Tourism experiences in a lifestyle destination setting: The roles of involvement and place attachment

By Michael J. Gross, Graham Brown. 2006

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Subfields: Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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How recreation involvement, place attachment and conservation commitment affect environmentally responsible behavior (2011, background): “Tourism and leisure studies have frequently implicated recreation involvement in describing the connection an individual has with a recreational activity (Gross & Brown, 2006; Hwang et al., 2005).”
The moderating effect of place attachment on the relationship between festival quality and behavioral intentions (2017, background): “Gross and Brown (2006) state that “destination marketers need to understand how the role of place attachment features in the decision-making processes of tourism consumption” (p. 700).”
Sport Tourists’ Involvement with a Destination (2013, background): “…such as skiing and visiting national/amusement parks (e.g., Dimanche, Havitz, & Howard, 1993), with the general touristic experience (e.g., Gross & Brown, 2006), or with specific leisure behaviors such as gambling (e.g., Lee et al., 2008; Park, Yang, Lee, Jang, & Stokowski, 2002) and…”
Exploring Destination Image Decay (2015, background): “Conceptually, the psychological connection to a destination reflects the personal meaning attached to a place visited by a sport tourist (Gross & Brown, 2006).”
Empirical study of destination loyalty and its antecedent: the perspective of place attachment (2011, background): “After comparing their mean level for place attachment with those of Kyle, Graefe et al. (2003), Moore and Graefe (1994), and Williams et al. (1992), Gross and Brown (2006) suggested that place attachment to tourism places is likely to produce lower levels relative to recreation places, perhaps due…”
Experience economy constructs as a framework for understanding wine tourism (2012, background): “A number of research studies have sought to identify wine tourists by generating lifestyle segmentation typologies (Corigliano as cited in Charters and Ali-Knight, 2002; Mitchell and Hall, 2006; Williams and Dossa, 2003) and by measuring their involvement or attachment to wine and destinations (Getz”
The influence of leisure involvement and place attachment on destination loyalty: Evidence from recreationists walking their dogs in urban parks (2013, result): “(2004), Kyle and Mowen (2005), and Gross and Brown (2008). Our results further indicate that attraction significantly and positively impacts place dependence among the study participants, which is consistent with previous findings for anglers and for tourists visiting South Australia (Kyle, Bricker,”
Branding the destination versus the place: The effects of brand complexity and identification for residents and visitors (2017, background): “For external target groups, like tourists, some form of place attachment can also increase with a higher level of involvement with said place (Gross & Brown, 2006).”
Self-image congruence in consumer behavior (2012, background): “Tourists increasingly consume travel and tourism products (e.g., a cruise vacation) as a means of self-expression (Gross and Brown, 2006; King, 2002).”
Planning a wine tourism vacation? Factors that help to predict tourist behavioural intentions (2007, unknown): “Similarly, Gross and Brown (2006) argue for the importance of involvement in tourism experiences.”