A systematic comparison of first-time and repeat visitors via a two-phase online survey

By Xiang Li, Chia-Kuen Cheng, Hyounggon Kim, J. Petrick. 2008

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Subfields: Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Destination image during the COVID-19 pandemic and future travel behavior: The moderating role of past experience (2021, result): “This is consistent with the findings of other studies which found that repeat visitors tended to have a stronger intention to return and word-of mouth communications (Li et al., 2008).”
The role of travel experience in the structural relationships among tourists’ perceived image, satisfaction, and behavioral intentions (2017, background): “Adapting the approaches in the literature, travel experience in this study refers to the number of visits a traveler had made to a destination, and respondents were separated into two groups: first-time and returning/repeating visitors (Lau and McKercher, 2004; Li et al., 2008).”
Mediating Effects of Place Attachment and Satisfaction on the Relationship between Tourists’ Emotions and Intention to Recommend (2017, background): “…research have established that first-timers and repeaters differ in terms of sociodemographics, travel characteristics, destination perceptions, travel motivations, perceived value, and posttrip evaluation (e.g., Fakeye and Crompton 1991; Petrick 2004; Li et al. 2008; Choo and Petrick 2016).”
An Examination of Destination Loyalty (2012, background): “Mazursky (1989) investigated the impact of past experience and satisfaction on future revisit intentions and suggested experience-based measures in addition to tourist satisfaction as an input for estimators of future intentions to return. Gabe, Lynch, and McConnon (2006) found that the total number”
Attracting and Leveraging Visitors at a Charity Cycling Event (2010, background): “designing marketing strategy and understanding the development of loyalty (Fakeye & Crompton, 1991; Li et al., 2008).”
Festival quality, self-connection, and bragging (2019, background): “Prior studies suggest that first-time and repeat visitors follow different patterns of consumption (Lau & McKercher, 2004; Li et al., 2008).”
New or repeat customers: How does physical environment influence their restaurant experience? (2011, background): “In particular, the past experience is perceived as an important predictor to consumers’ post-experience evaluations (Li et al., 2008; Ryu and Jang, 2006).”
Dynamic Nature of Destination Image and Influence of Tourist Overall Satisfaction on Image Modification (2014, background): “In collecting data through survey, memory decay poses a problem because of inaccurate answers; thus, the timing of the survey becomes a critical issue (Li et al. 2008).”
Exploring Destination Image Decay (2015, background): “Tourism researchers have reported differences between first-time and repeat visitors in terms of their demographics, trip features, destination perceptions, perceived value, and travel motivations (Li et al., 2008).”