International Journal of Tourism Cities: Volume 9 Issue 2

Food festival research review in contemporary tourism

Anh T.T. Tran, An D. Le, Phuong Bui L.A., Vuong V. Le, Lanh T. Vu

Food festivals are prevalent for those passionate about food experience globally. More importantly, feedback from food reviewers on mass media platforms has been becoming a…

Saints and ghosts: nation-building and narratives of punishment in Taiwan’s prison museums

Helen Murphy, Ya-Ling Chang

This paper explores two museums in Taiwan, both former sites of incarceration, and asks how they reflect Taiwan’s evolving relationship with the past. Taiwan has successfully…

Gastronomy as an effect of visitor loyalty: the Peruvian (Lima) case

Rosse Marie Esparza Huamanchumo, Ricardo David Hernández-Rojas, Rosa Alejandra Longa-López, Martin Cárdenas-Jarama

The purpose of this study is to analyse Peruvian cuisine in the context of visitors’ overall experience, focusing on the loyalty of tourists in terms of gastronomy, their…

Explanatory structural equation model validation for territorial branding tourism policies

Martha Cecilia Méndez Prada, Lydia María López Barraza, Gertrudis Yackeline Ziritt Trejo, Rafael Roberto Ruiz Escorcia

The purpose of this study is to validate an explanatory structural equation model for the evaluation of territorial branding tourism policies for local development and its…

Linking unlearning with the intention to recommend through destination image

Clara Cubillas-Para, Juan Gabriel Cegarra-Navarro, Eva Tomaseti-Solano

The intangible nature of tourism means that variables such as destination image (DIM) or intention to recommend (IR) are crucial for tourists, as they are reliable sources of…

Influence of film destination placement on travel intention: mediating effect of involvement and place attachment

Pei-Ti Chen

This study aims to examine the public’s acceptance of film-induced tourism and develops the relationship among placement marketing, involvement, place attachment and travel…

Exploring crucial social media marketing factors for improving customer satisfaction and customer loyalty in bed and breakfast sectors in Taiwan

Venkateswarlu Nalluri, Kai-Fu Yang, Long-Sheng Chen, Tzung-Yu Kevin Yang

The Bed and Breakfast (B&B) enterprises generally lack sufficient human resources and time to conduct research on important social media marketing factors for visitors’…

The tourist experience at urban food markets: a qualitative study in Palermo (Sicily)

Francesc Fusté-Forné

Food markets have gathered a growing attention by tourism researchers and practitioners in recent years. Many destinations have placed food markets as a tourism attraction which…

Theory of repeat purchase behavior (TRPB): a case of green hotel visitors of Bangladesh

Abdulla Al-Towfiq Hasan

This study aims to explore customers’ green hotel revisit behaviors, proposing the theory of repeat purchase behavior.

Pathways for the social impact of research in Barcelona's tourism policy

Alba Viana-Lora, Marta Nel-lo-Andreu

This paper aims to analyse Barcelona City Council's tourism policy documents to detect how, through the influence of research, different pathways are produced to achieve social…

Understanding tour operators’ perception and behaviour towards shopping streets: a qualitative perspective

Baizuri Baharum, Mohd Salehuddin Mohd Zahari, Mohd Hafiz Hanafiah, Muhammad A’rif Aizat Bashir

The importance of shopping streets has long been considered a critical aspect of urban tourism. However, limited exploration focuses on the supply side, especially from the tour…