Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research

Papers
(The median citation count of Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
A joint analysis of the effects of climate change denial and problem awareness in predicting air travel behavioral intentions71
Tourist trust toward a tourism destination: scale development and validation58
Household livelihood adaptive strategies in gateway communities of new national parks49
Between a rock and a hard place: how does the tourist crowding perception affect the decision of absolute displacement?37
Using Gini decomposition to explore the multidimensionality of spatial dispersal for tourism promotion – the case of outgoing passengers in Queensland, Australia35
From colonial company housing to dark tourism site: the complex legacy of the Mitsubishi Workers’ Housing in Samneung34
Trouble in paradise: examining the unholy relationship between mental imagery and perceived terror31
Developing a weighted model to measure knowledge diffusion in a tourism destination network31
Linking the internal mechanism of flow experience to exhibition intention: a comparison among diverse cultural tourists29
Tourism demand forecasting using complex network theory29
Assessing the influence of social media feedback on travelers’ future trip-planning behavior: a multi-model machine learning approach28
Why do tourists use public transport in Korea? The roles of artificial intelligence knowledge, environmental, social, and governance, and sustainability28
How hosting a mega-event changes the emotional connection of spectators with destination brands: brand personality of the Olympics and South Korea28
Voluntourism sustainability: a case of Malaysian east coast island destinations25
Metaverse and regenerative tourism: the role of avatars in promoting sustainable practices25
A study on enhancing culinary tourism: personalized menu recommendation using auto-tagging25
How to create sustainability of destination? Evidence from ecotourism community in Taiwan25
COVID-19-induced discrimination toward tourists, emotional responses, and identity management strategies24
Calligraphic landscapes and environments: perceived stimuli, emotion and commitment in heritage tourism23
Towards a harmonious welcome: mobilising collectivist values for Muslim-friendly policy in South Korea23
Fishing tourists’ green behaviors at coastal destinations: an optimum combination of perceived benefits, volitional/non-volitional factors, and emotions22
How to promote film tourism more effectively? From a perspective of self-congruity and film tourism experience22
Self-discovery and subject construction of tourists with disabilities: a case study of the Wheelchair Huangshan Tour, China22
Tourism service failure, service recovery, and negative word-of-mouth: three-country comparison using a choice experiment22
Government Tourism Attention (GTA): reevaluating governmental impact on tourism development in China22
When city landmarks meet AI design: the impact of AI painting on the travel intentions of consumers22
“I wish I were there” the effect of social comparison on social media on travel intention: a parallel mediation model22
The effects of the various properties of the metaverse tourism on the emotional benefits and behavioral intentions21
The evolution of Chinese border tourism policies: an intergovernmental perspective on border tourism in Xishuangbanna21
A longitudinal study on how smart tourism technology influences tourists’ repeat visit intentions21
Health risks associated with group package tour: implications from a study on tour leaders in Taiwan21
Understanding and measuring roots tourism: an evaluation framework21
The perception over environmental issues: the impact on environmentally sustainable tourist behavior20
Exploring antecedents and consequences of tourists’ perceived relationship investment from new perspectives in the tour group context20
Positive or honest? Antecedents and consequences of tourists’ self-presentation in social media19
Neither more nor less: understanding positive emotion of posts and user engagement on tourism social media19
The role of social media engagement in the purchase intention of South Korea's popular media (Hallyu) tourism package: based on uses and gratifications theory18
Promoting sustainable events engagement: a cross-country analysis18
How do tourism recovery experiences contribute to knowledge workers’ creativity? The moderating role of travel companion18
Human-robot trust dynamics: understanding tourist confidence in service robots in tourism & hospitality18
How to form rapport with information providers in the airport industry: service robots versus human staff17
Volatility effects of cryptocurrencies on foreign tourism in India17
Lethal attraction: crime as tourism externality- evidence from the Indian states17
Resilience of the Almaty Mountain cluster ski resorts in Kazakhstan to climate change16
Exploring jaystaycationer behaviors: cause, typology, and hotel workers’ responses16
