Fadoua; Barriopedro, Estela Núñez

doi:10.3390/su12051778

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“…This study confirms that PS and COM as tourists' individuallevel factors have influences on their acceptance of hotel smart technologies. As self-service technologies are commonly adopted in the hospitality setting [32,85], more emphases shall be placed on investigating the role of tourists' individual-level factors in affecting smart technologies acceptance [34]. This study also tested how SN and SEL affect the TAM model.…”

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Modelling Tourists’ Acceptance of Hotel Experience-Enhancement Smart Technologies

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Hou

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Whereas the use of specific smart technologies in various sectors of the tourism industry has been under greater scrutiny in recent years, research that investigates tourists’ acceptance of smart technologies applied as a whole to hotels is largely underexplored. To address this shortfall, a study with a focus on tourists’ acceptance of experience-enhancement smart technologies has been conducted. A technology acceptance model based conceptual framework was developed, followed by a series of interviews with the managerial staff of ten hotels in Hong Kong that adopt experience-enhancement smart technologies. Based on the interview findings, a questionnaire was designed for use in a survey in which data were collected face-to-face from 312 tourists. Structural equation modelling was utilised to reveal the interrelationships between nine technology acceptance parameters. This study contributes knowledge to both real-world practice and research in tourism management.

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Section: Theoretical Implicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Modelling Tourists’ Acceptance of Hotel Experience-Enhancement Smart Technologies

Han

Hou

et al. 2021

Sustainability

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“…This image is what helps the individual to choose a destination. Today, the use of ICT helps people to plan their holidays and obtain detailed information about the destination [98]. Social networks in particular act as a tool to assist in making this choice, as well as facilitating interrelationships between stakeholders [99].…”

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confidence: 99%

Sustainable Development and Consumer Behavior in Rural Tourism—The Importance of Image and Loyalty for Host Communities

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In recent years, rural tourism has experienced a major boom; it was once a secondary type of tourism but has now become a significant alternative option within the Spanish economy. This type of tourism facilitates the sustainable development of the host communities and their surrounding areas, becoming an extra source of income in some cases, and the principal business in others. It is therefore important to ascertain which variables influence the behavior of rural tourists. The objective of this study is to demonstrate the influence on rural tourist behavior of destination image, both initial and final, as well as tourist satisfaction and loyalty to the area. Loyalty, which translates into repeat visits to the area and recommendations to third parties, promotes the sustainable development of rural areas. After an exhaustive review of the literature on the relevant variables, an empirical study was carried out using a questionnaire designed for tourists over 18 years old who visited the province of Soria (Spain) and stayed in a rural tourism establishment. This resulted in a total of 1658 valid completed questionnaires. A structural equation model was then drawn up to discover the relationships between all the variables. The results demonstrated the importance of destination image in the formation of the new image, and also showed that tourist satisfaction is the variable that most strongly influences loyalty to the tourist area. This study is a novel contribution to the study of sustainable development in rural areas since it focuses on tourist loyalty and its resulting benefits.

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“…In the face of this reality, solid academic evidence suggests that a solid corporate brand facilitates its identification and sustainable position in the global marketplace. It attracts the potential future customers (Cuesta-Valiño et al, 2020a;Foroudi et al, 2020).…”

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Happiness Management: A Culture to Explore From Brand Orientation as a Sign of Responsible and Sustainable Production

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The overarching call to action represented by the sustainable development goals (SDGs) calls for new sustainable production and management models. Likewise, in periods of crisis, such as the current COVID-19 pandemic, companies are forced to develop competitive and sustainable development strategies to increase their brand value and achieve a good market position. Therefore, this work’s main objective is to design a structural equation modelling (SEM) to analyse the main critical dimensions of brand orientation to influence happiness in responsible and sustainable entities. For this purpose, a descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out based on primary data from a survey of a representative sample of 216 managers of small- and medium-sized enterprises in Andalusia (Spain) in the construction, industry and services sectors. The model results reveal significant dimensions of brand orientation and positively direct influence on happiness management. One of the significant managerial implications of this work is that the model allows for more responsible and sustainable management of entities by considering brand orientation about happiness.

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Sustainable, Smart and Muslim-Friendly Tourist Destinations

Cited by 32 publications

References 90 publications

Modelling Tourists’ Acceptance of Hotel Experience-Enhancement Smart Technologies

Modelling Tourists’ Acceptance of Hotel Experience-Enhancement Smart Technologies

Sustainable Development and Consumer Behavior in Rural Tourism—The Importance of Image and Loyalty for Host Communities

Happiness Management: A Culture to Explore From Brand Orientation as a Sign of Responsible and Sustainable Production

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