This paper describes the outbound tourism market in the Republic of Korea. Statistical data for 1999 are provided by collaborations of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Korea, Korea National Tourism Organization, Korea Tourism Research Institute, and many other organizations....

This study assesses the importance placed on different attributes of hotel selection by guests from Japan and the USA and cultural differences of these 2 groups who make up the major market segments for Korean international tourist hotels. Hofstede's four cultural dimensions of cultural values have ...

This study analysed the preferences of international urban travellers by focusing on European, North American, and Japanese travellers to Seoul, South Korea, and attempted to identify the relationship between preferences and expenditures for the attributes or activities. Data used are obtained from ...

The analysis of tourism behaviour as an outcome of individual decision making has recently been an emerging focus in tourism research. The conventional approach to the analysis of tourism behaviour typically associates a particular choice behaviour with some travel motivations or a priori selected...

Tourism is one of the world's largest and fastest-growing industries, and female travelers continue to contribute to the growth of the industry. However, little conceptual research has been conducted on overseas travel behavior and the role of gender in the decision-making process. Thus, this study ...

The aim of this study is to ascertain, in an international tourism context, whether there are cultural discrepancies between hotel employees who have been educated and trained in a host country, and guests who have traveled to that country, given that each group is imbued with their own national...

In this study, we investigated international travelers' decision-making process for airport shopping by considering the moderating impact of the perceived disadvantages of airport-shopping behavior. The model of goal-directed behavior, including volitional/non-volitional, motivational, and...

Despite the importance of the seniors market, little is known about international senior tourists' post-purchasing behaviors in the airport-shopping industry. The aims of this study were to attain a better comprehension of these customers' repurchase decision formation by employing a Theory of...

This study will analyze the changing Korean tourist market to Japan, the characteristics of tourism products which the tourists consider a priority, and the demographic differences by travel choice attributes. The study measured numbers of visits to Japan, expenditure, duration of visit, area...

This study identifies key attributes of local people in enhancing tourists' personal connection and examines whether personal connection to local people induces the destination's distinctiveness and consequently positive word-of-mouth (WOM) intentions regarding the destination. For the empirical...