The state of dark tourism research: a systematic review and agenda for future studies16
Spatial evolution and influence mechanism of tourism in historic quarters from the postmodern consumption perspective: a case study of Pingjiang road and Shantang Street, Suzhou, China16
Tourists’ perception of the human settlement in traditional village from the perspective of the integration of geography and semiology16
From virtual faces to real places: anthropomorphism and video content strategies for cross-cultural destination branding15
Revolutionizing the restaurant industry: exploring the implementation and impact of blockchain technology on the dining experience15
Understanding factors that drive destination brand hate in China: scale development and validation15
The effect of destination social responsibility on tourists’ pro-environmental behavior15
Consumers’ moral judgment toward sustainable tourism: exploring the impacts of sustainable information disclosure on social media engagement14
The role of tourism targeted assistance in enhancing endogenous motivation among the economically disadvantaged: a quasi-natural experiment14
Difference in the relationship between tourism growth and gender inequality in East Asia Pacific and South Asian countries14
Is digital empowerment of tourists a “threat” or “treat” for the tourism industry? The changing role of tourists and its effect on tourism regulators and businesses in developing countries14
Research on the formation process and elements of the solo tourist’s well-being based on the grounded theory14
Technology orientation, customer agility, customer performance: the moderating role of firm size in the Chinese tourism context13
Exploring the effect of destination social responsibility on responsible tourist behavior: symmetric and asymmetric analysis13
Understanding the relationship between tourists’ perceptions of the authenticity of traditional village cultural landscapes and behavioural intentions, mediated by memorable tourism experiences and pl13
Digital cultural tourism: progress and a proposed framework for future research13
The impact of purchase channel knowledge on perceived transaction value: an analysis of online hospitality reservation services13
How awe affects value co-creation in virtual reality tourism experience13
A systematic literature review of film tourism research (2004–2023)13
Analysing the causes of tourists’ emotional experience related to tourist attractions from a binary emotions perspective utilising machine learning models13
Role of positive and negative tourism impacts in shaping residents’ support for sustainable religious tourism: a case study of Lumbini, Nepal12
Role of Artificial Intelligence in travel decision making and tourism product selling12
Understanding the drivers of destination equity in the post-pandemic era: the case of Australia12
Matching language with minds: a moderated mediation model of online review language style and destination attachment12
Decoding cultural expressions in Hanfu design: a Kansei engineering approach to enhancing wearable heritage in tourism12
Exploring servicescape in coastal and marine tourism: insights from text mining and application of Kano model12
Strategies that resonate: the role of advertising content strategies and future time perspective in shaping travel intention among older wellness tourists11
Examining relationships between precautionary measures taken for COVID-19 at the destination, service quality, brand equity and behavioral intention: a comparison market segments11
Luxury tourism: where we go from now?11
An overseas experience without traveling abroad. The effect of visual similarity on travel intention11
Digital transformation and tourism service innovation performance: the moderating effects of ICT readiness in tourism businesses’ innovation11
The effects of virtual reality tourism involvement on place attachment and behavioral intentions: virtual reality tourism of the Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan11
The duality of Olympic legacy framing: public good entitlement and willingness to pay11
Post-COVID destination competitiveness11
Live streaming in tourism and hospitality: a literature review11
The role of warmth and competence in medical tourism: examining patient evaluations and the moderating effect of health literacy10
What is next for travel innovation? Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) in tourism product development from multi-perspectives10
A conspiracy theory perspective on the influence of political events on tourism: a longitudinal study of Hong Kong10
Dark tourism research: a bibliometric analysis and future research directions10
Enhancing brand equity in popular culture tourism: testing the role of fandom in a serial mediation model10
Psychological power and goal framing effects on travel intention10
