Current Issues in Tourism

2007 - 2026

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Volume 29, issue 10, 2026

Navigating the nexus of innovation and insight: an umbrella review and thematic clustering of smart tourism evolution pp. 1889-1907

János Csapó and Szabina Végi

Captivating the crowd: unraveling sentiments in tourism short videos for effective destination marketing on social media pp. 1908-1935

Juan Liu, Jinqiu Zhao, Wei Wei and Tong Yang

Do word-of-mouth-based conversational AI recommendations enhance tourism consumers’ acceptance? The moderating role of transparency pp. 1936-1955

Yaobin Wang, Haoyang Miao, Meiling Xiong and Yuxiao Wang

Exploring traveller willingness to shift towards air pollution-free destinations: developing the multiple configurations of push, pull, and mooring factors pp. 1956-1974

Nichapat Sangkaew, Surarak Wichupankul, Xin Cheng and Heesup Han

Tourist stereotype content and interaction in cross-cultural service encounters: the perspective of service providers pp. 1975-1994

Paolo Hongbo Zhang and Cathy Hsu

Applying cultural-historical activity theory to understand Korean tourists’ experiences with language translation applications pp. 1995-2012

Kanghee Lee and Namhee Lee

‘Made up’ and evolving – or already set in stone? Producing geotourism in the Niagara Region pp. 2013-2027

Adam Weaver

From phygital experience to virtual travel in cultural heritage destination: the role of tourist inspiration pp. 2028-2049

Baolin Deng, Honggang Xu and Zhengguang Lei

Tourism demand forecasting with an enhanced interpretability framework pp. 2050-2073

Xin Li, Yixuan Wang, Gang Xie, Shouyang Wang and Rob Law

Beyond the chaos: how crowded exhibitions shape customer politeness and service interactions pp. 2074-2090

Jie Yin, Tianyu Li, Yensen Ni and Jiangling Yang

The evolution of customer defection intentions in the online travel agency industry pp. 2091-2108

Zerui Su and Hong-Youl Ha

Volume 29, issue 9, 2026

Beyond the screen: post-visit narratives of American fans and K-pop branding of Korea through ‘K-pop Demon Hunters' pp. 1669-1678

Beomjin Park and Minseong Kim

Telepresence in tourism and hospitality: a meta-analytic review of virtual environment pp. 1679-1693

Wagner Junior Ladeira, Fernando de Oliveira Santini, Tareq Rasul, Syed Hasan Jafar, Jean Carlos De Oliveira Rosa, Bernardo Frantz, Paola Zandonai Pontin and Luis Antonio Lampert Dornelles

Can tourism be a mean for promoting inclusive development? A textual analysis of funded projects in Greece pp. 1694-1710

Alessandro Meneghini and Arjuna Tuzzi

Does the influence of multidimensional distances on the evolution of tourism information flow network structures differ by urbanisation rate? Evidence from China pp. 1711-1731

Ziyu Zhao, Yibao Wen, Zexin Yuan, Yuxvan Li and Shiyao Zhao

Deciphering Malaysia’s tourism self-image: insights from industry pp. 1732-1749

Joo-Ee Gan and Alexander Trupp

Beyond trust: how usefulness and immersiveness drive space tourism intentions in high-risk contexts pp. 1750-1772

Minh-Hoang Nguyen, Minh-Phuong Thi Duong, Thanh Tu Tran, Ni Putu Wulan Purnama Sari, Hendra Tedjasuksmana, Viet-Phuong La and Quan-Hoang Vuong

Beyond authenticity: scale development and validation for virtual authenticity pp. 1773-1789

Bo Wendy Gao, Yanan Li, Naipeng (Tom) Bu and Chris Zhen Gan Zhu

Dynamic evolution and driving mechanisms of tourism carbon reduction networks: a TERGM-based study pp. 1790-1814

Huifang Liu, Weidong Chen, Pengwei Yuan and Xiaoqing Dong

Understanding online tourist–tourist interaction in solo female travel: a self-determination theory perspective pp. 1815-1829

Emma Dresler

Heritage memory and identity: the central role of residents' topophilia in cultural heritage tourism development pp. 1830-1848

