OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Travel Research is 15. 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.)

Article	Citations
Which Public Attraction Gets (and Gets More) Government Funding? The Effects of Internal and External Factors	131
Reconceptualizing Tourists’ Extraordinary Experiences	126
An Attachment-Based Management Framework of Destination Attributes: Drawing on the Appraisal Theories of Emotion	104
What Has the Most Impact? An Exploration of Dual-Processing Systems in Hotel Booking Decisions	71
Antecedents of Social Performance in Tourism and Hospitality Firms: The Role of Employee Resilience, Transactive Memory Systems, and Dynamic Capabilities	69
Virtual Reality and Memory Retention: The Cognitive Architecture of Virtual Memorable Tourism Experiences	67
A Model for Brand Personality Word Embedding: Identifying UNESCO World Heritage Personality Categories	67
Animal Ethics and Tourism: Deepening a Stimulus–Organism–Response (S-O-R) Framework	67
Letter From the Co-Editor: Yes, “Shit’s Got to Change.” But How? A Call for a Deep Scholarship Social Movement	66
Emotional Solidarity and Co-creation of Experience as Determinants of Environmentally Responsible Behavior: A Stimulus-Organism-Response Theory Perspective	59
“Airbnb Be Like…”: Examining the Impact of Memetic Doppelgängers on Meme Virality and Brand Image	58
Power and Resistance: Digital-Free Tourism in a Connected World	58
Unlocking Nontransactional Value Co-creation: Insights From Online Travel Communities	51
Travel Stress, Leisure Exploration, and Trip Satisfaction: The Mediating Role of Travel Adjustment	51
Framing Effects of Messages and Images on the Willingness to Pay for Pro-Poor Tourism Products	49
Engendering Pro-Sustainable Performance Through a Multi-Layered Gender Diversity Criterion: Evidence From the Hospitality and Tourism Sector	48
A Sequential Pattern Mining Approach to Tourist Movement: The Case of a Mega Event	47
Extending the Conceptualization of Destination Brand Experiences	46
Tourism as a Space of Possibilities: Reconciliation Tourism Enterprises in a Conflict-Ridden Destination	45
Family Matters: Dual Network Embeddedness, Resource Acquisition, and Entrepreneurial Success of Small Tourism Firms in Rural China	45
Sojourning and Being Well Among Contemporary Chinese Gay Men in a Tourism Destination: An Extension of Dynamic Equilibrium Theory	45
Is Sex Tourism Intention Uncontrollable? The Moderating Effects of Ethics and Law	44
Value Co-Creation and Co-Destruction Through Adult Child–Parent Interactions During Family Vacations: Scale Development and Validation	43
Asymmetrical Influences of Service Robots’ Perceived Performance on Overall Customer Satisfaction: An Empirical Investigation Leveraging Online Reviews	42
Benign (Malicious) Envy and Conspicuous Travel Consumption Intention: Mediating Effects of Self-Enhancement and Self-Control	40

To Whom Does Destination Anthropomorphism Appeal? Power and Perceived Control	39
Developing a Multi-Dimensional Measure of Hotel Brand Customers’ Online Engagement Behaviors to Capture Non-Transactional Value	39
An Interactive Family Tourism Decision Model	39
Erratum to Measuring Experience Economy Concepts: Tourism Applications	38
Competitors or Complements: A Meta-analysis of the Effect of Airbnb on Hotel Performance	37
Does Positive Contact Between Residents and Tourists Stimulate Tourists’ Environmentally Responsible Behavior? The Role of Gratitude and Boundary Conditions	37
Unpacking the Plus-Size Travel Movement	36
Can I Trust GenAI to Plan My Next Trip? A Multi-Method Approach to Optimizing Media Mix	34
Mental Health on the Go: Navigating Travel and Travel Eligibility	34
Will I Be the Same? Enhancing Academic Tourism Through Transformative Tourism Experiences	34
COVID-19-Induced Redundancy and Socio-Psychological Well-Being of Tourism Employees: Implications for Organizational Recovery in a Resource-Scarce Context	34
From Savoring Past Trips to Craving Future Journeys: The Role of Destination Cultural Capital and Enjoyable Reminiscence	29
Risk, Trust, and the Roles of Human Versus Virtual Influencers	29
Effects of Cultural Ecosystem Services on Visitors’ Subjective Well-Being: Evidences From China’s National Park and Flower Expo	29
