OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research is 7. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
How hosting a mega-event changes the emotional connection of spectators with destination brands: brand personality of the Olympics and South Korea	55
Using Gini decomposition to explore the multidimensionality of spatial dispersal for tourism promotion – the case of outgoing passengers in Queensland, Australia	52
Linking the internal mechanism of flow experience to exhibition intention: a comparison among diverse cultural tourists	48
Tourist trust toward a tourism destination: scale development and validation	47
Household livelihood adaptive strategies in gateway communities of new national parks	39
An investigation of developing smart tourism from the perspective of stakeholders	29
Tourism demand forecasting using complex network theory	27
Why do tourists use public transport in Korea? The roles of artificial intelligence knowledge, environmental, social, and governance, and sustainability	27
Trouble in paradise: examining the unholy relationship between mental imagery and perceived terror	26
Developing a weighted model to measure knowledge diffusion in a tourism destination network	26
Between a rock and a hard place: how does the tourist crowding perception affect the decision of absolute displacement?	26
From colonial company housing to dark tourism site: the complex legacy of the Mitsubishi Workers’ Housing in Samneung	25
Metaverse and regenerative tourism: the role of avatars in promoting sustainable practices	25
Voluntourism sustainability: a case of Malaysian east coast island destinations	25
A study on enhancing culinary tourism: personalized menu recommendation using auto-tagging	23
How to create sustainability of destination? Evidence from ecotourism community in Taiwan	22
COVID-19-induced discrimination toward tourists, emotional responses, and identity management strategies	21
Fishing tourists’ green behaviors at coastal destinations: an optimum combination of perceived benefits, volitional/non-volitional factors, and emotions	21
When city landmarks meet AI design: the impact of AI painting on the travel intentions of consumers	21
The evolution of Chinese border tourism policies: an intergovernmental perspective on border tourism in Xishuangbanna	20
The perception over environmental issues: the impact on environmentally sustainable tourist behavior	20
Exploring antecedents and consequences of tourists’ perceived relationship investment from new perspectives in the tour group context	20
How to promote film tourism more effectively? From a perspective of self-congruity and film tourism experience	20
Health risks associated with group package tour: implications from a study on tour leaders in Taiwan	20
Tourism service failure, service recovery, and negative word-of-mouth: three-country comparison using a choice experiment	19

Positive or honest? Antecedents and consequences of tourists’ self-presentation in social media	19
A longitudinal study on how smart tourism technology influences tourists’ repeat visit intentions	19
How do tourism recovery experiences contribute to knowledge workers’ creativity? The moderating role of travel companion	19
The effects of the various properties of the metaverse tourism on the emotional benefits and behavioral intentions	19
Neither more nor less: understanding positive emotion of posts and user engagement on tourism social media	19
The role of social media engagement in the purchase intention of South Korea's popular media (Hallyu) tourism package: based on uses and gratifications theory	18
Examining destinations’ personality and brand equity through the lens of expats: moderating role of expat’s cultural intelligence	18
Human-robot trust dynamics: understanding tourist confidence in service robots in tourism & hospitality	18
Revolutionizing the restaurant industry: exploring the implementation and impact of blockchain technology on the dining experience	17
How to form rapport with information providers in the airport industry: service robots versus human staff	17
Understanding factors that drive destination brand hate in China: scale development and validation	16
The effect of destination social responsibility on tourists’ pro-environmental behavior	16
The state of dark tourism research: a systematic review and agenda for future studies	16
Lethal attraction: crime as tourism externality- evidence from the Indian states	16
Volatility effects of cryptocurrencies on foreign tourism in India	15
Exploring jaystaycationer behaviors: cause, typology, and hotel workers’ responses	15
Spatial evolution and influence mechanism of tourism in historic quarters from the postmodern consumption perspective: a case study of Pingjiang road and Shantang Street, Suzhou, China	15
Understanding the relationship between tourists’ perceptions of the authenticity of traditional village cultural landscapes and behavioural intentions, mediated by memorable tourism experiences and pl	14
How awe affects value co-creation in virtual reality tourism experience	14
Technology orientation, customer agility, customer performance: the moderating role of firm size in the Chinese tourism context	14
Research on the formation process and elements of the solo tourist’s well-being based on the grounded theory	14
Analysing the causes of tourists’ emotional experience related to tourist attractions from a binary emotions perspective utilising machine learning models	14
Difference in the relationship between tourism growth and gender inequality in East Asia Pacific and South Asian countries	14
Exploring the effect of destination social responsibility on responsible tourist behavior: symmetric and asymmetric analysis	14
