Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research

Published in Association with International Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education

The Professional Journal of the Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education

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Hospitality, Travel & Tourism Management | Marketing (General) | Services Marketing

eISSN: 15577554 | ISSN: 10963480 | Current volume: 48 | Current issue: 4 Frequency: Not Yet Specified

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Established in 1976, the Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research (JHTR) plays a major role in incubating, influencing, and inspiring hospitality and tourism research. JHTR publishes original research that clearly advances theoretical development and offers practical value for hospitality and tourism ecosystems. JHTR strives to publish research with IMPACT – JHTR publications are expected to be Innovative, Meaningful, Practically relevant, Academically rigorous, Cross-disciplinary, and Theory-focused. Read the complete description of our guiding editorial principles.

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We follow the guiding editorial principles of IMPACT – JHTR publications are expected to be Innovative, Meaningful, Practically relevant, Academically rigorous, Cross-disciplinary, and Theory-focused.

Innovative – JHTR strives to be an incubator for original and thought-provoking research. To be considered for JHTR publication, the manuscript must provide new and insightful ways of exploring and conceptualizing an issue; offer different, unique, or controversial perspectives on a research topic; and/or bring together ideas, theories, and concepts in novel and thought-provoking ways. We particularly welcome cutting-edge research that inspires, provokes, excites, and engages our audiences. Research that simply replicates previous work in a different context or geographical location is not generally considered as making a significant contribution unless it presents novel perspectives or interprets the findings in ways that expand our understanding of the phenomena. Likewise, if incremental extensions in the form of replicating previous work with the addition of some elements do not significantly alter the prediction or application of a theory, contribution to knowledge creation is likely limited. Methodological novelty or sophistication in and of itself cannot compensate for inadequate theoretical and practical merits. Interesting research may take many forms, but the surest methods for creating such research is to challenge a commonly accepted theory, proposition, practice, or assumption, or examine new phenomena with a goal to generate new knowledge.

Meaningful – JHTR contributions should appeal to a broad range of academic and non-academic audiences and address issues that are meaningful and significant to scholars as well as non-academic stakeholders such as practitioners, policy makers and/or consumers in hospitality and tourism and related fields. Work published in JHTR may also strive to demonstrate the societal impact of the findings. Studies addressing key societal challenges as related to hospitality and tourism are of particular interest to the JHTR readership.

Practically relevant – Research articles published in JHTR should have practical relevance. Authors must clearly address the “so what” question by highlighting the managerial and policy implications of their research. Although research findings should have translational impact on firms, destinations, communities, governments, society and beyond, submissions that are primarily practitioner-oriented and written with industry managers as the target audience may be more suitable for a practitioner journal.

Academically rigorous – JHTR contributions must be conceptually and methodologically rigorous. Research published in JHTR should have progressed through a rigorous, proper, and stringent knowledge development process that ensures that the output is academically sound. At the conceptual level, authors must identify a clear theoretical approach and articulate how the research advances our understanding of particular topics, concepts, or theories. We welcome a variety of methodological approaches, as appropriate to the research conducted. For quantitative research, authors should provide detailed information pertaining to data collection, sampling strategies, survey design, experimental manipulations, and measurement. Qualitative research should be conducted under the tenets of a specified research tradition. Regardless of the approach, all methodologies should be described in a manner that allows for replication and the research demonstrate evidence of reliability and validity in their corresponding methodological traditions.

Cross-disciplinary – Hospitality and tourism research is often enriched by exploring phenomena through the lens of other disciplines. Likewise, hospitality and tourism offer interesting and rich contexts that can help to shape the content and boundaries of studies in allied fields. Accordingly, where applicable, JHTR supports and encourages cross-disciplinary collaborations as well as contributions from scholars in other disciplines.

Theory-focused – JHTR strives to be a powerhouse for the cultivation of concepts, frameworks, models and theories that extend our understanding of relevant hospitality and tourism phenomena and inform the direction of future research. We particularly encourage and champion the development of theories and frameworks that originate from the hospitality and tourism field. Accordingly, contributing authors should pay particular attention to the interplay between concepts and contexts to create opportunities for theory building that captures the complexities, intricacies, and dynamics of hospitality and tourism phenomena.

