Attachment-triggered attributes and destination revisit

Ying Qu, Yinyin Dong and Guopeng Xiang

Annals of Tourism Research, 2021, vol. 89, issue C

Abstract: Destinations entering the lifecycle of maturity/stagnation typically cannot ensure economic sustainability with their traditional “transactional strategy”. Turning to the “relational strategy” that relies on loyal tourists may be a good alternative. Destination attachment is a critical concept for initiating and perpetuating revisits by loyal tourists. However, existing research has not focused on deriving attachment-triggered attributes and has failed to provide a systematic integration of different destination decision-making characteristics that are affected by the attachment level. This study identified twelve critical attachment-triggered destination attributes of Hainan based on the proposed “attachment level-based destination decision-making framework”, thereby contributing to the solution of existing theoretical and practical problems. Social network analysis was performed. The corresponding implications and limitations were discussed.

Keywords: Destination attachment; Attachment-triggered attributes; Repeat visitors; Destination lifecycle; Social network analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2021.103202

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