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Journal Source: Annals of Tourism Research Volume 31 Volume 30 Volume 29 Volume 28 Volume 27 Volume 26 Volume 25 Volume 24 Volume 23 Volume 22 J. Sustainable Tourism Tourism Management  |
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Responsible Tourism Management Annals
of Tourism Research [Volume 31, Issue 1][Volume 31, Issue 2][Volume 31, Issue 3]
Food in tourism: Attraction and Impediment, Pages 755-778 The common perception of food as a mere attraction in tourism is challenged by stressing the complications and impediments experienced by tourists in the local culinary sphere in unfamiliar destinations, even when attracted to the local cuisine. Hygiene standards, health considerations, communication gaps, and the limited knowledge of tourists concerning the local cuisine are discussed, while the role of ethnic restaurants at home in preparing tourists for the food abroad is questioned. The various ways in which culinary establishments mediate between the tourists and the local cuisine are described. The authenticity of dishes in such establishments and the varieties of culinary experience are considered. Tourism’s uneven impact: History on Cannery Row, Pages 779-800 Many writers have criticized the influence of tourism on urban neighborhoods, believing it homogenizes formerly distinct places. Others argue that it creates the atmosphere of an upscale shopping mall and, in doing so, displaces diverse populations. Yet other claim that in places of historical significance, history tends to be simplified or completely erased. All these criticisms can be applied to Cannery Row in Monterey, California. However, a close examination of the Row also reveals the inconsistencies and gaps in tourism’s impact. The city shows a resilience to the standardizing influence of global tourism, but it also shows some of the challenges to balancing the needs of hosts and guests. The effect of prior experience on vacation behavior, Pages 801-818 This research applied consumer involvement theory to describe, interrelate, and explain the repeat visit phenomenon and empirically tested the effect of past experience on tourists’ vacation behaviors. The results indicated that prior experience influenced current trips in terms of activity participation and expenditure patterns. These changes in behavior invoke different demands and requirements unique to the repeat vacation market. Since the quality of experience is central in destination loyalty management, knowledge about changes in behavior associated with this accumulation can be instrumental for destinations seeking to provide creative, relevant, and meaningful experiences to their different market segments. Mitigating tourism seasonality: A Quantitative Approach, Pages 819-836 Seasonality is one of the most problematic but least understood aspects of tourism. Many destinations are suffering from this phenomenon every year, yet limited efforts have been made to overcome the troublesome issue. This research proposed an approach to obtaining quantitative solutions which can ultimately assist marketers in mitigating seasonal effects. The study applied financial portfolio theory, widely used in securities allocation decisions. While determining the segment mix solutions to seasonality and describing the Seasonal Demand Efficient Frontier, this paper suggests that marketers should select a mix of tourism segments that fall along the Frontier given a demand–risk target. Sound and meaning in Aboriginal tourism, Pages 837-854 Musical heritage is a profitable resource in the development of cultural tourism worldwide, yet the identities of the communities whose music is recontextualized at venues are frequently co-opted in the process. Centering on an Aboriginal tourism company operating in Ottawa, Canada, this paper demonstrates how marginalized communities having greater control over the space where products are consumed gain more flexibility and agency in the struggle to reappropriate the semantic, social, and economic uses of their cultural assets. The study’s findings confirm that interpreters are responding to opportunities generated by tourism development and changes in federal–Aboriginal relations to challenge non-native stereotypes and resignify aesthetic forms with indigenous meanings through musical interaction with tourists. Play in adventure tourism: The Case of Arctic Trekking, Pages 855-878 This paper discusses narratives of polar adventure tourism from a multidisciplinary perspective of play. Reviewing discussions on the motivation behind this subject, it examines two concurrent approaches in particular: risk and insight theories. Based on empirical evidence obtained from a winter trekking trip to an Artic tourism destination, the paper argues that these theories may be particular components of adult play. The interplay among risk, insight seeking, and play is explored in this paper with a particular emphasis being placed on the competence, materiality, and bodily techniques demonstrated by Arctic adventure tourists. Cultural tourism, the state, and Day of the Dead, Pages 879-898 Using Day of the Dead in the rural Mexican community of Huaquechula as an example, this paper analyzes how various levels of the state, in its roles as planner, marketer of cultural meanings, and arbiter of such practices, mediate between cultural tourism and local identity in a global context. It shows that the results have been met with opposition from some community groups. Although such opposition has caused the state to rethink its strategy, it remains intent on using its new program of cultural tourism as an alternative form of development in rural Mexico. Coastal