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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
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
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 …
Conceptualization Of Place Attachment, Self-Congruity, And Their Impacts On Word-Of-Mouth Behaviors, Ning (Chris) Chen, Tina Šegota
Conceptualization Of Place Attachment, Self-Congruity, And Their Impacts On Word-Of-Mouth Behaviors, Ning (Chris) Chen, Tina Šegota
TTRA Canada 2016 Conference
The attachment theory and self-congruity theory have been widely used to explain and predict consumer behaviour. Similarly, the two theories have been also used in tourism studies with the aim to explain tourist destination choice. Placing a focus on destination visitors, the literature does not inform on the self-congruity effect among local residents, who also play a very important role in shaping destination image through their voluntary behaviors. The purpose of this paper is twofold. Firstly, the study aims at extending self-image congruence research into the resident literature within the field of tourism, by examining the links between place attachment …
Animating Japan Through Sport Tourism: An International Research Collaboration, Tom Hinch
Animating Japan Through Sport Tourism: An International Research Collaboration, Tom Hinch
TTRA Canada 2016 Conference
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