The 26th Annual International eTourism Conference (ENTER2019) features research and industry case studies on the application of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in travel and tourism. This issue consists of 24 research notes that were presented at the conference. The papers focus,...

Objective: In 2010, candid advice concerning the low rate of typhoid vaccination among Japanese travelers was received from Nepal. Recently, progressive Japanese travel clinics have encouraged Japanese travelers to be vaccinated against typhoid fever in conjunction with officially approved...

Background. There is concern that Japanese travelers are poorly protected against travel-associated infectious diseases including vaccine-preventable infections. This prompted us to study Japanese travelers for measures taken to reduce their risk of acquiring an infectious disease and their...

Few studies have analyzed the characteristics of patients who develop physical disorders after overseas travel. We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 183 patients who visited Nara Medical University Hospital from 2008 to 2016 because of physical problems after traveling abroad. The...

Given Millennials' early digital life experiences, the adoption of social media tends to be greater among members of this generation compared to older ones. However, studies that report such age-based generalizations tend to neglect the phenomenon of intragenerational variability in social media...

Introduction: Travel medicine has gained importance in recent years; however, there is little data regarding travel medicine departments in Japanese hospitals. Methods: This cross-sectional study contacted 488 hospitals designated by either the Japanese government or major Japanese associations. A...

This article examines the impact of the use of photographs in online marketing for tourism through a case study based on Japanese-style inns. Nowadays, most Japanese-style inns present photographs of what they think are their key appealing elements on their own social networking and/or...

Social media platforms, like Instagram, have played a significant role in augmenting the profile of several previously obscure destinations. However, some of these places were subsequently 'ruined' due to related impacts associated with the type of visitor behaviors that are social media-induced....

Background: It is important to analyze the types of vaccines in travel clinics to determine the focus points in future practice. Methods We retrospectively reviewed the electronic medical records of all patients who visited the travel clinic of Nara Medical University between June 2013 and December ...

Social media has attracted a growing number of users over the past two decades. In response to this trend, academics have become interested in using social media as a sampling tool in their empirical research. This paper explores the use of Instagram as a sampling tool, given its increasing...