Role of Artificial Intelligence in travel decision making and tourism product selling	14
Understanding the drivers of destination equity in the post-pandemic era: the case of Australia	13
A systematic literature review of film tourism research (2004–2023)	13
Digital cultural tourism: progress and a proposed framework for future research	13
The role of tourism targeted assistance in enhancing endogenous motivation among the economically disadvantaged: a quasi-natural experiment	13
Post-COVID destination competitiveness	12
Exploring servicescape in coastal and marine tourism: insights from text mining and application of Kano model	12
An overseas experience without traveling abroad. The effect of visual similarity on travel intention	11
Examining relationships between precautionary measures taken for COVID-19 at the destination, service quality, brand equity and behavioral intention: a comparison market segments	11
The effects of virtual reality tourism involvement on place attachment and behavioral intentions: virtual reality tourism of the Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan	11
Live streaming in tourism and hospitality: a literature review	11
Trash in the bin, to a cleaner scene we cling: a mixed method approach on tourists’ binning behavior at two spiritual destinations	11
Macau residents’ attitude towards the free independent travellers (FIT) policy: an analysis from the perspective of the ABC model and group comparison	11
Believe in the land: does gazing at agricultural production scene elicit higher emotional responses in visitors and visit intention?	10
International tourism on the media: case study of the news coverage of Republic of Korea	10
Luxury tourism: where we go from now?	10
VR and AR research in the hospitality and tourism industry: a systematic review utilizing the theory-context-characteristics-methodology (TCCM) framework	10
Exploring tourists’ ecocentric and anthropocentric attitudes towards green hotels: theory of planned behaviour and norm activation theory perspective	10
Discovering tourist preference for electing destinations: a pattern mining based approach	9
Single-sided or double-sided messages? Message sidedness and travel influencer marketing effectiveness ¹	9
AI in health tourism: developing a measurement scale	9
A conspiracy theory perspective on the influence of political events on tourism: a longitudinal study of Hong Kong	9
The effect of visual and interactive features of tourism live streaming on tourism consumers’ willingness to participate	9
“Tourists’ experience” in dark tourism: a systematic literature review and future research directions	9
The influence of digital transformation on the resilience of tourism companies under the shock of the COVID-19 pandemic	9
Enhancing brand equity in popular culture tourism: testing the role of fandom in a serial mediation model	9

Dark tourism research: a bibliometric analysis and future research directions	9
Impact of tourists’ psychological ownership of an eco-friendly trail on their behavior intention: an empirical investigation of Jeju Olle Trail in South Korea	8
Social media content strategy for DMOs: examining linguistic style in times of crisis	8
Correction	8
Does extremes lead to opposites? The influence mechanism of specific ambivalent emotions on tourists’ travel intention	8
From Urban heritage resources: social media analytics of Johor Bahru tourists’ experience and motivation for exploring heritage buildings	8
The value of craft souvenirs induces travel intention by shaping destination image: from the perspective of souvenir gift recipients	8
How do online travel reviews facilitate informed purchase decisions?	8
Special Issue on “Where to from here? COVID 19 and the future of tourism”	8
Technological capabilities that enhance tourism supply chain agility: role of E-marketplace systems	8
Influences of the underlying dimensions of destination image on destination loyalty in a cultural heritage destination	8
Conflict of interests? Negotiating superstructures for value co-creation at indigenous heritage sites – the case of Patan, Nepal	8
Visual attention attraction and tourism review helpfulness – a new enhancing mechanism with profile pictures	8
How long do regional MICE events survive? the case of Busan, Korea	7
Understanding exhibition image in digital exhibitions: an application of cognitive appraisal theory	7
Coupling relationship of tourism urbanization and rural revitalization: A case study of Zhangjiajie, China	7
Social comparison orientation and religious commitment influence on outbound travel intentions	7
Footprints through time: examining the nexus between cultural preservation intentions and hiking tourism in ancient towns	7
Unlocking the power of metaverse technology in tourism: enhancing experiences and perceptions about tourism destinations	7
Examining the impact of media type and perceived Interactivity on Virtual Tour Intentions: empirical evidence using S-O-R framework	7
Technology evaluation: a systematic review and implications for ethical technology management in tourism and hospitality	7
A study of the effects and mechanisms of the digital economy on high-quality tourism development: evidence from the Yangtze River Delta in China	7
Links between communication and tourist destination perception: a heterogeneity analysis during the early pandemic reopening stage in China	7
Reliving past experience: memory and rural tourism destination image as predictors of place attachment	7
Assessing asymmetric selection of responsible airlines based on CSR, normative, and emotional factors: a complexity approach with SEM, fsQCA, and NCA	7