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The Cognitive-Affective Relationship Of Tourists To A Heritage Site: The Case Of Petra, Girish Prayag, Ning (Chris) Chen, Sameer Hosany, Khaled Odeh Sep 2016

The Cognitive-Affective Relationship Of Tourists To A Heritage Site: The Case Of Petra, Girish Prayag, Ning (Chris) Chen, Sameer Hosany, Khaled Odeh

TTRA Canada 2016 Conference

The study evaluates a theoretical model that postulates the cognitive-affective relationships that tourists develop with a heritage site have an impact on intended behavior. Using the case of the UNESCO World Heritage Site (WHS) of Petra, the relationships between tourist motivation, positive and negative emotions, place attachment, overall satisfaction and intention to recommend the site are assessed. A survey of international tourists at the visitor centre in Petra resulted in 297 usable questionnaires. The two-step procedure for structural equation modeling was used to analyze the data. All of the hypothesized paths are statistically significant, except the one from positive emotion …


Antecedents Of Heritage Tourists’ Satisfaction: The Role Of Motivation, Discrete Emotions And Place Attachment, Girish Prayag, Giacomo Del Chiappa Sep 2016

Antecedents Of Heritage Tourists’ Satisfaction: The Role Of Motivation, Discrete Emotions And Place Attachment, Girish Prayag, Giacomo Del Chiappa

TTRA Canada 2016 Conference

While the literature on heritage tourism recognizes the importance of emotions in predicting satisfaction and other post consumption behaviours, few studies examine the discrete emotions that determine tourists’ attachment to heritage sites. Accordingly, this study evaluates the relationships between three important antecedents of tourist satisfaction namely, motivation, discrete emotions and place attachment. Visitors at the Su Nuraxi UNESCO World Heritage Site in Sardinia, Italy were surveyed at the end of their visit. From the 497 useable surveys, the findings indicated that not all positive and negative discrete emotions predict satisfaction and attachment. The emotions of pride, love, gratitude, positive surprise …


The Influence Of Media Implemented Into The Event-Tourist Career Model: Triyas Triathlon, Abu Dhabi, Nataša Slak Valek, Al Anood Al Buainain Jan 2016

The Influence Of Media Implemented Into The Event-Tourist Career Model: Triyas Triathlon, Abu Dhabi, Nataša Slak Valek, Al Anood Al Buainain

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© University of the Aegean. Using the athletes' career trajectory model, this study implements the influence of media into the trajectory of active sport event participants' decision-making process. It examined athletes' motivation, media influence, travel style and behaviours, and event selection among participants of TriYas triathlon organized in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Data were collected in February 2016 with an online survey sent to all participating athletes and descriptive statistic was used for data analyses. Results indicate that international media are followed by the majority of athletes included in our sample with no statistically significant differences between first-timers and …