Exploring tourists’ ecocentric and anthropocentric attitudes towards green hotels: theory of planned behaviour and norm activation theory perspective10
Single-sided or double-sided messages? Message sidedness and travel influencer marketing effectiveness10
VR and AR research in the hospitality and tourism industry: a systematic review utilizing the theory-context-characteristics-methodology (TCCM) framework10
Believe in the land: does gazing at agricultural production scene elicit higher emotional responses in visitors and visit intention?10
The effect of visual and interactive features of tourism live streaming on tourism consumers’ willingness to participate10
Trash in the bin, to a cleaner scene we cling: a mixed method approach on tourists’ binning behavior at two spiritual destinations10
AI in health tourism: developing a measurement scale10
The influence of digital transformation on the resilience of tourism companies under the shock of the COVID-19 pandemic10
“Tourists’ experience” in dark tourism: a systematic literature review and future research directions10
Social media content strategy for DMOs: examining linguistic style in times of crisis9
Visual attention attraction and tourism review helpfulness – a new enhancing mechanism with profile pictures9
Special Issue on “Where to from here? COVID 19 and the future of tourism”9
Reliving past experience: memory and rural tourism destination image as predictors of place attachment9
Does extremes lead to opposites? The influence mechanism of specific ambivalent emotions on tourists’ travel intention9
Conflict of interests? Negotiating superstructures for value co-creation at indigenous heritage sites – the case of Patan, Nepal9
Technological capabilities that enhance tourism supply chain agility: role of E-marketplace systems9
Links between communication and tourist destination perception: a heterogeneity analysis during the early pandemic reopening stage in China9
Influences of the underlying dimensions of destination image on destination loyalty in a cultural heritage destination9
Correction9
How do online travel reviews facilitate informed purchase decisions?9
From Urban heritage resources: social media analytics of Johor Bahru tourists’ experience and motivation for exploring heritage buildings9
A study of the effects and mechanisms of the digital economy on high-quality tourism development: evidence from the Yangtze River Delta in China9
The value of craft souvenirs induces travel intention by shaping destination image: from the perspective of souvenir gift recipients9
Exploring tourism digital risk: research framework and future agenda8
Unlocking the power of metaverse technology in tourism: enhancing experiences and perceptions about tourism destinations8
How long do regional MICE events survive? the case of Busan, Korea8
The influence of technology-led event sustainability consumption values (TESCVs) on event attendees’ perceptions of green event image, sustainable event loyalty, and behavioral outcomes8
Evolving tourism activities and driving mechanism in COVID-19 era: an integrated OPGD-GTWR analysis using social media big data in Chongqing8
Effect of interaction type and social playfulness on AI recommendation adoption8
Understanding exhibition image in digital exhibitions: an application of cognitive appraisal theory8
Softening the dark: the role of cute aggression in shaping travel intentions toward dark tourism destinations8
Vividness, narrative transportation, and sense of presence in destination marketing: empirical evidence from augmented reality tourism8
A meta-analysis of the relationship between value co-creation and the perceived trade exhibition performance of key stakeholders8
Footprints through time: examining the nexus between cultural preservation intentions and hiking tourism in ancient towns8
“Feeling unsafe together”: emotional resonance, echo chambers, and Chinese tourists’ avoidance of Myanmar after a reputational crisis7
Social comparison orientation and religious commitment influence on outbound travel intentions7
Tapping generative AI capabilities: a study to examine continued intention to use ChatGPT in the travel planning7
Balancing nature-based tourism and sustainable well-being: exploring aesthetic quality, environmental benefits, and pro-environmental behaviour7
The impact of destination brand experience on arousal, memorable tourism experience, and revisit intention: Gyeongbok palace night tour7
What serves as the best bridge in food consumption: experiential value or place attachment?7
Cold tones for sincerity and warm tones for excitement: interactive effects of color tone and brand personality on brand evaluation7
Examining the impact of media type and perceived Interactivity on Virtual Tour Intentions: empirical evidence using S-O-R framework7
Technology evaluation: a systematic review and implications for ethical technology management in tourism and hospitality7
Coupling relationship of tourism urbanization and rural revitalization: A case study of Zhangjiajie, China7
