The report presents the findings of the 18th survey of overseas visitors to Singapore. It discusses statistics related to visitor profile, travel patterns, visit experience, and expenditure patterns. The major visitor generating markets are Japan, Australia, the UK, USA, Taiwan, India, Hong Kong,...

This article revisits the topic of international differences in restaurant tipping. Taking a different approach, this study examines the tipping habits of tourists (n=983) from 7 distinct countries, 4 Asian (China, Malaysia, Singapore, and Taiwan) and 3 Western (USA, Canada and Australia), while in ...

The purpose of this study was to examine the dimensionality and usefulness of Hofstede's measure of values and Kahle's List of Values (LOV) in the context of parks and recreation. Parks and recreation areas around the world increasingly serve as international visitor attractions and play an...

This study focuses on demonstrating the differences and similarities between and among Western and Asian customers in terms of travelers' evaluation of satisfaction, perceived value, and attribute quality in a Hong Kong hotel setting. It has been noted that national culture has a substantial impact ...

This study investigates the use of variety-seeking in the segmentation of international travelers. Segmentation studies mainly utilize traditional segmentation criteria, such as nationality, country of origin, other trip characteristics of international travelers, and consumer behaviors....

The online search engine is a key source of tourism information for trip planning. In the internet, experience and feedback shared by previous tourists can be obtained with increasing ease, resulting in a feedback mechanism of interpersonal influence featured in the online peer-to-peer tourism...