Editors

Li Miao	University of Macau, China
Jean-Pierre van der Rest	Leiden University, Netherlands
Peter B. Kim	Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand

Past Editors

Tom Powers	1976-1979
Leo Renaghan	1980-1982
Abraham Pizam	1983-1989
Bob Bosselman and Jeff Fernsten (interim)	1989-1990
Carolyn Lambert and Carl Riegel	1990-1995
Kaye Chon	1996-2008
Anna Mattila	2009-2015
Chris Roberts and Linda Shea	2016-2020

Associate Editors

Albert Assaf	University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA
Melissa Baker	University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA
Martin Falk	University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway
Lawrence Hoc Nang Fong	University of Macau, Macau SAR
Karen Hughes	University of Queensland, Australia
Phillip Jolly	Pennsylvania State University, USA
Mahmood Khan	Virginia Tech, USA
Sangkyun (Sean) Kim	Edith Cowan University, Australia
Seontaik Kim	Morgan State University, USA
Ceridwyn King	Purdue University, USA
Xinran Lehto	Purdue University, USA
Gang Li	University of Surrey, UK
Nathaniel Line	Florida State University, USA
Lu Lu	Temple University, USA
Breffni Noone	The Pennsylvania State University, USA
H. G. Parsa	University of Denver, USA
Christopher Seow	University of Warwick, UK
Marianna Sigala	University of Newcastle, Australia
David Solnet	The University of Queensland, Australia
Bruce Tracey	Cornell University, Ithaca, USA
Ying Wang	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR
Wei Wei	University of Central Florida, USA
Cheri Young	University of Denver, USA

