The wow effect and behavioral intentions of tourists to astrotourism experiences: Mediating effects of satisfaction

Rodrigues, Áurea; Loureiro, Sandra María Correia; Prayag, Girish

doi:10.1002/jtr.2507

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“…The results are also consistent with other research that has shown that stargazing tourism has the potential to raise the competitiveness of destinations, by enhancing the tourist experience and excitement with nature [16,104]. In this regard, planning land resources for stargazing tourism should take care of the environmental impacts that can lead to unsustainable processes of tourism development [87,88,105].…”

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Tourists’ Preferences for Stargazing Land Resources

Fernández-Hernández

Araña

Ledesma

et al. 2022

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Stargazing tourism is an expanding market niche that requires the development of territorial resources for its implementation and attraction. This paper’s objective is to investigate the preferences and willingness to pay of tourists for the development of strategic land resources for stargazing tourism activities. The field work was conducted on the island of La Palma (Canary Islands), which is promoting the territorial development of infrastructures for stargazing tourism. A random sample of 734 tourists were interviewed in person on-site in December 2019 following the methodology discrete choice experiments that enabled an estimation of tourists’ preferences and willingness to pay for the implementation of key land resources for stargazing. The data are modeled using a latent class model that allows for the consideration of heterogeneous preferences. The results show that there are three groups of tourists with different preferences for land resources of stargazing observation. These segments are respectively related to the interests in culture, active, and astronomic tourism. Those tourists in the active stargazing segment share the largest proportion of the market and favor the implementation of facilities that allow the combination of active tourism with stargazing. The results are useful for land product development and territorial strategies aimed at positioning destinations in the identified demand niches of stargazing tourism.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 89%

Tourists’ Preferences for Stargazing Land Resources

Fernández-Hernández

Araña

Ledesma

et al. 2022

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“…For the upcoming future, the sampling methods seem to be optimized to obtain more representative samples, which would be more conducive to the stability of the research conclusions, since the non-random sample has to be treated with great care. Furthermore, from the conceptual/contextual point of view, the RI may be applicable to further research for alternative special interest tourism (SIT), such as wine tourism ( Back et al, 2021 ), coffee tourism ( Chen et al, 2021 ), gastronomy tourism ( Widjaja et al, 2020 ), astrotourism or stargazing tourism ( Li, 2021 ; Rodrigues et al, 2022 ), volunteer trip ( Manosuthi et al, 2020 ), and suicide travel ( Yu et al, 2020 ; Yang et al, 2022c ).…”

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A holistic perspective to predict yoga tourists’ revisit intention: An integration of the TPB and ECM model

Leou

Wang²

2023

Front. Psychol.

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IntroductionThe purpose of this study is to empirically investigate the pattern of visitors’ revisiting behavioral intention via the innovational approach of Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) and the Expectation Confirmation Theory (ECT).MethodsThis research was conducted by data collection with structured questionnaires as its instrument, which was distributed among 420 yoga tourism visitors in two destinations, Mysore and Rishikesh in India. Collected data had been processed by confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling.ResultsThe data analysis results showed that the behavioral attitude of yoga tourism visitors can mediate the influence of behavioral intention through the satisfaction. The findings of this study include the following points: (1) the components of attitude, subjective norm and destination image apply a direct effect on the cultural and spiritual experiences of yoga tourism visitors; (2) cultural and spiritual experiences have a direct effect on the expectation confirmation and the satisfaction of yoga tourism visitors; (3) Expectation confirmation has a direct effect on the satisfaction and the behavior intention of yoga tourism visitors; and (4) Satisfaction has a direct effect on the behavior intention of yoga tourism visitors.DiscussionThis study contributed by examining the satisfaction and revisit intentions of yoga tourism visitors through an integrated study of planning behavior and expectation confirmation models, which might be refilling the scarcity of research in the tourism literature. The result of this study might offer important implications for scholars, marketers, and tourism industry to better serve this emerging niche market.

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“…Tourist satisfaction and loyalty have long been seen as crucial factors in determining behavioral intentions (Rodrigues et al, 2022). Previous studies have identified different types of behavioral characteristics and personalities that might derive different levels of satisfaction and loyalty (Homburg & Giering, 2001).…”

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Segmentation based on environmentally responsible behavior: Evidence from SCUBA divers in Taiwan, the Philippines, and Indonesia

Lee

Lin

et al. 2022

Journal of Tourism Research

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This study aims to compare the satisfaction and loyalty of SCUBA divers who were segmented into groups based on their level of environmentally responsible behavior (ERB). Overall, 1800 valid questionnaires were obtained from for Taiwan, the Philippines and Indonesia. Multivariate statistical analysis was used for data analysis.Four clusters of SCUBA divers were identified through cluster analysis: blended ERB SCUBA divers, moderate ERB SCUBA divers, lacking ERB SCUBA divers, and practicing ERB SCUBA divers. Each of these clusters exhibited significant differences in tourism satisfaction and loyalty. This study used the ERB variable to effectively categorize SCUBA divers into four groups with several theoretical and practical implications for each, and extended the research on marine tourism development.

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The wow effect and behavioral intentions of tourists to astrotourism experiences: Mediating effects of satisfaction

Cited by 21 publications

References 97 publications

Tourists’ Preferences for Stargazing Land Resources

Tourists’ Preferences for Stargazing Land Resources

A holistic perspective to predict yoga tourists’ revisit intention: An integration of the TPB and ECM model

Segmentation based on environmentally responsible behavior: Evidence from SCUBA divers in Taiwan, the Philippines, and Indonesia

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