Triadic spatial distance and social media assets for food tourists

Hanna Lee, Jinwon Kim, Sung-Byung Yang and Chulmo Koo

Current Issues in Tourism, 2024, vol. 27, issue 9, 1343-1349

Abstract: This paper examines the potential impact of the triadic social interaction instigated by spatial distance between author, reader, and business that detects tourists’ geographical decision patterns. A social media asset for brands is a digital presence that encourages positive consumer responses in media communication. Using 2,129 items of author-reader-business paired review data, the findings indicate that geographical proximity between the review triad has assimilated patterns to assess reviews. Spatial regression analysis visualized spatial heterogeneity across US regions, showing that a lower spatial distance between tourists and businesses positively improved media assets; in contrast, close spatial proximity had a strong impact among peer tourists. As spatially heterogeneous tourists positively accept media sharing toward the business, the review triad model imposes the varying effects of triadic spatial distance that helps tourism policymakers implement an effective location-based social media marketing strategy for the food tourism industry.

Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2023.2271122

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