Tourism Destination Marketing by Travel Vlogs

dc.contributor.advisorJo, WooMi
dc.contributor.authorZhou, Ying
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-19T12:14:26Z
dc.date.available2021-05-19T12:14:26Z
dc.date.copyright2021-05
dc.date.created2021-05-14
dc.date.issued2021-01
dc.degree.departmentSchool of Hospitality, Food and Tourism Managementen_US
dc.degree.grantorUniversity of Guelphen_US
dc.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen_US
dc.degree.programmeTourism and Hospitalityen_US
dc.description.abstractTravel vlogs are popular among younger generations nowadays. However, tourist behaviors facilitated by travel vlogs are still unknown. Two parts were undertaken in this study to examine how travel vlogs influence tourist behaviors and to explore the value of travel vlogs in destination marketing. Study 1 adopted the Attention-Interest-Desire-Action (AIDA) principle as the theoretical underpinning to uncover how the mechanism of travel vlogs influence the travel decisions of younger tourists (i.e., Generation Y). In addition, Destination Marketing Organization (DMO) promotional videos were compared with travel vlogs regarding the proposed mechanism. Study 2 examined the effect of destination competitiveness levels on willingness to pay (WTP) between two video types (i.e., travel vlog and DMO promotional video). A convenience sample of 205 North Americans who mostly belonged to Generation Y was collected via an online experiment. Study findings provide theoretical implications to the literature and practical implications to DMOs regarding marketing strategies.en_US
dc.identifier.citationZhou, Y & Jo, W. (2021). TOURISM DESTINATION MARKETING BY TRAVEL VLOGS. Retrieved from: http://www.gradconfht.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2021-Graduate-Conference-Proceeding_final1.pdf (pp.192)
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10214/25751
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Guelphen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjecttravel vlogsen_US
dc.subjectpromotional videosen_US
dc.subjectdestination competitivenessen_US
dc.subjectAIDAen_US
dc.subjectwillingness to payen_US
dc.subjectBecker-DeGroot-Marschak (BDM) auctionen_US
dc.titleTourism Destination Marketing by Travel Vlogsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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