tourism and shoreline management, Pages 899-922 This paper examines the environmental factors and the policy framework that have driven new approaches to shoreline management since the mid-90s, and how they interact with tourism development. The paper argues that resorts in the rejuvenation stage have limited options for coastal defense strategies due to the value of their economic (built) assets, unless redevelopment allows coastal re-alignment, while resorts placed earlier in the cycle can implement more sustainable strategies that work with the "natural" environment. However, environmental quality is not coupled to resort cycle stage. It can be enhanced at any stage, but especially so in the earlier and late (rejuvenation) stages. Tourist familiarity and imagery, Pages 923-945 The "tourist realities" or verisimilitudes of cultural tourists to the Edinburgh Old Town are analyzed using both their own voices and their responses to marketeers’ images and descriptors. Specifically, the study tests the utility of familiarity in the modeling of image recognition and propensity to visit. It uses a typology of familiarity: informational, experiential, proximate, self-described, and educational. As a result of the analysis, an expansion of the typology is proposed to include two further types: self-assured and expected familiarity. Educational familiarity is further expanded into a multi-aspect concept. This septet of familiarity is proposed as a conceptual framework and methodology for characterizing "particle" markets for experience marketing. Traveling with a disability: More than an Access Issue, Pages 946-960 People with disabilities have the same needs and desires for tourism as others. However, travel in a context designed primarily for people without disabilities poses unique challenges. A qualitative study was conducted employing indepth interviews and focus groups to explore the tourism experiences of individuals with mobility or visual impairments. The results revealed that they experience five different stages in the process of becoming travel active: personal, re-connection, tourism analysis, physical journey, and experimentation and reflection. Better understanding of these stages will facilitate more awareness of the tourism needs of people with disabilities. Prior knowledge, credibility and information search, Pages 961-985 The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between prior knowledge, source credibility, and information search behavior. The specific objectives were to determine whether prior knowledge is a multidimensional construct, document how this influences individuals’ information search behavior, and assess the combined influence of it and credibility of sources used on information search behavior. The results provided evidence that prior knowledge may be a multidimensional construct; that when addressed independently, it does influence individuals’ search for vacation information; and that source credibility is the strongest predictor of type of information sources used. These results challenge traditional thinking about the variables that impact tourists’ information search behavior, specifically within the context of a resort-based vacation. Rethinking standards from green to sustainable, Pages 986-1007 Tourism certification has emerged as a tool to reduce environmental impacts and gain competitive advantage, and been promoted on the basis of efficiency-based eco-savings. This paper explores the successes and challenges of five programs operating partly or wholly in developing countries that have introduced socioeconomic criteria to complete the triple bottom line of sustainability. The analysis suggests that social standards are ambiguous; the assessment methodologies are inconsistent and open to interpretation; there is considerable variation on what is understood as sustainable depending on the type of tourism companies targeted; and the programs working more intensely on social issues will have the greatest challenges to expand. Planning the summer vacation : An Adaptable Process, Pages 1008-1030 This paper presents a contextualized study of vacation planning starting from a naturalistic perspective. Series of indepth interviews have been conducted during the period of a year on 25 Belgian households in order to follow their decision-making process for summer vacation. Data were analyzed and interpreted following the grounded theory approach. Findings show that vacation planning is an ongoing process, which entails a lot of adaptability and opportunism. Fantasy and emotions also play an important role in shaping vacation and destination choices. This departs from existing decision-making models that propose a (bounded) rational, problem-solving vacationer. Natural amenities, tourism and income distribution, Pages 1031-1050 Understanding the distributional mechanisms of aggregate amenity-led economic growth is a necessary prerequisite to informed rural tourism planning. This applied study develops an empirical county-level model for the US lake states that incorporates five alternative natural amenity types and other growth variables to explain the distribution of income as measured by Gini coefficients. Results suggest that certain types of natural amenities are clearly related to the distribution of income. This extends earlier work which hypothesized that amenity-based development creates a "hollowing out" of the income classes. Analyses of tourism impacts from the sole standpoint of employment and income growth neglect to account for key components of rural development structure. Profiling risk perceptions of tourists, Pages 1051-1054
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