Journal of Travel Research

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Travel Research is 6. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)
ArticleCitations
Which Public Attraction Gets (and Gets More) Government Funding? The Effects of Internal and External Factors131
Reconceptualizing Tourists’ Extraordinary Experiences126
An Attachment-Based Management Framework of Destination Attributes: Drawing on the Appraisal Theories of Emotion104
What Has the Most Impact? An Exploration of Dual-Processing Systems in Hotel Booking Decisions71
Antecedents of Social Performance in Tourism and Hospitality Firms: The Role of Employee Resilience, Transactive Memory Systems, and Dynamic Capabilities69
Virtual Reality and Memory Retention: The Cognitive Architecture of Virtual Memorable Tourism Experiences67
A Model for Brand Personality Word Embedding: Identifying UNESCO World Heritage Personality Categories67
Animal Ethics and Tourism: Deepening a Stimulus–Organism–Response (S-O-R) Framework67
Letter From the Co-Editor: Yes, “Shit’s Got to Change.” But How? A Call for a Deep Scholarship Social Movement66
Emotional Solidarity and Co-creation of Experience as Determinants of Environmentally Responsible Behavior: A Stimulus-Organism-Response Theory Perspective59
“Airbnb Be Like…”: Examining the Impact of Memetic Doppelgängers on Meme Virality and Brand Image58
Power and Resistance: Digital-Free Tourism in a Connected World58
Unlocking Nontransactional Value Co-creation: Insights From Online Travel Communities51
Travel Stress, Leisure Exploration, and Trip Satisfaction: The Mediating Role of Travel Adjustment51
Framing Effects of Messages and Images on the Willingness to Pay for Pro-Poor Tourism Products49
Engendering Pro-Sustainable Performance Through a Multi-Layered Gender Diversity Criterion: Evidence From the Hospitality and Tourism Sector48
A Sequential Pattern Mining Approach to Tourist Movement: The Case of a Mega Event47
Extending the Conceptualization of Destination Brand Experiences46
Tourism as a Space of Possibilities: Reconciliation Tourism Enterprises in a Conflict-Ridden Destination45
Family Matters: Dual Network Embeddedness, Resource Acquisition, and Entrepreneurial Success of Small Tourism Firms in Rural China45
Sojourning and Being Well Among Contemporary Chinese Gay Men in a Tourism Destination: An Extension of Dynamic Equilibrium Theory45
Is Sex Tourism Intention Uncontrollable? The Moderating Effects of Ethics and Law44
Value Co-Creation and Co-Destruction Through Adult Child–Parent Interactions During Family Vacations: Scale Development and Validation43
Asymmetrical Influences of Service Robots’ Perceived Performance on Overall Customer Satisfaction: An Empirical Investigation Leveraging Online Reviews42
Benign (Malicious) Envy and Conspicuous Travel Consumption Intention: Mediating Effects of Self-Enhancement and Self-Control40
To Whom Does Destination Anthropomorphism Appeal? Power and Perceived Control39
Developing a Multi-Dimensional Measure of Hotel Brand Customers’ Online Engagement Behaviors to Capture Non-Transactional Value39
An Interactive Family Tourism Decision Model39
Erratum to Measuring Experience Economy Concepts: Tourism Applications38
Does Positive Contact Between Residents and Tourists Stimulate Tourists’ Environmentally Responsible Behavior? The Role of Gratitude and Boundary Conditions37
Competitors or Complements: A Meta-analysis of the Effect of Airbnb on Hotel Performance37
Unpacking the Plus-Size Travel Movement36
COVID-19-Induced Redundancy and Socio-Psychological Well-Being of Tourism Employees: Implications for Organizational Recovery in a Resource-Scarce Context34
Can I Trust GenAI to Plan My Next Trip? A Multi-Method Approach to Optimizing Media Mix34
Mental Health on the Go: Navigating Travel and Travel Eligibility34
Will I Be the Same? Enhancing Academic Tourism Through Transformative Tourism Experiences34
From Savoring Past Trips to Craving Future Journeys: The Role of Destination Cultural Capital and Enjoyable Reminiscence29