Xin Lei, Wei Guo and Tianjun Xu

How does low-carbon development of tourism contribute to high-quality economic development in China? pp. 1849-1869

Yantao Li and Jianquan Guo

The politics of fantasy and tourism development in Romania pp. 1870-1888

Claudia Popescu

Volume 29, issue 8, 2026

Price effects and pass-through of a VAT increase on restaurants in Germany: causal evidence for the first 12 months and a mega sports event pp. 1447-1454

Matthias Firgo

Empathetic language in AI travel services: the moderating effects of system adaptivity and AI disclosure on user intentions pp. 1455-1463

Eun Joo Kim, Esther L. Kim and Minji Kim

The impact of empowering leadership on job-related satisfaction of franchise employees pp. 1464-1470

Jiseon Ahn

Is platform-based tourism cannibalising traditional tourism demand? A municipality-level comparative study across Europe pp. 1471-1478

Adrián Mendieta-Aragón, Julio Navío-Marco, Claudia Sevilla-Sevilla and Luis Manuel Ruiz-Gómez

Tourist guides versus the technology threat pp. 1479-1484

Murat Nazli

Challenges in equestrian tourism development: a case study of Malaysia pp. 1485-1490

Nur Jannah Mohd Esa and Hairul Nizam Ismail

Discourse on space and place in the Blue Lagoon reviews pp. 1491-1498

Voon Chin Phua and Mehmet Şeremet

When the real meets the virtual: the perceived function and added value of virtual reality before, during, and after cultural tourism experiences pp. 1499-1505

Marco Pichierri and Luca Petruzzellis

The paradox of airport expansions and climate commitments pp. 1506-1511

Susanne Becken

Behavioural theories in tourism: current practices, challenges, and a future agenda pp. 1512-1515

S. Mostafa Rasoolimanesh, Noel Scott and Kyle Maurice Woosnam

Psychology of the tourist experience: a synthesis of behavioural and cognitive theoretical approaches pp. 1516-1534

Biqiang Liu, Brent Moyle, Anna Kralj and Nicholas Thomas

The evolution and application of emotional solidarity theory in tourism behaviour research pp. 1535-1546

Emrullah Erul and Kyle Maurice Woosnam

Rethinking stimulus-organism-response theory for residents’ behaviour in tourism pp. 1547-1563

Emrullah Erul, Furkan Atasoy Karacabey, Kyle Maurice Woosnam and Erdogan Koc

Targeted interception theory of behaviour change as a basis for developing effective behaviour change interventions in tourism pp. 1564-1575

Sara Dolnicar, Danyelle Greene and Anna Zinn

Fifty years for Plog’s psychographic theory: lessons of replication and validity for tourist behaviour research pp. 1576-1591

Yael Ram and C. Michael Hall

Behave green or not: conceptualising the environmentally responsible behaviour of Vietnamese generation Z tourists and its transition process pp. 1592-1608

Thanh Dat Pham, Daisy X.F. Fan, Jiaying Lyu and Dandan Liu

Advancing sustainable tourism behavioural research: a metacognitive perspective pp. 1609-1628

Arghavan (Hana) Hadinejad, Kourosh Esfandiar and Liubov (Luba) Skavronskaya

A critical review of the theory of planned behaviour in tourism research pp. 1629-1643

Kourosh Esfandiar and Arghavan (Hana) Hadinejad

Behavioural theories in smart tourism pp. 1644-1667

Sirong Chen, Yihong Chen, Ke Zhang and Rob Law

Volume 29, issue 7, 2026

How pre-vacation factors influence post-vacation word-of-mouth pp. 1227-1235

Cecilie Andersen, Ellen K. Nyhus and Marit Gundersen Engeset

Exploring the spillover effects of gambling in the Greek tourist industry pp. 1236-1241

Patroklos Patsoulis

Charisma vs. discounts: a catalyst for online engagement in tourism and hospitality? pp. 1242-1249

Jie Yin, Huantao Chen and Yensen Ni

Effect of economic policy uncertainty on willingness to pay for green hotels in Taiwan pp. 1250-1253

Chiang-Ming Chen and Yu-Chen Lin

Does tourism contribute to food security goals? pp. 1254-1260

Emrah Kocak

Unpacking smart destination dimensions: insights into tourist recommendation, revisit intentions, and destination preference pp. 1261-1267

