Digital transformation is increasingly reshaping how tourism destinations enhance service quality and strengthen competitive positioning, particularly in developing economies characterized by heterogeneous digital maturity and structural constraints. This study develops and empirically tests a...

In the scientific literature on tourism, a set of variables is frequently utilized. The objective of this study is to analyze the scenario of scientific publications on these variables between 2000 and 2023. This analysis employs a bibliometric approach, utilizing data collected from the Scopus...

The growing awareness of economic, environmental, and social issues related to tourism highlights the need to identify innovative practices that promote sustainability in tourist destinations. This study investigates mega sporting events and their fundamental role in sustainable tourism; these...

Understanding tourists' word-of-mouth communication, destination preferences, and revisit intentions is important in the rapidly growing cruise tourism industry. Focusing on Amasra, an emerging cruise destination on the Black Sea coast of Turkiye, this study examines the connection between...

Digital transformation has re-engineered tourism marketing and how destination branding competes for tourist attention, yet scholarship offers little systematic quantification of these changes. Drawing on 160 peer-reviewed studies published between 1990 and 2025, we combine grounded-theory...

This study attempts to reveal whether smart tourism practices in the destination of Istanbul have an impression on destination brand equity (DBE) and destination competitiveness (DC). The sample group of the study consisted of domestic tourists visiting Istanbul. The data were obtained through a...

Tourist satisfaction with destinations is intricately tied to competitiveness and sustainable growth, which shape destinations' fortunes. Although user satisfaction has received much attention in the tourism literature, little exists on beaches, which are distinctive destinations. To this end,...

As tourism continues to grow worldwide, traditional destination planning models have faced criticism for neglecting environmental sustainability, socio-cultural preservation, and equitable economic distribution. This article examines how sustainable local development can be integrated into...

This study aims to investigate the existence of statistically significant variations in sustainability practices among accommodation facilities in different tourism destinations in the Czech Republic. Data was collected from 429 col-lective facilities listed on Booking.com, selected in...

Destination Management Organizations (DMO) increasingly harness social media to foster favorable online destination brand experiences (ODBEs) during travelers' pre-trip planning. However, empirical knowledge about such experiences in ecotourism contexts remains limited. This study addresses the...

Most ecotourism destinations have not yet fully explored the benefits of augmented reality (AR) marketing in relation to family vacations. Although AR improves travel experiences and destination branding, there is limited research on parents' perceptions of AR when traveling with children. This...

Exclusion-inclusion theory has received attention in various disciplines in the actual world. However, whether and how virtual tourism experiences can affect the degree of exclusion-inclusion for people who use wheelchairs has not been discussed. Driven by an interpretivist paradigm, this study...

User-generated content continues to shape global tourism trends, yet Africa's growing tourism sector has received limited attention. This study addresses this gap by investigating tourist sentiments and satisfaction across ten African destinations from 2018 to 2023. Employing a mixed method...

This study seeks to investigate the influence of user-generated content (UGC) on tourist visit intentions. This study also aims to explore the mediating role of destination imagery in the relationship between UGC and tourist visit intentions. The findings show that UGC has a significant positive...

Popayán (Colombia) was the first city to be designated a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy in 2005, positioning itself as a symbolic 'myth of origin' within the network. In the context of growing demands for local strategies aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), it is...

Tourism has become one of the most important industries in the business world, significantly impacting various economies. In order to have a better understanding of tourist behavior, this study aims to examine the image of the destination and the value of the brand as predictors of the behavior...

The current study adopts a unique approach in investigating the effect of destination brand equity and local brand equity on destination brand loyalty and local brand loyalty. It examines the direct influence of both destination brand equity and local brand equity on brand loyalty, as well as...

Tourist satisfaction models typically assume that service performance dimensions carry the same weight for all travelers. Drawing on Bourdieu, we reconceptualize age, gender, and region of origin as demographic capital, durable resources that mediate how visitors decode service cues. Using a...