Social Media Editor

Daniel Leung

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR

Editorial Board

Graziano Abrate	University of Piemonte Orientale, Italy
Julia Albrecht	University of Otago, New Zealand
Robin M. Back	University of Central Florida, USA
So Young Bae	Kyung Hee University, South Korea
Sehymus Baloglu	University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA
Carl A. Boger Jr.	University of Houston, USA
Dimitrios Buhalis	Bournemouth University, UK
Kenneth Butcher	Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, Thailand
Lisa Cain	Florida International University, USA
Neil Carr	University of Otago, New Zealand
Irene Cheng Chu Chan	Macao Institute for Tourism Studies, Macau SAR
Robin Chark	University of Macau, Macau SAR, China
Prakash Chathoth	American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Annie Chen	University of Roehampton, UK
Ganghua Chen	Sun Yat-sen University, China
Nan Chen	Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Mingming Cheng	Curtin University, Australia
Monica Chien	The University of Queensland, Australia
Hyeyoon (Rebecca) Choi	Ohio University, USA
David Corsun	University of Denver, USA
Jonathon Day	Purdue University, USA
Cynthia Deale	East Carolina University, USA
Fred DeMicco	Northern Arizona University, USA
Tarik Dogru	Florida State University, USA
Abrar Faisal	Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
Alei Fan	Purdue University, USA
Daisy Fan	Bournemouth University, UK
Marcela Fang	William Angliss Institute of TAFE, Australia
Fabian Frenzel	Oxford Brookes University, UK
Xiaoxiao Fu	University of Central Florida, USA
Martina Gallarza	University of Valencia, Spain
Yixing Lisa Gao	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR
Susan Gordon	Purdue University, USA
Ulrich Gunter	MODUL University Vienna, Austria
Dogan Gursoy	Washington State University, USA
Renata Guzzo	University of Nevada Las Vegas, USA
Heesup Han	Sejong University, Korea
Murat Hancer	University of Central Florida, USA
Jo Ann Ho	Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
Yuansi Hou	Queen Mary, University of London, UK
Huiling Huang	University of Macau, Macau
Zhuowei (Joy) Huang	Sun Yat-sen University, China
YooHee Hwang	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR
Jinyoung Im	Oklahoma State University, USA
Bona Kim	Inha University, South Korea
Ellen E. Kim	California State University, Fullerton, USA
Eojina Kim	Virginia Tech, USA
Hyun Jeong Kim	Washington State University, USA
Jin Young Kim	Kyung Hee University, South Korea
Woo-Hyuk Kim	Incheon National University, Korea
Ko Koens	Inholland University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands
Yoon Koh	University of Houston, USA
Metin Kozak	Kadir Has University, Turkey
Henri Kuokkanen	Institut Paul Bocuse, France
Linchi Kwok	California Polytechnic University, USA
Rob Law	University of Macau, China
Gyumin Lee	Kyung Hee University, South Korea
Kam-hon Lee	The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
Seoki Lee	The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Seonjeong (Ally) Lee	Purdue University, USA
Seul Ki Lee	Sejong University, South Korea
Tiffany S. Legendre	University of Houston, USA
Ming Lei	Beijing International Studies University, China
Soey Lei	University of Macau, Macau SAR, China
Xi Yu Leung	University of North Texas, USA
Neil Li	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR
Shanshi Li	Xiamen University, SAR-China
Xiangping Li	Macao Institute for Tourism Studies, Macao, China
Meizhen Lin	Huaqiao University, China
Zhiwei (CJ) Lin	Sun Yat-sen University, China
Anyu Liu	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR
Han Liu	Jilin University, China
Jing Liu	Macau University of Science & Technology,Macau SAR
Tingting Liu	Xiamen University, China
Ada Lo	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR
Emily (Jintao) Ma	University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA
Juan Madera	University of Houston, USA
Vincent P. Magnini	Longwood University, USA
Michael McCall	Michigan State University, USA
Sean McGinley	Florida State University, USA
Hyounae (Kelly) Min	California Polytechnic State University Pomona, USA
Sung Gyun Mun	Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China
Annmarie Nicely	Purdue University, USA
John O'Neill	The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Chihyung "Michael" Ok	Temple University, USA
Fevzi Okumus	University of Central Florida, USA
Eerang Park	Edith Cowan University, Australia
In-Jo Park	Jeonbuk National University, South Korea
Luis N. Pereira	University of Algarve, Portugal
Marko D. Petrovic	Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Serbia
Lianping (Eve) Ren	Macao Institute for Tourism Studies, Macao, China
Dennis Reynolds	University of Houston, USA
Bongkosh N. Rittichainwat	Siam University, Thailand
Richard Robinson	University of Queensland, Australia
Ruggero Sainaghi	Università IULM, Italy
Maria Sard	University of the Balearic Islands, Spain
Zvi Schwartz	University of Delaware, USA
Noel Scott	University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
Boopen Seetanah	University of Mauritius, Mauritius
Kwanglim Seo	University of Hawaii, Manoa, USA
Amit Sharma	The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Atul Sheel	University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA
Manisha Singal	Virginia Tech, USA
Amrik Singh	University of Denver, USA
Kevin Kam Fung So	Oklahoma State University, USA
Siu Ian (Amy) So	University of Macau, Macau SAR
Nikolaos Stylos	University of Bristol, UK
Michael J. Tews	The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Nicholas J. Thomas	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR
Henry Tsai	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR
Christine Van Winkle	University of Manitoba, Canada
Anna de Visser-Amundson	Hotelschool The Hague, Netherlands
Chen-ya Wang	Taiwan Tsinghua University, Taiwan
Xuan Lorna Wang	University of Surrey, UK
Yao-Chin Wang	University of Florida, USA
Melvin Weber	East Carolina University, USA
Craig Webster	Ball State University, USA
IpKin Anthony Wong	Macao Institute for Tourism Studies, SAR-China
Jose Weng Chou Wong	Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau SAR
Kyle Woosnam	University of Georgia, USA
Hung-Che Wu	Sun Yat-sen University, China
Laurie Wu	Temple University, USA
Qu Xiao	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR
Shi Xu	University of Surrey, UK
Yang Yang	Temple University, USA
Alan Yen	Ball State University, USA
Heyao (Chandler) Yu	The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Kun Zhang	Nankai University, China
Lu Zhang	Michigan State University, USA
Xinyuan Roy Zhao	Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, China
Dan Zhu	Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand