Exploration Versus Acquisition: A Comparison of First-Time and Repeat Visitors

By Anita L. S. Lau, B. Mckercher. 2004

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Subfields: Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science, Transportation

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Citations in the corpus

The influence of experiential marketing and activity involvement on the loyalty intentions of wine tourists in Taiwan (2012, background): “First-time visitors to a winery typically tend to explore a destination widely and participate in various activities and new cultural experiences, with particular interest in visiting popular tourism attractions and events (Lau & McKercher, 2004; Wang, 2004).”
The moderating role of past experience in the formation of a tourist destination's image and in tourists’ behavioural intentions (2013, background): “…they will consider a more diverse set of attributes in forming their cognitive image of the destination, while being more willing to make sacrifices in order to enjoy those attributes, specifically in terms of price (Fallon & Schofield, 2004; Lau & McKercher, 2004; Li, Cheng, Kim, & Petrick, 2008).”
Destination image and tourist loyalty: A meta-analysis (2014, background): “Repeat visitors represent a much desired market segment for many tourism products and destinations (Lau & McKercher, 2004).”
THE HONG KONG TOURIST SATISFACTION INDEX (2012, background): “Moreover, repeat tourists not only provide a constant source of income, but may also generate a positive word-of-mouth effect (Lau & McKercher, 2004).”
Festival quality, self-connection, and bragging (2019, background): “The decision to revisit a destination is influenced by multiple factors (e.g., loyalty, familiarity, price sensitivity, service quality), with the influence of each found to differ between first-time and repeat visitor groups (Lau & McKercher, 2004; Tanford & Jung, 2017).”
Understanding Tourism Behavior: Examining the Combined Effects of Prior Visitation History and Destination Status (2004, background): “For example, Gitelson and Crompton (1984), Oppermann (1997), and Lau and McKercher (2004) found a number of differences between first-time and repeat visitors but did not consider how or if the role of the destination influenced their findings.”
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).”