Digital devotion: how do social media content on religious occasion (Prayagraj Kumbh Fair at India, 2025) drive event attachment to shape the spiritual well-being of young tourist?7
A meta-analysis of anthropomorphism of artificial intelligence in tourism7
Catching the flowing consumers: media representation effects of tourism livestreaming7
Assessing asymmetric selection of responsible airlines based on CSR, normative, and emotional factors: a complexity approach with SEM, fsQCA, and NCA7
Post COVID-19: cautious or courageous travel behaviour?7
The influence of ending temporal landmark on consumers’ tourism activity preference7
Does high-speed railway promote hospitality and tourism entrepreneurship? New evidence from China7
Organisational culture and effectiveness in ecotourism: the case of World-Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms Australia (WWOOF Australia)7
Empowering the traveler: the impact of algorithm transparency and customer control on customer experience7
Demystifying tourists’ intentional readiness for net zero transformation through environmental knowledge, conspicuous altruism, and greenwashing perceptions7
Exploring the role of information technology in tourism informatics: state of the art6
What drives long-stay tourists to revisit destinations? A case study of Jeju Island6
Examining the drivers of virtual experiential tourism: from the uses and gratifications theory and stimulus–organism–response theory lens6
Mobile payment services in hospitality and tourism sector: technology determinism, social constructivism, and technology ecosystem6
Unveiling the dynamics of open innovation and collaborative network tourism in ASEAN nations6
Post-pandemic crisis communication strategy for the domestic market of Thai urban beach city6
From inner needs to external actions: the impact of face consciousness on tourists’ pro-environmental behavior6
The mediating roles of travel motives and social capital on the relationship between cultural intelligence and general life satisfaction6
When tourism marketing meets “gender color”: exploring the congruity effect of destination gender and advertising language style6
The predictive role of tourist-generated content on travel intentions: emotional mechanisms as mediators6
Can companions share anxiety? The effect of travel companions on tourist anxiety during crisis situations6
Impact of experiential value on behavioral outcomes in flagship stores: the moderating role of visitor type6
Understanding the effect of smart tourism technologies on behavioral intention with the stimulus-organism-response model: a study in Guilin, China6
How can online tour guide platforms achieve value co-creation? – An analysis based on grounded theory across different stages6
Investigating roles of place image dimensions, and perceived tourism impacts in locals’ support for sustainable tourism development6
“Preview to positive”: field visit intention as consequences of presence in tourism short videos – the role of optimism bias6
Impacts of UAM on tourism: the roles of innovative characteristics, motivated consumer innovativeness, attitude, problem awareness, and cultural differences6
Localization or globalization? A psychophysiological approach to understanding tourists’ emotional experiences toward symbolic linguistic landscape5
Towards the arousal mechanism of fundamental motives in dark tourism context5
Exploring the antecedents of trust and users’ continuance intention in hybrid online travel platforms: the role of network externalities and platform quality5
“Wait” to promote high sighting rates of wildlife in tourism: evidence from a wildlife disturbance experiment5
Progress in creative tourism research: a review for the period 2002–20235
When and who will take the “escape from haze trip”? An empirical study based on large-scale hotel check-in records5
The effect of awe in wildlife tourists on animal-friendly behavioural intentions: a serial mediation model of connectedness to nature and empathy5
Research on the spatial-temporal pattern and spatial spillover effect of tourism based on mobile signaling and POIs data: a case study of Xiamen city, southeast China5
Improving tourists’ green electronic word-of-mouth: a mediation and moderation analysis5
Tourism-Led growth hypothesis: a global perspective bibliographic analysis5
The psychological distance effect in impact between online review-based tourism destination image and recommendation intention: a data mining approach5
Information privacy in tourism and hospitality: technology-specific issues, theoretical fundamentals and future research avenues5
What is the most profitable targeting strategy from mass marketing to personalization? Results from a simulation in tourism5
Authenticity and tourist loyalty: a meta-analysis5
Roles of authenticity and nostalgia in cultural heritage tourists’ travel experience sharing behavior on social media5
Is the more like a real person the better? The effect of virtual endorsers type on tourists’ travel inspiration5
Understanding travelers’ masstige consumption values: an application of masstige theory and S-O-R model paradigm5
Mapping the evolution and future directions of creative tourism: a comprehensive bibliometric analysis5
International anime tourists’ experiences: a netnography of popular Japanese anime tourism destinations5
Determinants of improving small tourism business performance and entrepreneurs’ quality of life: evidence from a three-year longitudinal study5
Little-known leisure places: Chinese tourists’ preferences for visiting niche tourism destinations5
Persistent effects of mega-events on local economies: an application of administrative big data4
Tourist tales uncovered: navigating satisfaction through psychographics and destination impressions – a systematic literature review4
Natural disaster is a wakeup call before it becomes social disaster and tourophobia of eco-destinations4
ChatGPT use in hospitality and tourism: a multi-analytic approach4
A comparison of the early impact of government restriction and risk perception on tourist attraction demand during the COVID-19 pandemic4
Mortality salience and travel4
Does the website credibility of online travel agencies (OTAs) affect customers’ evaluation and future intentions?4
Linking tourists’ and micro-entrepreneurs’ perceptions of souvenirs: the case of Fiji4
The effect of virtual tourism experience on tourist responses: the lens from cognitive appraisal theory4
Resident reactions to a pandemic: the impact on community-based tourism from social representation perspective4
Rethinking informal tourism: sustainable transitions under climate change in the Mekong delta4
Pandemic travel fear, travel intention, and self-protection intention of Chinese residents: an application of protection motivation theory4
Research on the spatial distribution and driving mechanism of the integrated development of the health tourism industry4
Impact of incomplete planned experiences on tourist satisfaction: a case of Tokyo Disneyland4
How museum posters arouse curiosity and impulse to visit among young visitors: interactive effect of visual appeal and textual introduction4
Smart technology and happy tourists: a meta-analysis4
Cruise passengers’ risk reduction strategies in the wake of COVID-194
Mediating role of community participation and benefit on factors influencing community-based tourism (CBT) development4
Fifty years of evolutionary trajectory of tourism industry regulations: a systematic literature review4
The influence of individual authenticity experience on tourists’ behavioral intentions: the chain mediating role of place dependence and place identity4
Comparative study of the spatial behavior of Chinese and foreign tourists based on landmark recognition in short tourism videos: a case study of Beijing4
Exploring rural resident attitudes toward tourism live stream in rural destinations: an integrated model4
#Dolphins: communication and engagement in marine mammal tourism attractions4
Managing legitimacy in tourism: a novel perspective on how destination social responsibility influences residents’ environmentally responsible behavior4
Exploring emotion differences in tourist attractions based on online travel notes: a case study in Nanjing, China4
The effect of decent work on employee boundary spanning behaviour: a moderated mediation model of promotion focus and supportive organizational climate4
“Double authenticity” in digital heritage communication: examining the interaction effects of virtual cultural ambassadors on tourist behavioral intentions4
Can tourists be educated? The effect of tourist environmental education on environmentally responsible behavior4
The role of filial piety in filial tourism: an intergenerational analysis of decision-making4
The behavior dynamic of venture capitalists in hospitality and tourism equity financing: a study based on leader–follower partnerships4
Staycation or holiday? Exploring camping’s contribution to subjective well-being during COVID-194
Investigation on airline passengers’ behaviors for biometric boarding technology: a combined application of TAM, AST, and BRT4
Recovery strategies and marketing campaigns for global destinations in response to the Covid-19 tourism crisis4
“To go or not to go?”: business travel decision with the risk of COVID-194
What if we could travel without passport? First sight to blockchain-based identity management in tourism4
Perceived authenticity and the heritage tourism experience: the case of Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum Site Museum4
From “shock” to “growth”: how to stimulate the cultural resilience of heritage sites4
Trust and forgiveness in service: effects of single and double deviations with human and robot staff4
Navigating negative experiences: how do they influence tourists’ psychological and behavioral responses to tourism service failures on social media4
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