From the social commerce theory, this study aims to understand how consumers participate in the value co-creation process of tourist destinations by sharing information in online travel communities. This phenomenon is observed from a parallel mediation model by three mechanisms that act together:...

This study investigates the determinants and correlations of community participation and support for the development of ecotourism villages in Padang Bindu, Indonesia. As a sustainable alternative for rural community economic development, ecotourism villages are gaining momentum worldwide. However, ...

Introduction: The conscious presence of people in the scene of tourism activities through the principle of organic connection between sustainable development and sustainable tourism is one of the main indicators of sustainable development. Today, community-based tourism is referred to as CBT. In...

This paper aims to study the influence of spiritual tourism motivators on spiritual tourism consumption. A structured questionnaire was distributed to respondents in all regions of India who are either tourists working in the tourism industry or academic experts. The reliability and validity of the ...

This study aims to design community-based tourism(CBT) using a combination of the co-creation viewpoints of service-dominant logic(SDL) and customer journey mapping(CJM). This study conducts four field experiments in traditional fishing villages. Via t-tests it was found that: (1) The design of CBT ...

Although urbanization is a distinguishing element of the contemporary era, the current model of urban growth fundamentally modifies the perspective-competitive environment, frequently diminishing positive stakeholders' perceptions and, as a result, endangering heritage continuity and tourism. A...

This paper examines the impact of access to banking services on household-owned community-based tourism businesses in Northwestern Vietnam. Using a unique dataset of 370 households in 33 tourist destinations, a partialing-out lasso instrumental-variable regression was applied to control endogeneity ...

Kenyir Geopark development has always been discussed by the State Government and various other agencies to improve the eco-tourism industry at Kenyir Lake. Tourism products and activities have been implemented. The development around Kenyir Lake through multiple agency's role and policy that is...

The centrality of community involvement in tourism activities has been widely recognized globally by practitioners and stakeholders alike. Within this recognition community-based tourism (CBT) initiatives have been widely accepted as a favorable form of tourism activity-especially when promoting...

Participatory action research (PAR) is an approach that combines the reflections and efforts of different actors, academics, local stakeholders, and external experts, in order to seek solutions to concrete problems while producing reflections that are applicable in a broader context. This paper...