Tourism-based customer engagement: the construct, antecedents, and consequences

Raouf Ahmad Rather, Linda D. Hollebeek and Jamid Ul Islam

The Service Industries Journal, 2019, vol. 39, issue 7-8, 519-540

Abstract: Drawing on a service-dominant (S-D) logic perspective, this study identifies key antecedents and consequences of tourism customer engagement, which remain nebulous to date. We develop a structural model that is tested on a sample of 310 customers at different tourist destination sites and attractions in India. The results reveal a positive effect of place authenticity and place attachment on customer engagement. The findings also indicate customer engagement’s positive effect on the development of customer trust, brand loyalty, and co-creation. Third, we identify customer engagement’s mediating role in the effect of place attachment and place authenticity on customer trust, loyalty, and co-creation. Specifically, place authenticity was found to exert a partial mediating effect in the association between place attachment and customer engagement. As such, this research bids newer insight into the role of tourism-based customer engagement, from which we develop relevant implications.

Date: 2019
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