Transport infrastructure plays an important role in moving tourists to and between destinations. In this study, we investigate the spatial spillover effects of transport improvements on regional tourism growth. Using panel data from 337 Chinese prefecture-level regions from 2007 to 2016, we...

Purpose: This paper aims to compare the forecasting performance of different models with and without big data predictors from search engines and social media. Design/methodology/approach: Using daily tourist arrival data to Mount Longhu, China in 2018 and 2019, the authors estimated ARMA, ARMAX,...

The mobile internet and social media have changed people's travel behavior. During a journey, tourists generate a large amount of 'digital footprint' that can be used for studying tourist behavior. Exploring tourist spatial behavior based on social media big data is a new research field. Using the...

In this study, we investigate how dyadic air and rail transport connectivity affects domestic tourist flows among 343 Chinese cities. Using geo-tagged Sina Weibo data to track tourists during China's National Day Golden Week in 2014, we estimate several gravity models with a negative binomial...

The four articles in this special section investigate smart tourism in China from different perspectives. Their subjects range from patterning tourist behaviour and flow after their digital footprints, comparing destination competitiveness from internet-based news sources, testing the mediating...

In this study, we propose a spatial analytical framework to better understand tourist experiences from geotagged social media data in Beijing in 2013. Based on text analytics, deep learning classifiers, and econometric analysis, we investigated the effects of air pollution on tourists' experiences...

To better understand hotels' cross-channel pricing mechanisms, this study aims to investigate various factors behind price discounts (as a type of price disparity) from a popular last-minute hotel deal app, HotelTonight, compared to major online travel agency (OTA) websites. Using pricing data...

This study aims to explore the impacts of temporal contiguity (i.e., time proximity between review writing and consumption) on review helpfulness. Integrating construal level theory and attribution theory, this study constructs a moderated mediation model to uncover the direct and indirect impact...

Selling hotel rooms through opaque distribution channels is an effective price discrimination instrument and a common hotel revenue management discounting practice. Similar to non-opaque channels, the opaque discount level and number of rooms are determined based on revenue-optimizing models. This...

Based on self-determination theory, the theory of reasoned action, and person-context interaction theory, this study proposes and assesses a moderated mediation model of intrinsic and extrinsic motivations, sharing intention and behavior, and face orientations. The researchers conducted an online...