Elena Cerdá-Mansilla, Natalia Rubio and Sara Campo

Role of company actions to address customer boycotting of franchise brands pp. 1268-1273

Jiseon Ahn

Air and train travel experiences for wheel chair users pp. 1274-1279

Eunhye Park and Sung-Bum Kim

Human–machine interaction in tourism pp. 1280-1280

Meltem Caber

Generational engagement with AI in hospitality: human–AI interaction perspectives across the service process pp. 1281-1294

Pola Q. Wang, Liwei Yan and Carolin Santoso

Understanding of non-immersive virtual reality technology in the context of museums via the lens of stimulus–organism–response (S–O–R) and aesthetics frameworks pp. 1295-1313

Yim King Penny Wan, Don Wu, Zhanyue Zhang and Wan Lok Alan Cheng

AR-enabled safety precautions and employee volunteerism in fast-food restaurants: the pivotal role of adoption intention pp. 1314-1334

Mukaram Ali Khan, Kareem M. Selem, Islam Elgammal and Ayman Safi Abdelhakim

‘Are ad endorsements really annoying?’ The impact of advertising in short-form tourism videos on tourists’ information processing pp. 1335-1354

Han Zhou, Tao Sun, Kaige Zhu, Jiao Li and Naoya Ito

User segmentation in human–robot interactions: insights from sports betting patrons using diffusion of innovation theory pp. 1355-1375

Nasim Binesh, Robert Rippee and Amanda Belarmino

User-centric design experience or privacy risk perception? The dual pathways of tourism platform’s AI capability to perceived user value pp. 1376-1393

Mingchuan Yu, Wenyi Jiang, Yu Wan and Anran Mao

The future of tourism work: is technology a substitute for labour supply? pp. 1394-1412

Ian Yeoman and Una McMahon-Beattie

Cybersecurity threats in tourism and hospitality: perspectives from tourists engaging with sharing economy services pp. 1413-1428

Zahed Ghaderi, Luc Beal and L`Hocine Houanti

Increased destination patronage: can data privacy, safety, and security do the magic? pp. 1429-1446

Alexander Preko, Theophilus Gyepi-Garbrah and Iddrisu Mohammed

Volume 29, issue 6, 2026

Evaluating the influence of neighborhood effects on discrete choice experiment outcomes in tourism destination on-site sampling data pp. 1035-1053

Tzu-Ming Liu

Seeking transcendence in the depths of the soul: an exploration into current spiritual journeys pp. 1054-1066

Shaohua Wang, Dani Blasco, Bas Verschuuren and Amran Hamzah

The role of political ideology in shaping sustainable tourism: insights from a mixed-method approach pp. 1067-1094

Tianyu (Bell) Pan and Wuzhen Zhou

Beyond the gilded lobby! Multilevel exploration of supervisory punishment’s influence in upscale hotels pp. 1095-1116

Zubair Akram, Mustafeed Zaman, Mukaram Ali Khan and Kareem M. Selem

Predictors of citations: an analysis of highly-cited-papers in hospitality and tourism research using a machine learning approach pp. 1117-1138

Eray Polat, Fatih Çelik, Hasan Evrim Arici and Mehmet Ali Köseoglu

How fiscal decentralization stimulates inbound tourism: evidence from China pp. 1139-1160

Weiliang Tao, Fauzia Jabeen, Shimei Weng, Wei Zhang, Malin Song and Patrice Piccardi

A quarter-century of contributions to tourism scholarship: tracing historical themes and citation patterns in current issues in tourism pp. 1161-1183

Erfan Moradi, Nasrin Kazemi, Mohammad Reza Salehipour, Rasool Norouzi Seyed Hosseini and Zahed Ghaderi

When K-drama fiction becomes reality: the French perspective pp. 1184-1196

Elisa Beaugeard, Hyo Dan Cho and Chulmo Koo

How do residents’ perceptions of tourism-led community development influence their government support? Evidence from poverty alleviation villages in China pp. 1197-1215

Jinwei Wang, Piaocai Huang, Shuting Cao, Zhihua Zhou and Ling Feng

The cost of war and peace: evidence from the impact of Russia–Ukraine war on European tourism pp. 1216-1226

