International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research: Volume 3 Issue 2

Advances in tourism marketing research: introduction to a special issue on consumer behavior in tourism destinations

Juergen Gnoth, Luisa Andreu, Metin Kozak

The purpose of this editorial is to introduce the reader to six articles related to consumer behavior in tourism destinations.

The role of variety seeking in short and long run revisit intentions in holiday destinations

J. Enrique Bigné, Isabel Sánchez, Luisa Andreu

The main purpose of the present paper is to identify the differences in the antecedents of holiday destinations revisit intentions in the short and long run. Specifically, this…

Conceptualizing tourist satisfaction at the destination level

Tanja Dmitrović, Ljubica Knežević Cvelbar, Tomaž Kolar, Maja Makovec Brenčič, Irena Ograjenšek, Vesna Žabkar

The purpose of the research is to conceptualize a model of tourist satisfaction at the destination level which can serve as a background for designing a universal, parsimonious…

Exploring non‐linear effects of determinants on tourists' satisfaction

Sara Campo, María Jesús Yagüe

The effect of the antecedents of satisfaction on consumer satisfaction is an issue still under debate in the academic literature. Thus, the primary goal of this article is to…

A framework for tourist expectations

Ignacio Rodríguez del Bosque, Héctor San Martín, Jesús Collado, María del Mar García de los Salmones

As there is still only limited research about expectation formation in destination marketing, the aim of this paper is to enhance this body of knowledge by providing theoretical…

Cognitive age as a criterion explaining senior tourists' motivations

Ana M. González, Carmen Rodríguez, Mauro R. Miranda, Miguel Cervantes

The purpose of this paper is to gain a broader knowledge of the concept of cognitive age and its use as a variable when segmenting the market of people aged over 55.

Consumer behavior in a religious event experience: an empirical assessment of value dimensionality among volunteers

Martina G. Gallarza, Francisco Arteaga, Elena Floristán, Irene Gil

The purpose of this paper is to present volunteering in tourism events as a sort of spontaneous community participation that has far‐reaching consequences for destination…

Learning the Arts of Linguistic Survival: Languaging, Tourism, Life

Manuela Guilherme