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“Double-edged sword”: the effect of cultural distance on post-disaster tourism destination recovery
Tourism Review of AIEST - International Association of Scientific Experts in Tourism ; 77(1):146-162, 2022.
Article in English | ProQuest Central | ID: covidwho-1642519
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PurposeSome researchers have found that disasters may have a “blessing in disguise effect” that some disaster sites transformed into more popular tourism destinations;however, no studies have analyzed the heterogeneity of the “blessing in disguise effect”. This paper aims to explore and determine the effect of cultural distance on international inbound tourist arrivals to a post-disaster tourist destination that could explain this heterogeneous phenomenon.Design/methodology/approachThis study used a threshold regression model and a differences-in-differences (DID) approach to analyze 2000–2016 international tourist arrival data from 13 main origin countries to Sichuan Province before and after the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake in China.FindingsThe effect of cultural distance on post-disaster inbound arrivals from the various origin countries followed a non-linear U-shaped “double-edged sword” pattern rather than displaying a simple linear relationship. Most notably, the disaster appeared to have a more positive effect on arrivals from countries with larger cultural distances, while the effect on arrivals from countries with shorter cultural distances was negative.Originality/valueThis study found that cultural distance could explain the heterogeneous “blessing in disguise” phenomenon, and it had both positive and negative impacts on tourism destination recovery;that is, a definite “double-edged sword effect” of cultural distance was found, which could help destination marketing organizations and management departments to design appropriately targeted marketing for post-disaster tourism destination recovery.
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Full text: Available Collection: Databases of international organizations Database: ProQuest Central Type of study: Experimental Studies Language: English Journal: Tourism Review of AIEST - International Association of Scientific Experts in Tourism Year: 2022 Document Type: Article

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Full text: Available Collection: Databases of international organizations Database: ProQuest Central Type of study: Experimental Studies Language: English Journal: Tourism Review of AIEST - International Association of Scientific Experts in Tourism Year: 2022 Document Type: Article