If You Travel, I Travel: Testing a Model of When and How Travel-Related Content Exposure on Facebook Triggers the Intention to Visit a Tourist Destination

The effects of perceived relevance of travel blogs' content on the behavioral intention to visit a tourist destination

The tourism industry is characterized by ever-increasing competition, causing destinations to seek new methods to attract tourists. Traditionally, a decision to visit a destination is interpreted, in part, as a rational calculation of the costs/benefits of a set of alternative destinations, which were derived from external information sources, including e-WOM (word-of-mouth) or travelers' blogs...

Spatial and Temporal Tourist Dispersal Analysis in Multiple Destination Travel

International Travelers’ Behaviors and Knowledge of Travel Health, Travel-Related Diseases, and Vaccinations: A Cross-Sectional Study

Introduction: Travel health centers offer very important health services for individuals traveling abroad. Little is known about the health status and knowledge of travel health, travel-related diseases, and vaccinations of individuals who travel abroad and visit travel health centers. This research studied travelers who visited a travel health center in order to evaluate their...

Impact of Travel Information Search Behavior on the Image of Tanzania as a Tourist Destination

Information has been noted to be the key to the formation of destination image. Destination marketers are aware of this fact and they aggressively try to influence the tourist’s decisions by altering the image of their destinations through information provision. During their trip planning, tourists usually engage themselves with active information search. Despite motives being the crux of trave...

Travel Agency Awareness of the Health Risks of International Travel; A Pilot Study

Introduction: Travel agencies may be consulted by intending travelers seeking pre-travel health advice. Travel agents should be equipped to deal with such queries and have access to a source of high quality travel health advice. This study aimed to establish the level of knowledge of travel health risks among Irish travel agencies. Methods: A web-based su...