The Antecedents and Consequences of Travelers’ Well-Being Perceptions: Focusing on Chinese Tourist Shopping at a Duty Free

Hyunjoon Kim, Jinkyung Jenny Kim and Muhammad Asif
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Hyunjoon Kim: The Department of Tourism Management, The College of Business Administration, Dong-A University, Busan 49236, Korea
Jinkyung Jenny Kim: School of Hotel and Tourism Management, Youngsan University, Busan 48015, Korea
Muhammad Asif: School of Public Affairs, Zijingang Campus, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 16, issue 24, 1-22

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to explore the antecedents and consequences of travelers’ well-being perceptions in the context of a duty-free shop. For this, data were collected from 742 Chinese tourists who purchased goods at duty free shops while traveling in Korea within the past year using an online survey company’s system in China. The results indicated that pragmatic, hedonic, and sociability experiences have a positive influence on travelers’ well-being perceptions. In addition, travelers’ well-being perceptions aided the enhancement of brand attitude and brand preference, which in turn positively affected word-of-mouth. Novelty is the originality of this study as very few studies on this topic are presented in the extant literature and practical implications are also discussed.

Keywords: travelers’ experiences; duty free shop; well-being perceptions; brand attitude; brand preference; word-of-mouth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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