The Influence of Sign Value on Travel-Related Information Search

Cho, Mi Hea; Kerstetter, Deborah L.

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“…Unlike Vogt and Fesenmaier (1998) and Cho and Kerstetter (2004), who measured the importance of sign need relative to other motivational needs in previsit information search, this study did not do so in the context of on-site information search. Instead, this study measured the ability of QR code in meeting the sign need of visitors when searching for onsite tourism information.…”

Section: Sign Needcontrasting

confidence: 56%

“…Visits are often social events for the participants. Cho and Kerstetter (2004) considered sign need to be aroused by "individuals' inclination to seek information that will enhance their actual or ideal selfimage, role position, or feelings toward group members or an external audience" (p. 20). The same study observed that sign need is the least important need before a trip.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Adopted from hirschman and Wallendorf (1982), Vogt and Fesenmaier (1998) suggested three motives for social-based information needs: to attain social mobility; create an obligatory relationship between receivers and senders to reciprocate information back and forth; and proselytization. Information consumers may be motivated by the need to talk about certain destination places to other people (Cho & Kerstetter, 2004). Visits are often social events for the participants.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

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QR Code as an On-Site Tourism Information Source

Tan¹,

Chang²

2011

Information Technology & Tourism

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This study examines QR code as an on-site tourism information source from the perspective of reliance, sign need, convenience, and credibility. As a whole, QR code receives good comments despite being a relatively new tourism information source. QR code is as good as brochures in meeting the sign need of tourists' on-site search behavior. It is also better than information boards in all the aspects studied. Sign need predicts credibility but not reliance on QR code. Convenience contributes to credibility and reliance of QR code. Reliance on information boards negatively predicts credibility of QR code. QR code can be an efficient information source for the destination marketing organizations. This research contributes to the study of on-site tourism information search behavior and sign need.

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Section: Sign Needcontrasting

confidence: 56%

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

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QR Code as an On-Site Tourism Information Source

Tan¹,

Chang²

2011

Information Technology & Tourism

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“…According to consumer information search (Hirschman…1986) the risk and uncertainty avoidance falls within the functional information needs and thus neglecting the role of the non functional information search motives. Cho and Kerstetter (2004) in their study noted sign value of information that reflects the non functional information need as per Vogt and Fesenmaier's (1998) classification to be non functional.…”

Section: Research Hypotheses and Conceptual Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 89%

Impact of Travel Information Search Behavior on the Image of Tanzania as a Tourist Destination

Victor¹

2014

AJT

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Information has been noted to be the key to the formation of destination image. Destination marketers are aware of this fact and they aggressively try to influence the tourist's decisions by altering the image of their destinations through information provision. During their trip planning, tourists usually engage themselves with active information search. Despite motives being the crux of travel information search, it has only been conceptually linked to the travel information sources. In this research we focus on investigating the impact of information search behavior on the destination image. A questionnaire based survey was conducted to collect data from 625 tourists in Tanzania. The data were analyzed by employing factor analysis and relevant hypotheses were derived and tested by multiple regression analysis. The results suggested that the information search behaviors have a significant influence on the destination image Differential uses of different sources of information have different impact on the destination images and the longer the travel planning horizon the stronger the destination images. These findings offer a valuable empirical insights to the marketers as to where (sources) to put travel information to cater for different tourists having different motivations with the aim of influencing the destination image in a most favorable way.

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“…The socialpsychological theory of motivation (Steinmayr & Spinath, 2008) relies on social needs and is defined as the need to surpass qualifications to reach a certain standard of excellence (Reeve, 2009). According to sign value theory, consumers' needs are considered cultural compositions in which social status is enjoyed when users consume a particular service (Cho & Kerstetter, 2004).…”

Section: Situational Traitsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Psychology of space tourism marketing, technology, and sustainable development: From a literature review to an integrative framework

Mehran

Han

2023

Psychology and Marketing

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Space tourism, a niche segment of the aviation industry, has radically altered the private sector. A noticeable trend in this market has been the development of commercial space with numerous start-ups and ventures underway. Adopting a concept-driven approach, we conduct a hybrid review to sketch the emerging market areas in space tourism and provided insights into tourists' behavioral responses. Our results are supplemented by an analysis of public viewpoints on space-faring to gauge their alignment with academic views on space tourism. We also develop an integrative framework to elucidate how personality interacts with scenario to influence the feelings, thoughts, and behaviors of space tourists and their responses toward space tourism. We recognize critical gaps in previous literature and propose the following recommendations to guide future research: 1) Conceptualization of travel services and tourism typology in the new space market; 2) theoretical contribution on pragmatic and semantic levels; 3) need for empirical and multi-disciplinary studies; 4) investigating the role of ethical issues on bilateral arguments toward commercialized space tourism; 5) integrating stakeholders' perspectives to maximize the socioeconomic impacts of space tourism and environmental sustainability; 6) media platforms and application of new technologies; and 7) role of scientific journals in knowledge enhancement.

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The Influence of Sign Value on Travel-Related Information Search

Cited by 9 publications

References 71 publications

QR Code as an On-Site Tourism Information Source

QR Code as an On-Site Tourism Information Source

Impact of Travel Information Search Behavior on the Image of Tanzania as a Tourist Destination

Psychology of space tourism marketing, technology, and sustainable development: From a literature review to an integrative framework

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