Risk, Trust, and the Roles of Human Versus Virtual Influencers29
Effects of Cultural Ecosystem Services on Visitors’ Subjective Well-Being: Evidences From China’s National Park and Flower Expo29
Residents’ Perceived Benefits of Host-Guest Interaction: Scale Development and Validation28
How Do Voice Characteristics Affect Tourism Interpretation Purchases? An Empirical Study Based on Voice Mining28
How do Tourism Souvenir Purchasing Channels Impact Tourists’ Intention to Purchase? The Moderating Role of Souvenir Authenticity28
Role of Body in Travel: Wheelchair Users’ Experience from a Multi-Sensory Perspective28
Network Resource Mobilization in Community-Based Tourism Social Entrepreneurship27
Pandemic Severity, Policy Stringency, and Tourism Performance: A Global Analysis27
Is Scarcity Always Beneficial? Effects of Persuasive Cue Types in User-Generated Advertisements (UGAs) on Travelers’ Destination Interest27
The “Green Persuasion Effect” of Negative Messages: How and When Message Framing Influences Tourists’ Environmentally Responsible Behavior27
Social Media Envy and Its Influence on Tourists’ Variety-seeking Behavior in Destination Choices27
Hourglasses in Hotel Showers: Could Self-Selected Real-Time Feedback Reduce Water Use?26
Workcation (Workation) Travel Experiences, Satisfaction and Revisit Intentions: Focusing on Conceptualization, Scale Development, and Nomological Network26
Measuring Tourist Festival Experience: Development and Validation of the PHF-TX Model26
A Para-Social Perspective: The Influence of Idol Worship on Fans’ Tourism Decision-Making26
Communicating Green Innovation to Online Communities: Evidence from Sports Mega Events26
Transformative Outcomes of Workcation: Satisfaction, Place Attachment, and Behavioral Intentions26
Tourism and Emerging Infectious Diseases: More Connections Than First Meet the Eye26
CORRIGENDUM to “Local Leaders’ Promotion Pressure and Tourism Development: Evidence from China”25
Tourisation Theory and the Pandiscipline of Tourism25
Relationship Norm Moderates Observers’ Reaction to Unearned Preferential Treatment25
Taking Advantage of Their Seniority: How the Misbehavior of Senior Tourists Influence Young Adults’ Prosocial Behavior Towards Them25
From Destination to Daily Life: A Longitudinal Study on the Effects of Flashback Nudging on Pro-environmental Behavior Spillover24
Exploring the Tongzhi Holiday Experience With Zaltman’s Metaphor Elicitation Technique: An embodied social representational perspective24
Exploring Secondary Crisis Response Strategies for Airlines Experiencing Low-Responsibility Crises: An Extension of the Situational Crisis Communication Theory24
Emotional and Hedonic Well-Being Experiences of Diaspora Festival Visitors: A Contemporary Migrants’ Perspective23
Can Mega Pilgrimages Increase Participants’ Well-Being? Evidence From the World Youth Day 202323
The Lasting Effects of Terrorism on Hotel Performance: Evidence from Jihadist Attacks in Europe23
Sustainable Adaptation Planning for Cultural Heritage in Coastal Tourism Destinations Under Climate Change: A Mixed-Paradigm of Preservation and Conservation Optimization23
Good Match, Deep Love: Three Studies Examining the Celebrity Endorsement’s Influence on Destination Brand Love23
Exploring Needed Support as a Motivational Factor for Travelers with Mobility Impairments: A Sequential Mixed-Methods Exploration22
Diffusion and Future Influence of Tourism Research: Addressing the How and When Questions of Tourism Knowledge Structures22
How Does Globalization Influence the Impact of Tourism on Carbon Emissions and Ecological Footprint? Evidence from African Countries22
Examining Tourism Consumers’ Attitudes and the Role of Sensory Information in Virtual Reality Experiences of a Tourist Destination22
Iranian Women Traveling in vTime: A Cyberfeminist Approach22
Would Travel Experiences or Possessions Make People Happier?22
Toward a Values-Driven Research Culture: Passion, Collaboration, and Decency21
Understanding the Antecedents of Adolescent Family Tourism Motivation: The Role of Adolescents’ Self-Differentiation and Parent-Child Relationships21