Residents’ Perceived Benefits of Host-Guest Interaction: Scale Development and Validation	28
How Do Voice Characteristics Affect Tourism Interpretation Purchases? An Empirical Study Based on Voice Mining	28
How do Tourism Souvenir Purchasing Channels Impact Tourists’ Intention to Purchase? The Moderating Role of Souvenir Authenticity	28
Role of Body in Travel: Wheelchair Users’ Experience from a Multi-Sensory Perspective	28
Network Resource Mobilization in Community-Based Tourism Social Entrepreneurship	27
Pandemic Severity, Policy Stringency, and Tourism Performance: A Global Analysis	27
Is Scarcity Always Beneficial? Effects of Persuasive Cue Types in User-Generated Advertisements (UGAs) on Travelers’ Destination Interest	27
The “Green Persuasion Effect” of Negative Messages: How and When Message Framing Influences Tourists’ Environmentally Responsible Behavior	27
Social Media Envy and Its Influence on Tourists’ Variety-seeking Behavior in Destination Choices	27
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 Network	26
Measuring Tourist Festival Experience: Development and Validation of the PHF-TX Model	26
A Para-Social Perspective: The Influence of Idol Worship on Fans’ Tourism Decision-Making	26
Communicating Green Innovation to Online Communities: Evidence from Sports Mega Events	26
Transformative Outcomes of Workcation: Satisfaction, Place Attachment, and Behavioral Intentions	26
Tourism and Emerging Infectious Diseases: More Connections Than First Meet the Eye	26
CORRIGENDUM to “Local Leaders’ Promotion Pressure and Tourism Development: Evidence from China”	25
Tourisation Theory and the Pandiscipline of Tourism	25
Relationship Norm Moderates Observers’ Reaction to Unearned Preferential Treatment	25
Taking Advantage of Their Seniority: How the Misbehavior of Senior Tourists Influence Young Adults’ Prosocial Behavior Towards Them	25
Exploring the Tongzhi Holiday Experience With Zaltman’s Metaphor Elicitation Technique: An embodied social representational perspective	24
Exploring Secondary Crisis Response Strategies for Airlines Experiencing Low-Responsibility Crises: An Extension of the Situational Crisis Communication Theory	24
From Destination to Daily Life: A Longitudinal Study on the Effects of Flashback Nudging on Pro-environmental Behavior Spillover	24
Can Mega Pilgrimages Increase Participants’ Well-Being? Evidence From the World Youth Day 2023	23
The Lasting Effects of Terrorism on Hotel Performance: Evidence from Jihadist Attacks in Europe	23
Sustainable Adaptation Planning for Cultural Heritage in Coastal Tourism Destinations Under Climate Change: A Mixed-Paradigm of Preservation and Conservation Optimization	23
Good Match, Deep Love: Three Studies Examining the Celebrity Endorsement’s Influence on Destination Brand Love	23
Emotional and Hedonic Well-Being Experiences of Diaspora Festival Visitors: A Contemporary Migrants’ Perspective	23
Exploring Needed Support as a Motivational Factor for Travelers with Mobility Impairments: A Sequential Mixed-Methods Exploration	22
Diffusion and Future Influence of Tourism Research: Addressing the How and When Questions of Tourism Knowledge Structures	22
How Does Globalization Influence the Impact of Tourism on Carbon Emissions and Ecological Footprint? Evidence from African Countries	22
Examining Tourism Consumers’ Attitudes and the Role of Sensory Information in Virtual Reality Experiences of a Tourist Destination	22
Iranian Women Traveling in vTime: A Cyberfeminist Approach	22
Would Travel Experiences or Possessions Make People Happier?	22
Toward a Values-Driven Research Culture: Passion, Collaboration, and Decency	21
Understanding the Antecedents of Adolescent Family Tourism Motivation: The Role of Adolescents’ Self-Differentiation and Parent-Child Relationships	21

Understanding the Factors Affecting Travel Avoidance behavior During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings From a Mixed Method Approach	21
Why Individuals Do Not Visit a Destination? The Role of Familiarity and Novelty Seeking in Shaping Non-visitors’ Destination Image	21
Combining Conventional Statistics and Big Data to Map Global Tourism Destinations Before COVID-19	20
Resource Mobilization and Power Redistribution: The Role of Local Governments in Shaping Residents’ Pro-Environmental Behavior in Rural Tourism Destinations	20
