Browsing by Author "Del Chiappa, Giacomo"
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- Examining the meaning of luxury in tourism: a mixed-method approachPublication . Correia, Antónia; Kozak, Metin; Del Chiappa, GiacomoThis paper adopts a mixed method approach to examine antecedents and consequents of luxury tourism. Specifically, a structural model was proposed to depict what motivates tourists to make a luxury-driven tourism trip and what they expect from it. The antecedents and consequences of attitudes was then depicted through content analysis of 431 narratives. The study demonstrates that luxury has more a socially driven meaning than a self-constructed meaning, though narratives are more fluid on personal achievements. Regardless of the ambivalent nature of this concept, the defined traits of luxury tourism contribute to establishing a common set of practices to develop and make luxury intelligible.
- The role of residents' apathy in tourism: a tourist perspectivePublication . Ghasemi, Vahid; Del Chiappa, Giacomo; Correia, AntóniaResidents' apathy has been considered a cultural barrier to community participation. To test and conceptualize residents' apathy, this study aims to filling a gap by proposing a theoretical model and testing it in three different destinations, namely, Lisbon (Portugal), Isfahan (Iran) and Olbia (Italy). Three convenience samples were used for the purposes. Structural equation modelling (SEM) was used to test and validate the model. This study contributes to the current body of knowledge by validating a conceptual model that aims to analyse how residents' apathy (i.e. lack of interest, lack of initiative, alienation and environmental-based apathy), as perceived by tourists, affects the host-guest interaction and perceived service quality and visitors' behavioural intentions. Managerial implications and future research are discussed.