Understanding the Factors Affecting Travel Avoidance behavior During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings From a Mixed Method Approach21
Why Individuals Do Not Visit a Destination? The Role of Familiarity and Novelty Seeking in Shaping Non-visitors’ Destination Image21
Combining Conventional Statistics and Big Data to Map Global Tourism Destinations Before COVID-1920
Resource Mobilization and Power Redistribution: The Role of Local Governments in Shaping Residents’ Pro-Environmental Behavior in Rural Tourism Destinations20
ChatGPT for Trip Planning: The Effect of Narrowing Down Options20
Creating Spiritual Values in Tourism: Insights From Buddhist Monks and Tour Operators19
Perceiving Destination Through Animated GIFs: A Mixed Method Design for Multifaceted Image Assessment19
Exploring the Impacts of Residents’ Social Embeddedness on Heritage Responsibility at Cultural Heritage Sites19
Multi-Modal-based Emotional Contagion from Tourists to Hosts: The Dual-Process Mechanism19
Tourism and Mental Health: Foundations, Frameworks, and Futures19
Partnering on Social Advocacy: Indigenous Communities and Tourism Enterprises19
Slowing Down in “Little Shanghai”: A Nostalgia-induced Framework of Reciprocity between Psychological Ownership and Heritage Preservation19
How Consumer Photo Reviews and Online Platform Types Influence Luxury Hotel Booking Intentions Through Envy18
Quantifying Authenticity: Progress and Challenges18
Vectorize Me! A Proposed Machine Learning Approach for Segmenting the Multi-optional Tourist18
Determinants of Consumers’ Intentions to Reduce Air Travel18
Investigating the Transformative Power of Brand Love in Destination Crisis Recovery18
High Expectations: How Tourists Cope With Disappointing Vacation Experiences18
An Empirical Examination of Tourists’ Decision-Making-Based Regret18
Spatial Authenticity and Extraordinary Experiences: Music Festivals and the Everyday Nature of Tourism Destinations18
Bridging the Affordance-Actualization Gap in User Preferences for AI-Assisted Trip Planning18
Wildlife Equity Theory for Multispecies Tourism Justice18
Deconstructing Deception: Exploring Misleading Practices in Tourism Marketing18
Reconfiguring Aviation for a Climate-Safe Future: Are Airlines Sending the Wrong Message?17
Understanding AI-Generated Experiments in Tourism: Replications Using GPT Simulations17
Understanding the Travel Decision-Making Behaviors of Ethnic Minority Tourists: The Moderating Role of Psychological Empowerment17
Pleasure Through Pain: An Empirical Examination of Benign Masochism in Tourism17
These Were the Days of Our Lives! A Self-Enhancement Model of Revisit Intention for Warfare Heritage Tourism17
Environmental or Personal Benefit? The Role of Message Appeal and Information Type in Destination Social Media Advertisements17
Assessing the Effectiveness of Environmental Sustainability Performance Communication in Tourism: Mediation and Moderation Effects17
Tax Havens and Tourism: The Impact of the Panama Papers and the Crowding Out of Tourism by Financial Services17
Consumer Reaction to Decelerated Tourism: Pace, Inherent Virtue, and Environmental Concern16
Do Envy and Consumer-Generated Content Boost Travel Motivations?16
Animosity and Tourism: Resident Perspectives16
Travel Writing as a Tool for Sustainable Initiatives: Proposing a Dialogue Journaling Process Model16
Leading for Resilience: Fostering Employee and Organizational Resilience in Tourism Firms16
Attraction Agglomeration and Destination Agglomeration: The Case of Chinese National Scenic Areas16
Alleviating Travelers’ Privacy Concern in Personalized Recommendations Through Perceived Information Autonomy: Strategies via Hedge Words and Communication Styles16
The Impact of Virtual Reality and Intelligent Virtual Environments on the Tourist Experience: The Moderating Effect of Cognitive Style15
Tourist–Host Identity Risk: Scale Development and Consequences15
The Contribution of Animal-Based Cultural Ecosystem Services to Tourist Well-Being at Cultural Heritage Sites15