Chia-Ning Chiu

Volume 29, issue 5, 2026

Carbon emissions tangibility and air travel preferences pp. 821-825

Benjamin Boeuf and Céline Flipo

Relieving xenophobia through fostering resident self-affirmation: the role of identification and collective self-esteem in developing sustainable tourism pp. 826-830

Minjung Shin and Yoon Koh

The evolving path of community participation in tourism in migratory villages: insights from China pp. 831-845

Yuan Qin, Yunzhen Zhang, Lisheng Pi and Li Tao

China’s aviation policies in response to the COVID-19 and its impact on tourism sectors pp. 846-866

Cody Yu-Ling Hsiao, Pengyang Li and Yingchuan Wang

Navigating challenges: coping, memory, and the interpretations of travel adversities among middle-aged and older Chinese adults pp. 867-884

Tingting Elle Li, Eric T. H. Chan and Emma Wood

Why do customers engage and interact in metaverse tourism? An SOR perspective pp. 885-901

Raouf Ahmad Rather, Mustafeed Zaman, Tareq Rasul, Muhammad Zahid Nawaz and Naeem Akhtar

Factors affecting customer experience, attitude, and repurchase intention on smart tourism applications pp. 902-920

Zuleyhan Baran and Sukran Karaca

Daring routine: examining the tourists’ risk perception attitudes through the characteristics of travel frequency and revisit frequency pp. 921-927

László Kökény, Zoltán Birkner and Gábor Michalkó

The impact of perceived crowding on revisit intentions: role of tourism fatigue and psychological reactance pp. 928-951

Xing Su, Hongbo Cheng and Fangyuan Liu

The effects of relationship characteristics on customer behaviour: a comparison of independent and corporate online travel agencies pp. 952-966

Shiwen Lu and Jiseon Ahn

Technology-driven smart consumer experiences in tourism destinations pp. 967-997

Estrella Diaz, Rocio Carranza, David Martin-Consuegra and Junguang Zhang

Influences of service, reference groups and framing effects on the intentions of short-term rental users pp. 998-1015

Wen-chih Yeh, Shih-Ying Hsu, Pei-Syuan Lin and Chun-chang Lee

Current challenges and opportunities in cultural heritage preservation through sustainable tourism practices pp. 1016-1034

Chih-Hung Pai, Yin Zhang, Yu-Lan Wang, Kunpeng Li and Yunfeng Shang

Volume 29, issue 4, 2026

Tourists’ perceived travel risk, desire to travel, travel engagement, and subjective wellbeing: the moderating role of emotion regulation pp. 633-653

Raouf Ahmad Rather, Linda D. Hollebeek, Marius Wait and Imran Khan

Future-proofing nature-based tourism in Canada: a horizon scan of emerging challenges pp. 654-680

Brooklyn Rushton, Christopher J. Lemieux, Daniel J. Scott, Elizabeth A. Halpenny, Josh Tompkins, Brenda Jones, Franz Plangger, Daniella Rubeling, Patrick T. Maher, Don Carruthers Den Hoed, Sonya L. Jakubec, Kathleen Rettie, Dan Mulrooney, Paul Eagles, Jill Bueddefeld, Aerin L. Jacob, Glen Hvenegaard, Brian Joubert, Eugene Thomlinson, Joe Pavelka, Rick Rollins, Stephanie A. Prince and Brad Steinberg

A longitudinal study of COVID-19 impacts on Canadian older adults’ travel experiences and perspectives pp. 681-695

Jenna Fesemyer, Toni Liechty, Samara Stearns, Wonock Chung, Kristen Plandowski, Pattara Tavilsup, Joelle Soulard and M. Rebecca Genoe

Volunteer tourists and destinations: place attachment formation among volunteer tourists pp. 696-711

Dejin Yang, Lijuan Liu, Meiling Dai and Ye Chen

Foreign ownership and business group affiliation strategies of European hospitality SMEs during difficult times: a double-edged sword pp. 712-733

Sumaira Ashraf and Ahmed A. Sarhan

Chinese voluntourist gaze: a self-reflection perspective pp. 734-748

Xuan Zhu and Simon Kimber

How do fandom symbols at music events influence travel intention? A moderated mediation model pp. 749-769

