Tourist Attribution toward Destination Brands: What Do We Know? What We Do Not Know? Where Should We Be Heading?

Mohamed Arfan Taha Alamrawy, Thowayeb H. Hassan (), Mahmoud I. Saleh, Mostafa A. Abdelmoaty (), Amany E. Salem, Hassan Marzok Elsayed Mahmoud, Ahmed H. Abdou, Mohamed Y. Helal, Amira Hassan Abdellmonaem and Shaymaa Abdul-Wahab El-Sisi
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Mohamed Arfan Taha Alamrawy: Social Studies Department, College of Arts, King Faisal University, Al Ahsa 400, Saudi Arabia
Thowayeb H. Hassan: Social Studies Department, College of Arts, King Faisal University, Al Ahsa 400, Saudi Arabia
Mahmoud I. Saleh: Tourism Studies Department, Faculty of Tourism and Hotel Management, Helwan University, Cairo 12612, Egypt
Mostafa A. Abdelmoaty: Independent Researcher, Giza 12573, Egypt
Amany E. Salem: Social Studies Department, College of Arts, King Faisal University, Al Ahsa 400, Saudi Arabia
Hassan Marzok Elsayed Mahmoud: Social Studies Department, College of Arts, King Faisal University, Al Ahsa 400, Saudi Arabia
Ahmed H. Abdou: Social Studies Department, College of Arts, King Faisal University, Al Ahsa 400, Saudi Arabia
Mohamed Y. Helal: Tourism Studies Department, Faculty of Tourism and Hotel Management, Helwan University, Cairo 12612, Egypt
Amira Hassan Abdellmonaem: Hotel & Hospitality Department, Applied College, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia
Shaymaa Abdul-Wahab El-Sisi: Tourism Studies Department, Faculty of Tourism and Hotel Management, Helwan University, Cairo 12612, Egypt

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 5, 1-19

Abstract: Although tourists’ judgments and interpretations are pivotal to fathom the essence behind their behavior toward tourism destination brands, there is a lack of investigation into theories that deal with tourists’ decisions and interpretations. To address this issue, this study investigates two critical theories in the tourism marketing literature: attribution and locus of control theories in the destination branding context. These theories heavily influence tourists’ perceptions and interpretations of the destination brands. Thus, using the PRISMA methodology (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses), we inductively evaluated and synthesized the literature on attribution theory and destination branding from highly indexed journals in the ABDC list index. The research encompasses the issues of “What we know?”, “What we do not know?”, and “Where should we be heading?”. This study will better grasp the implications of attribution and locus of control theories in the literature on tourism marketing. The study would also explore how this hypothesis affects travelers’ assessment and interpretation of destination brands. The study found the potential to assess the implications of attribution and locus of control theories in the tourism marketing literature. The research would provide insights into how these ideas affect tourists’ evaluation and interpretation of destination brands. It would also offer other techniques that marketers may employ to influence consumer behavior.

Keywords: attribution theory; locus of control theory; tourist behavior; tourism destination; tourist intention; destination attachment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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