Assessing a Model of Customer Rage: Does Customer Entitlement Moderate Relationships Between Rage Emotions, Expressions and Behaviors?15
Examining the Dual Function of In-Flight Safety Videos in Safety Management and Destination Marketing15
Unveiling Dynamic Determinants of Tourism Competitiveness: Analysis Integrating Multimodal Data and Spatiotemporal Machine Learning15
Re-enactment in Lighter Dark Tourism: An Exploration of Re-enactor Tour Guides and Their Perspectives on Creating Visitor Experiences15
Identifying Tourist Spatial and Temporal Patterns Using GPS and Sequence Alignment Method15
Redirecting Slack Resources to Social and Environmental Issues: A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Tourism Firms Post-Crisis15
Exploring the Influence of Touch Points on Tourist Experiences at Crisis Impacted Destinations15
What Triggers Travel Spending? The Impact of Prior Spending on Additional Unplanned Purchases15
“Smoke on the Water”: Wildfire Smoke Impacts on Commercial River Recreation14
Wonder Works Wonders: The Interactive Effects of Awe and Message Appeals on Donation Intentions Toward Heritage Sites Through Self Sizes14
Batten Down the Hatches! Conceptualizing Conflict Zone Tourism14
Virtual Reality in Destination Marketing: Telepresence, Social Presence, and Tourists’ Visit Intentions14
When Guests Become Hosts: The Boomerang Effect of Tourists’ Negative Behaviors on Their Country of Origin14
Counteracting Disruption: Examining Hotel Strategies to Deter Short-Term Lease Market Entry14
Information Asymmetry in Tourism Market: The Bilateral Effects of ESG Practices on Firm Profitability14
Assessing the Economic Impacts of Tourism Markets and Activities Diversification: Evidence From a New Dynamic Regression Approach13
Conceptualization and Measurement of Happy Travel Experiences Using Hedonic, Eudaimonic, and Engagement Aspects13
Leveraging Evolutionary Psychology for Tourism Research: Identifying and Addressing Key Challenges13
More People Would Visit Yellowstone if it Weren’t So Crowded: Optimal Congestion Pricing for High Demand Protected Areas13
Activating Green Airport Actions: Promoting Eco-Friendly Choices for Sustainable Travel Through Commitment and Consistency13
Interaction Rituals and Social Relationships in a Rural Tourism Destination13
“Souvenir Shopping is for Schmucks!”: Exploring Tourists’ Deviant Behavior Through the Items They Bring Back13
Drifting Home: The Quests of Chinese Tourist-Migrants in Tibet13
The Influence of Source Credibility and Inspiration on Tourists’ Travel Planning Through Travel Vlogs12
Tourist Perception of the Value of Time on Holidays: Implications for the Time Use Rebound Effect and Sustainable Travel Practice12
Is Globalization in Retreat? Cross-Country Evidence from a Spatial Analysis of Tourist Flows12
Bridging the Distance: Understanding the Role of Destination Anthropomorphism in Videos on Tourists’ Travel Intention12
Does Vivid Imagination Deter Visitation? The Role of Mental Imagery Processing in Virtual Tourism on Tourists’ Behavior12
Does the Order of Visiting Destinations Affect Their Recall and Evaluation?12
Exploring Ontology of Tourism: A New-Realist Approach12
Theme Park Storytelling: Deconstructing Immersion in Chinese Theme Parks12
How Do Repeat Domestic Tourists Cope with Evolving Railway Stationscapes? A Marketing-Based Exploration Using Servicescape and Onboarding Concepts12
A Dynamic Tax Model Based on Destination Lifecycle for Sustainable Tourism Development12
A Socio-Cognitive Approach to Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration for Indigenous Tourism Development: The Case of Nepal’s Newars11
The Impact of Cue-Interaction Stimulation on Impulse Buying Intention on Virtual Reality Tourism E-commerce Platforms11
Travelers’ Coping Strategies in the Backdrop of Revenge Tourism11
Airlines: Standardize Your International Advertising!11
Unveiling the Complexity of Tourists’ Visual Attention and Emotions Toward Destination Pictures11
Concept and Evidence of Tourist Risk Gaze11