Xinzhi Chen, Jianchi Dai and Fangfang Yi

The event attachment formation process of mega-event volunteers pp. 770-786

Wenmin Jin and Jiaxin Tang

Exploring the factors affecting travellers’ webrooming intention: a moderated-mediation analysis pp. 787-802

Prosenjit Ghosh and Srijib Shankar Jha

Identification of tourists’ dynamic risk decision-making: a crisis communication lifecycle perspective pp. 803-820

Jiangchi Zhang, Chaowu Xie, Yaqiao Liu, Wanting Li and Qian Huang

Volume 29, issue 3, 2026

Impact of social movements and employer responses on tourism employees: a reactive attitude framework perspective pp. 423-430

Bingjie Liu-Lastres and Wei-Jue Huang

Economic freedom, tourism and income inequality in sub-Saharan African economies pp. 431-448

Pan Xuanming, Toyo Amègnonna Marcel Dossou, Alastaire Sèna Alinsato and Simplice Asongu

Comprehensive vitality evaluation and spatio-temporal characteristics of nighttime tourism in Shenzhen: an empirical analysis based on multi-source data integration pp. 449-476

Xu Heng, Zhang Youyin, Liu Wenting and Shen Yunqing

Designing and testing a sustainability soft regulation system: rating and ranking the wild animal welfare practices of tourism distribution channels pp. 477-493

Maria Jesús Bonilla-Priego, Xavier Font and Gloria Crabolu

Enter stage right: best practices in narrative staging of authenticity in literary tourism pp. 494-509

Angela Bargenda

Continuous impact of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games on residents’ cognition of ice-snow tourism: an moderated mediation model pp. 510-527

Youyin Zhang, Chenghao Ye and Shuying Zhang

Tourism and productivity in NUTS regions: revisiting the tourism-led-efficiency hypothesis pp. 528-546

Georges Harb, Charbel Bassil and Roula Al Daia

Hotel career research: a systematic literature review pp. 547-561

Franklin Akosa, Songshan (Sam) Huang, Hossein Ali Abadi and Jun Wen

Investigating the resilience and challenges of informal street traders in South Africa's tourism sector: a focus on migrant entrepreneurship pp. 562-577

Alicia Fourie, Andrea Saayman and Derick Blaauw

The relationship between personal values and preference for novelty: conceptual issues and the novelty–familiarity continuum pp. 578-595

Ingvild H. Blomstervik and Svein Ottar Olsen

Comprehensive framework for understanding consumers’ intentions of artificial intelligence devices in the hospitality industry: a meta-analysis pp. 596-614

Yanan Jia, Anshul Garg and Joaquim Dias Soeiro

Should chatbots use dialects? Exploring the influence mechanism of chatbot language form on value co-creation intention pp. 615-632

Jun (Justin) Li, Shuaifang Liu, Yiyan Wang, Qinglin Wang and Jose Weng Chou Wong

Volume 29, issue 2, 2026

How destination image projected on social media influences online sales of tourism services: exploring the moderating role of tourists’ experience pp. 213-220

Blanca Hernández-Ortega, Ángel Herrero, Héctor San Martín and José L. Franco

Outsourcing the Games – measuring resident support for hosting an outsourced Olympic event pp. 221-225

J. Roth, M. Schnitzer and H. Winner

Is tourism specialisation a trap for economic growth? The case of the Italian regions pp. 226-253

Bianca Biagi, Hasan Engìn Duran and Manuela Pulina

Discovering implicit role of tourists’ perceived distance and emotions in decision-making: combining grounded theory and sentiment analysis pp. 254-273

Yewei Shang, Montserrat Pallares-Barbera and Francesc Romagosa

A dynamic multidimensional Granger causality based on wavelet decomposition analysis of the tourism and economic growth in China pp. 274-291

Hung-Che Wu, Tsung-Pao Wu, Shu-Bing Liu, Chien-Ming Wang, Yi Zheng, Shaodian Chu and Ananda Sabil Hussein

Leveraging large language models for daily tourist demand forecasting pp. 292-308

