International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research: Volume 13 Issue 3

The association among employees' communication skills, image formation and tourist behaviour: perceptions of hospitality management students in Jordan

Ra'ed Masa'deh, Omar Alananzeh, Omar Jawabreh, Rashed Alhalabi, Hassan Syam, Faisal Keswani

This study aims to quantify the associations among employee’s communication skills (language ability, body language and personal appearance), restaurant image and tourist…

Who visits the apartheid museum and why? An exploratory study of the motivations to visit a dark tourism site in South Africa

Jacqueline Mangwane, Uwe Peter Hermann, Antje Inge Lenhard

This paper attempts to fill the gap that exists in research regarding visitor motivations at dark heritage sites. The purpose of this paper is to explore the motivations of…

Time, money, or convenience: what determines Chinese consumers’ continuance usage intention and behavior of using tourism mobile apps?

Feng Xu, Songshan (Sam) Huang, Shuaishuai Li

This study aims to examine the effects of three aspects of perceived advantage (i.e. time-saving, money-saving and convenience) on Chinese consumers’ continuance usage intention…

Predicting intentions to visit microbreweries and investigating beerscape

Allison Carr, Yeon Ho Shin, Kimberly Severt

This study aims to examine the predictors of microbrewery consumers’ intentions to visit microbreweries using an extended theory of planned behavior (TPB) and to assess the gaps…

Social media marketing management: an application to small restaurants in the US

Elzbieta Lepkowska-White, Amy Parsons, William Berg

This study aims to use a social media management framework and strategic orientation framework to explore how small restaurants manage social media.

Attribute perception and tourist’s choice for wildlife tourism destination

Jitu Saikia, Pranjal Protim Buragohain, Hari K. Choudhury

This study investigates the relationships of visitors’ recreational experiences and their future behavior for the wildlife destinations of Assam, a North-Eastern state of India.

Delving into children’s travel dreams: a qualitative investigation

Derya Demirdelen, Ziad Alrawadieh, Ahmed Zareer, Ismail Kizilirmak

Drawing on a qualitative study approach using data collected from children in a primary school in Marmaris, Turkey, this study aims to intend to understand children’s vacation…