Delineating the Effects of Social Media Marketing Activities on Generation Z Travel Behaviors11
Travel Dining Experiencescape: A Comparative Evaluation of Dining Experiences in Restaurants and P2P Dining11
Personalized Persuasion for Visitors’ Data-Sharing Activities in Amusement Parks: Matching Visitors’ Social Value Orientation11
Destination Marketing Effectiveness: The Matching Effect Between Destination Logos and Advertising Persuasion Tactics11
Paradoxes of Authenticity in Liminal Consumption: The Case of Casablanca’s Rick’s Café11
Duality of Tourists’ Value Co-Creation Behaviors in the Sharing Economy: Longitudinal Insight from Airbnb via Social Media Analytics11
Only Time Will Tell: Unraveling the Temporal Effect of Negative Affective Encounters in Diaspora Tourism10
A Magic Leap in Tourism: Intended and Realized Experience of Head-Mounted Augmented Reality in a Museum Context10
Combatting Climate Change Through Message Framing? A Real Behavior Experiment on Voluntary Carbon Offsetting10
When and How to Encourage Tourists to Be More Responsible: Essential Issues for Natural World Heritage Site Post-Disaster Restorations10
Live-Streaming Tourism: Model Development and Validations10
Fostering Employee Customer-Oriented Boundary Spanning Behaviors: The Role of Inclusive Leadership10
Spillover Effects of Sanctions on Airlines10
Beyond Visual Appeal: The Impact of Multisensory Experience of Hotel Marketing and Review Images on Sales10
Reducing Unrealistic Optimism: The Effects of Product Scarcity Cues on Early Hotel Booking Intentions10
Perceived Intelligence of Artificially Intelligent Assistants for Travel: Scale Development and Validation10
Enhancing Consumer Confidence and Response Efficacy in Tourism: Typology and Effectiveness of the Hotel Industry’s Responses to COVID-199
Name Heuristic Bias: How Can the Names of Accommodations Influence Individual Judgments?9
Probabilistic Forecasts Using Expert Judgment: The Road to Recovery From COVID-199
Cross-Border Tourism and Community Solidarity at a Militarized Border: A Photo Elicitation Approach9
Travel While Working Remotely: A Topological Data Analysis of Well-Being in Remote Work Trip Experiences9
Communicating Destination Social Responsibility Through Social Media: The Roles of Tourists’ Social Engagement, Citizenship Behaviors, and Emotions9
Building Dynamic Capabilities and Organizational Resilience in Tourism Firms During COVID-19: A Staged Approach9
Enhancing Consumers’ Repurchase Intention in Peer-to-Peer Accommodation Following a Dual Processing Model: A Principal–Agent Perspective9
Configuring Creativity: Promoting Cultural Inheritance-Based Innovation in Heritage Tourism Destinations9
The Paradox of Positivity: How Overly Positive Responses by Hosts Can Backfire on Peer-to-Peer Rental Platforms9
Imagination Versus Telepresence: Consumer Patronage Intention Toward Peer-to-Peer Accommodations in Photo-Enhanced Imaginative Conditions and Virtual Reality Contexts9
Economic Value of Tourism Through Human Capital Gains9
Advantaging Tourism Through Influencers: Applying Transaction Cost Theory to Recognize Top Hero, Hub, and Hygiene Content Tactics for Tourism Marketing8
I Bond, I Engage, I Visit: Investigating the Effects of Vloggers Tourist Engagement and Its Outcome on Tourist Attitudes8
Spread the Word: Secondary Crisis Communication of Unethical Destination Incidents via Social Media8
Understanding Disrespectful Tourist Behavior Through Tourists’ Stereotyped Perceptions8
Why Have Package Tour Itineraries Been Homogeneous? Insights From Industry Subgroup Relations8
The Distorted Gaze? Travel Photo Editing in the Social Media Era8
Invisible Power of Culture: Mapping Tourist Information Flow of National DMO websites8
Bad Intentions: Customers’ Negative Reactions to Intentional Failures and Mitigating Conditions8
The Rich Kids of Instagram: Luxury Travel, Transport Modes, and Desire8
Characterizing Ex situ Value: A Customer-Dominant Perspective on Value8
Switch to Another Destination or Stay? A New Lens of the Dual Role of Perceived Destination Crisis Preparedness and Sensitivity8