Kaijian He, Linyuan Zheng, Don Wu and Yingchao Zou

Travel influencers and their social identity: a phenomenological approach pp. 309-324

Jun Li, Songyi Jing, Yuanyuan Shang, Ang Li and Mingming Cheng

Exploring factors influencing Koreans’ intention to visit Japan through decision tree analysis: focusing on discharge of ALPS-treated water and low-yen perception pp. 325-337

Jimin Yoon, Joonho Moon and Won Seok Lee

Psychological restoration and transformative experiences of recreational vehicle tourists pp. 338-353

Juan Tang, Libo Yan, Yunhan Wang and Lihua Huang

Can digital transformation promote hospitality and tourism firms’ investment? Moderating effect of financing constraints and economic policy uncertainty pp. 354-374

Bing Hu, Xiangru E, Tianyu Zheng and Ke Zhang

Constructing an integrated model of tourism livestreaming acceptance: scale development and validation pp. 375-397

Huiru Li, Chengyu Xiong and Xinyi Liu

Attitude towards the profession, emotional exhaustion, cynicism, and intention to abandon tourism SMEs as an entrepreneur: a conditional mediation model pp. 398-416

Agustín J. Sánchez-Medina, Mónica Pellejero, Eleazar C-Sánchez and Daniel L. Cerviño-Cortínez

Exploring the relationship between tourism acceptance and perceived quality of life in big German cities: the moderating role of tourism intensity pp. 417-422

Julian Reif, Ondrej Mitas, Sabrina Seeler and Anne Köchling

Volume 29, issue 1, 2026

Will this editorial prevent me from travelling to the United States? Geopolitical change and the metagovernance of tourist mobility in the contemporary world pp. 1-11

C. Michael Hall

Value of negativity for tourism resilience: a second-wave positive psychology approach pp. 12-16

Benjamin Lucca Iaquinto and Pavel Nicholas Toropov

Capturing tourist experiences through time: an extended adaptation of the descriptive experience sampling method pp. 17-21

Maarit Kinnunen, Emma Harriet Wood and Jonathan Moss

Enhancing well-being in cultural tourism: the role of experiences and information sharing pp. 22-39

Mauro Dini, Roberta De Cicco, Ilaria Curina, Barbara Francioni and Marco Cioppi

Should I visit or should I not? An explanation for motivations and constraints to visit dark tourist destinations using behavioural reasoning theory pp. 40-59

Shamindra Nath Sanyal and Anjali Malik

Craving to belong and to forgive in travel social media: a synthesis between goal progress and self-regulation perspectives pp. 60-77

Xiaoling (Selina) Zhang, IpKin Anthony Wong and Zhiwei (CJ) Lin

Drivers of digital currency adoption and their configurational impact assessment in tourism and hospitality: loss aversion under prospect theory pp. 78-95

Heesup Han, Zemenu Amare Ayalew, Seongseop (Sam) Kim, Wei Quan, Linda Heejung Lho, Inyoung Jung and Amr Al-Ansi

Air quality and tourism orders: a quasi-experimental study pp. 96-114

Dingyi Chang, Ning Zhang, Jiayang Gao and Tao Zhang

A modus operandi for sustainable-tourism transformations pp. 115-130

Sara Lupini, Giovanna Bertella and Xavier Font

Ambidexterity of hospitality trade associations: a social capital perspective for destination coordination and cooperation dynamics pp. 131-152

Anna Moretti, Maria Martini Barzolai and Mariapia Cutugno

Engaging hearts and minds in hospitality: the interplay between authentic leadership, affective commitment, and the Et-Moone cultural bond pp. 153-172

Omar Mohammed Ali Ababneh, Abdulkareem Salameh Awwad, Ibrahim Alnawas and Mahmoud Karasneh

Influence of emotional solidarity on residents’ support for holiday rentals pp. 173-186

María D. De-Juan-Vigaray, Desiderio Gutiérrez-Taño, Joan B. Garau-Vadell and Ricardo Díaz-Armas

Big data policy and urban tourism development: a catalyst or a hindrance? pp. 187-205

Zeqing Xu, Guanxu Wan and Zhixiang Wu

Social capital approach to promote sustainable ecotourism in protected areas pp. 206-211

Birendra Kc and Reynolds Kusi