ChatGPT for Trip Planning: The Effect of Narrowing Down Options	20
Creating Spiritual Values in Tourism: Insights From Buddhist Monks and Tour Operators	19
Perceiving Destination Through Animated GIFs: A Mixed Method Design for Multifaceted Image Assessment	19
Exploring the Impacts of Residents’ Social Embeddedness on Heritage Responsibility at Cultural Heritage Sites	19
Multi-Modal-based Emotional Contagion from Tourists to Hosts: The Dual-Process Mechanism	19
Tourism and Mental Health: Foundations, Frameworks, and Futures	19
Partnering on Social Advocacy: Indigenous Communities and Tourism Enterprises	19
Slowing Down in “Little Shanghai”: A Nostalgia-induced Framework of Reciprocity between Psychological Ownership and Heritage Preservation	19
How Consumer Photo Reviews and Online Platform Types Influence Luxury Hotel Booking Intentions Through Envy	18
Bridging the Affordance-Actualization Gap in User Preferences for AI-Assisted Trip Planning	18
Wildlife Equity Theory for Multispecies Tourism Justice	18
Deconstructing Deception: Exploring Misleading Practices in Tourism Marketing	18
Quantifying Authenticity: Progress and Challenges	18
Vectorize Me! A Proposed Machine Learning Approach for Segmenting the Multi-optional Tourist	18
Determinants of Consumers’ Intentions to Reduce Air Travel	18
Investigating the Transformative Power of Brand Love in Destination Crisis Recovery	18
High Expectations: How Tourists Cope With Disappointing Vacation Experiences	18
An Empirical Examination of Tourists’ Decision-Making-Based Regret	18
Spatial Authenticity and Extraordinary Experiences: Music Festivals and the Everyday Nature of Tourism Destinations	18
Environmental or Personal Benefit? The Role of Message Appeal and Information Type in Destination Social Media Advertisements	17
Assessing the Effectiveness of Environmental Sustainability Performance Communication in Tourism: Mediation and Moderation Effects	17
Tax Havens and Tourism: The Impact of the Panama Papers and the Crowding Out of Tourism by Financial Services	17
Reconfiguring Aviation for a Climate-Safe Future: Are Airlines Sending the Wrong Message?	17
Understanding AI-Generated Experiments in Tourism: Replications Using GPT Simulations	17
Understanding the Travel Decision-Making Behaviors of Ethnic Minority Tourists: The Moderating Role of Psychological Empowerment	17
Pleasure Through Pain: An Empirical Examination of Benign Masochism in Tourism	17
These Were the Days of Our Lives! A Self-Enhancement Model of Revisit Intention for Warfare Heritage Tourism	17
Attraction Agglomeration and Destination Agglomeration: The Case of Chinese National Scenic Areas	16
Alleviating Travelers’ Privacy Concern in Personalized Recommendations Through Perceived Information Autonomy: Strategies via Hedge Words and Communication Styles	16
Consumer Reaction to Decelerated Tourism: Pace, Inherent Virtue, and Environmental Concern	16
Do Envy and Consumer-Generated Content Boost Travel Motivations?	16
Animosity and Tourism: Resident Perspectives	16
Travel Writing as a Tool for Sustainable Initiatives: Proposing a Dialogue Journaling Process Model	16
Leading for Resilience: Fostering Employee and Organizational Resilience in Tourism Firms	16
Re-enactment in Lighter Dark Tourism: An Exploration of Re-enactor Tour Guides and Their Perspectives on Creating Visitor Experiences	15
Identifying Tourist Spatial and Temporal Patterns Using GPS and Sequence Alignment Method	15
Redirecting Slack Resources to Social and Environmental Issues: A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Tourism Firms Post-Crisis	15
Exploring the Influence of Touch Points on Tourist Experiences at Crisis Impacted Destinations	15
What Triggers Travel Spending? The Impact of Prior Spending on Additional Unplanned Purchases	15
The Impact of Virtual Reality and Intelligent Virtual Environments on the Tourist Experience: The Moderating Effect of Cognitive Style	15
Tourist–Host Identity Risk: Scale Development and Consequences	15
The Contribution of Animal-Based Cultural Ecosystem Services to Tourist Well-Being at Cultural Heritage Sites	15
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 Marketing	15
Unveiling Dynamic Determinants of Tourism Competitiveness: Analysis Integrating Multimodal Data and Spatiotemporal Machine Learning	15