Power of Sentiment Expressions on Peer-to-Peer Rental Platforms: A Mixed-Method Approach8
Evolution of the Memorable Tourism Experience and Future Research Prospects8
Getting Away From It All: Development of a Scale to Measure Escapism8
Projected Destination Image of Beijing on Instagram: A Sequential Research Design8
A Time-lagged Examination of Voluntary and Task-related Green Behavior in the Travel Industry7
On What Terms Might Regenerative Tourism Proponents Justly Engage with Indigenous Knowledges?7
Psychological Determinants of Tourist Satisfaction and Destination Loyalty: The Influence of Perceived Overcrowding and Overtourism7
Exploring Tourists’ Virtual Reality-Based Brand Engagement: A Uses-and-Gratifications Perspective7
Kindness for Kindness: A Dual Appraisal of International Support in Response to COVID-197
Applying an Extended Protection Motivation Theory Model to Predict Resident Hospitality During the COVID-19 Crisis7
Disaster Planning Intentions of Tourism Accommodation Managers: Understanding the Influence of Past Disaster Experience and Disaster Management Training7
Exploring the Unknown together: Companionship Traveling Increases Preference for Mystery Offerings7
Making Tourism Destinations More Attractive Via Eye Gaze: The Importance of Gender Congruity7
Storytelling in Travel Vlogs: Scale Development, Validation, and Application7
Representation Matters: Measuring Black Travelers’ Legitimacy Judgments of DMOs7
Well-being Through Transformation: An Integrative Framework of Transformative Tourism Experiences and Hedonic Versus Eudaimonic Well-being7
Do Tourists Stand by the Tourism Industry? Examining Solidarity During and After a Pandemic7
The Impact of Loss Aversion and Diminishing Sensitivity on Airline Revenue: Price Sensitivity in Cabin Classes7
Tourism Disaster Management: A Social Network Analysis of Nature-based Destinations in Aotearoa New Zealand7
The Impact of Price Preciseness, Price Reduction, and Lay Rationalism on Travelers’ Perceptions of Deal Attractiveness, Purchase Intention, and Choice7
Building Community Resilience and Adaptive Capacity Through Investments in Tourism and Conservation7
Social Networking Site Users’ Behavioral Responses Toward Travel Destinations Promoted by Virtual Influencers: A Multiple-Model Comparison Approach7
Revisiting and Extending: “Who Should You Market to in a Crisis? Examining Plog’s Model During the COVID-19 Pandemic”7
Dyadic Friendship Travel: The Role of Personal and Friendship Characteristics on Conflict Management Styles6
The Art of Post Captions: Readability and User Engagement on Social Media6
There is No Place Like Home for the Holidays: Who Travels in the Midst of a Deadly Pandemic?6
Eliciting Mortality Salience in Dark Tourism and its Influence6
Planning Horizon in International Travel Decision-Making: The Role of Individual and Cultural Determinants6
When the Future is Now: An Experimental Study on the Role of Future Thinking and Affective Forecasting in Accommodation Decision-Making6
Effects of Value-Belief-Norm Theory, ESG, and AI on Space Tourist Behavior for Sustainability With Three Types of Space Tourism6
Cultural Mindsets Matter: Reexamining the End Effect in Tourism Experiences6
The Matching Effect of Destinations’ Crisis Communication6
Can I do My Job in Peace? Hotel Employees’ Wellbeing in the Face of Sexual Harassment Awareness and Organizational Commitment6
International Tourism and Infectious Disease Transmission Nexus: A Cross-Country and Regional Study6
Falling for Tourist Scams: An Examination of Scam Compliance Factors6
Changes in Authenticity and Alienation Following a Holiday6
Differences in Destination Attachment Representations of First-Time and Repeat Tourists6
Decomposition Methods for Tourism Demand Forecasting: A Comparative Study6
Academic Conflict, Civility, and Mental Health6
No Story Without a Storyteller: The Impact of the Storyteller as a Narrative Element in Online Destination Marketing6
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