Travel motivation and demotivation within politically unstable nations

Farmaki, Anna; Khalilzadeh, Jalayer; Altınay, Levent

doi:10.1016/j.tmp.2018.11.004

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“…One major exogenous factor that can have lingering effects on the industry is political instability—it can jeopardize a destination’s entire tourism sector. Recently, political instability and social unrest have engulfed many countries, developing countries in particular; this has reignited scholars’ interest in the impact of political upheaval on tourists’ decision-making process (Farmaki et al, 2019). This stream of research has uncovered many examples of places where political instability led to a decline in the tourism industry or a complete disappearance from the tourism map (e.g.…”

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confidence: 99%

The influence of theocratic rule and political turmoil on tourists’ length of stay

Hateftabar

Chapuis

2020

Journal of Vacation Marketing

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The average tourist’s length of stay (LOS) is in a global decline. This downward trend underscores the need to study the factors that affect this variable in order to enable more effective management and marketing. This paper moves beyond the literature by investigating the determinants of international tourists’ LOS in a Muslim destination amid political crisis. LOS was evaluated using a survival analysis approach with data from 726 international tourists in Tabriz, Iran to ascertain the significant factors influencing trip length. The results reveal that the determinant factors are as follows: socio-demographic profiles, trip characteristics, and destination attributes. In addition, political turmoil and religious regulations are pivotal factors in LOS. The empirical findings provide valuable theoretical contributions to researchers and actionable guidance to tourism managers and marketers.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

The influence of theocratic rule and political turmoil on tourists’ length of stay

Hateftabar

Chapuis

2020

Journal of Vacation Marketing

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“…Therefore, understanding tourist motivations may be beneficial to both destination managers and industry entrepreneurs. In turn, this will help to develop tourism strategies to improve demand (Farmaki, Khalilzadeh & Altinay, 2019).…”

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“…Motivation can be considered a state of need which requires people to act in order to achieve satisfaction (Farmaki et al, 2019). Factors such as escape, relaxation, novelty, socialization, self-development and learning have been proposed as the most significant motivations for travel (Pearce & Lee, 2005;Yoon & Uysal, 2005), especially for tourists seeking culture and history (Chiang et al, 2015).…”

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confidence: 99%

Cappadocia: The Effects of Tourist Motivation on Satisfaction and Destination Loyalty

Seyitoğlu¹

2020

JoT

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The present study investigates how the motivations of foreign tourists visiting the Cappadocia region in Turkey affect their satisfaction and destination loyalty. The research was conducted using a questionnaire, which was answered by 363 foreign tourists visiting Cappadocia. First, the main factors in tourists' motivation for travel were determined. These motivation factors and satisfaction and destination loyalty intention scales were used to conduct multiple regression analyses. The results suggest that three categories of tourist motivations ('novelty and learning', 'escape and relaxation', and 'socialization') had a direct correlation with satisfaction, while two ('novelty and learning' and 'escape and relaxation') had a direct correlation with destination loyalty. This work has implications for destination managers and tourism businesses, and we conclude with suggestions for future studies.

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“…• key provisions of systemic, territorial and constructive approaches that define complex relations between different objects and phenomena of a particular territory as arenas of people's lives with their national and spiritual interests, needs and habits (Farmaki et al, 2019;Gomez, 2017;Mansfeld, 1992). They are considered by us in the field of studying the phenomenon of the "image of the region", problems of regional identity, the attitude of territorial communities to their habitat and life, perceptions of the geographical space around them within the borders of the region;…”

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confidence: 99%