Chinese Outbound tourists: Understanding their attitudes, constraints and use of information sources

By B. Sparks, Grace W. Pan. 2009

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Subfields: Marketing, Sociology and Political Science

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Advancing destination image: The destination content model (2016, background): “However, many studies have used both affective as well as cognitive items to measure DI, thus conflating affective and cognitive evaluations (Sparks & Pan, 2009).”
The effects of perceived authenticity, information search behaviour, motivation and destination imagery on cultural behavioural intentions of tourists (2011, background): “Information sources have witnessed continuous expansion, with increasing access to life-style media such as the internet, media etc. (Sparks & Pan, 2009).”
Examining Chinese College Students’ Intention to Travel to Japan Using the Extended Theory of Planned Behavior: Testing Destination Image and the Mediating Role of Travel Constraints (2017, background): “In addition, it appears that language and visa regulations are the key constraints on travel for Chinese outbound tourists (Huang & Hsu, 2009; Sparks & Pan, 2009).”
An Integrated Model of Pop Culture Fans’ Travel Decision-Making Processes (2018, result): “That is, socially recognized perception (e.g., subjective norms) was found to play a positive role in building a desire to visit Korea, which is supported by past studies (Lam and Hsu 2004; Sparks and Pan 2009).”
A mobilities approach to tourism from emerging world regions (2015, background): “Chinese long-haul tourists travel mainly to Australia (Breakey, Ding, & Lee, 2008; Sparks & Pan, 2009; Yu & Weiler, 2001), the USA (Hua & Yoo, 2011; Xu & McGehee, 2012), Canada (Lu, 2011) and increasingly Europe (e.g. Corigliano, 2011; Wang, Vela, & Tyler, 2008; Yang, Reeh, & Kreisel, 2011).”
An Extension of the Theory of Planned Behavior Model for Tourists (2012, background): “Most of the work on destination choice intention (e.g., Lam & Hsu, 2004, 2006; B. Sparks & Pan, 2009) has been conducted based on the TPB model, which proclaims that behavioral intention is a consequence of attitude, subjective norm, and perceived behavioral control (Ajzen, 1991).”
Digital content marketing as a catalyst for e-WOM in food tourism (2020, background): “This finding echoes previous research findings that CI produced by community members may lead to identification and compliance by other members of the community, resulting in NSI (Chung and Han, 2017); CI on social media can meet the information needs of users, leading to ISI (Sparks and Pan, 2009).”
Integrating Altruism and the Theory of Planned Behavior to Predict Patronage Intention of a Green Hotel (2015, background): “In many TPB studies, behavior intention is taken as a proxy measure of likely behavior (e.g., Nonis & Swift, 2010; Phillips & Jang, 2012; Sparks & Pan, 2009; Wang & Ritchie, 2012a, 2012b).”
Do Food Image and Food Neophobia Affect Tourist Intention to Visit a Destination? The Case of Australia (2019, methodology): “Items adopted from TPB’s affective attitude included enjoyable, good, fun, and pleasant (Sparks and Pan 2009; Seo and Yun 2015).”
Understanding travelers’ intentions to visit a short versus long-haul emerging vacation destination: The case of Chile (2017, background): “…visit emerging destinations, especially those in South America, most of the published research on tourists' choice and intentions focuses on travelers from geographically close (short-haul) (e.g., HernandezMaestro, Munoz-Gallego, & Requejo, 2007; Horng, Liu, Chou, & Tsai, 2012; Sparks & Pan, 2009).”
Feeling superior or deprived? Attitudes and underlying mentalities of residents towards Mainland Chinese tourists (2018, background): “On the other hand, research on MCTs mainly focused on their travel motivations or constraints (e.g., Huang & Hsu, 2005; Sparks & Pan, 2009), cultural values (Hsu & Huang, 2016), perceived destination images and marketing effectiveness (e.g., Kim, Guo, & Agrusa, 2005), experience evaluation (Lee,…”
The Role of Responsible Gambling Strategy in Forming Behavioral Intention (2012, background): “Although all antecedent variables in the EMGB cannot make a considerable contribution to behavioral intention to gamble, this is not problematic because the relative importance of individual antecedent variables in the model may differ based on given contexts (Sparks and Pan 2009).”
Application of the Extended Theory of Planned Behavior to Intention to Travel to Japan Among Taiwanese Youth: Investigating the Moderating Effect of Past Visit Experience (2016, methodology): “…antecedent for visiting Japan, the Japanese public sector and/or destination managers and marketers should work to help potential visitors form favorable attitudes toward Japan by promoting positive attributes of Japan via the preferred information sources of Taiwanese youth (Sparks & Pan, 2009).”
Impact of the perceived risk from Covid-19 on intention to travel (2020, methodology): “Therefore, in this study, risk perception is incorporated into the TPB, as in the articles by Zhu et al. (2009) or Sparks and Pan (2009), among others.”