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This paper reflects the findings of research that studied DUI [driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs] issues in Charleston, South Carolina, a tourism-oriented Southern USA city. The results of that study provided local police with a detailed analysis of the city's DUI arrests over an extended period of time and provided recommendations for both deterrent and enforcement improvement. What makes the research appropriate for this journal is that the work was done with undergraduate student assistance and also that it became the focus of a class project for an upper-level hospitality and tourism management course. We are pleased to share the results of the study and the class assignment so that others wishing to do so may replicate the valuable learning exercise into their teaching. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Tourism and politics are symbiotic. This research, conducted before the impacts of COVID-19 were evident to most Americans, provides insight into the influence one's political persuasion has upon their view toward travel issues related to the disease. The key finding: political tribalism was highly evident, with Republicans, the more conservative USA political party, significantly more supportive of closing the country's borders to those visiting from places where the virus was apparent than were Democratic respondents. Republicans were also considerably less supportive of governmental financial support to hospitality and tourism providers negatively impacted by the then evolving pandemic. Documenting this early glimpse is valuable, helping us better prepare for similar episodes that may follow by depoliticizing actions that are based on health science. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Low response rates are pointed as a critical problem in online travel surveys. Tourism researchers need to strive to find ways to increase response rates in order to improve the surveys' coverage as well as representativeness. Through an experiment, this paper specifically examines the design factors that provide social clues in online survey, and the timing of the solicitation. The results indicated that solicitations sent with a researcher's Western name induced dramatically more responses (>60%) than did the same solicitation sent with a Chinese name; the attachment of an authoritative title for the Chinese researcher did not mitigate the problem; surveys sent out on Saturday with a reminder on Monday generated the highest response rate; among the variations tested, wording of the solicitation email's subject line had insignificant impact on response rates. Details of the experiment and an explanation of results based upon underlying social factors are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We noted the sample's party distribution as a demographic characteristic, however, no analysis utilizing political party as a segmentation variable was conducted. Mr. McMahon's comment triggered the thought that it would be interesting to revisit our still fresh dataset to determine if political party affiliation was predictive of the residents' attitudes towards local tourism issues. On a macro-basis, based upon the two macro-policy questions, respondents provided answers one would expect based upon political party affiliation. Conclusion Summarizing the above, the results suggest, as Mr. McMahon indicated in his keynote speech, that attitudes towards local tourism issues are not politically dualistic and that people 'care more about the place they live than the [political] party they belong to'. [Extracted from the article]

Electronic Word-of-Mouth and Consumer Generated Media (CGM) have become important aspects of the hospitality and tourism marketing mix. This research looked at hotel reviews on the CGM review-site TripAdvisor to determine the influence loyalty to a hotel brand has upon postings. From the literature, one would expect brand loyalty to have a positive impact upon a poster's reviews. The findings, however, do not support this relationship. Brand loyalists were found to be neither more or less generous, nor volatile, than were other posters. Implications of these findings are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

ThisCITResearch Letter addresses issues related to the night-time economy and the rapid proliferation of bars along a section of a tourism oriented city's main street. Merely 10 years ago, locals did not frequent the area, it was of no interest to tourists, and it was regarded as a neighbourhood where one would not want to walk, especially at night. However, with the area's transformation to the nightlife centre of the city, issues have arisen that are of concern to city government officials. This paper considers these concerns. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Literature regarding the effectiveness of various practices for nurturing student learning typically focuses on the different outcomes of passive versus active approaches and suggests that active teaching, including exposing students to real-world learning experiences, facilitates a richer and more authentic understanding. Limited investigation of the impacts of instructional scaffolding—implementing a progression of methods that supplements passive procedures with active learning initiatives—has been undertaken in hospitality and tourism education. This study measures learning among 59 students enrolled in an introductory hospitality and tourism course after they were exposed to passive, situated, and authentic instruction in an effort to determine the degree of understanding at each stage. Our findings revealed that incorporating real-world learning opportunities through situated and authentic teaching strategies helps students build upon theoretical knowledge gained passively to reach praxis. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article presents the result of a study which examined the impact of a proposed passenger cruise terminal on residents in Charleston, South Carolina. A modified Attitude Towards Tourism Scale by Andereck and Vogt was used in evaluating the response of neighborhood presidents to ascertain the construction of the terminal. The respondents were asked to rate the location, architectural design and environmental impact of the terminal.

While some hospitality and tourism management programs face the challenge of filling available seats, others are blessed with the problem of over-demand. When demand exceeds supply, schools must consider placing enrollment caps on their student intake, which of course leads to the issue on how best to administer such a cap. This paper explains and empirically evaluates the selection process employed by Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) to learn if their efforts were effective in identifying the `best' student candidates. The findings should be of value to administrators of programs with, or considering, enrollment caps. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The convention and exhibition industry, an industry on the threshold of major technological advances, is facing a potential evolution in the delivery of its product from the real world to the virtual world. This paper, based upon views expressed by industry experts and an empirical study of business travelers with videoconferencing experience, explores the future cyber-conference and questions whether the significant investment currently being made in convention and exhibition centers can be justified in light of the impact of new technologies still hiding over-but not very far over-the horizon. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

One of the important challenges of new travel product marketing is identifying characteristics of travel consumers likely to purchase products early in their product life cycle. To help understand these travellers, two valuable marketing concepts, innovativeness and self-reference theory, have been applied. The research finds that tourism innovators have a distinctly unique self-image when compared to late adopters and suggests means that tourism marketers of innovative products can use to target these important potential customers. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

"International tourism has often been hailed as an instrument of international understanding, for in the movement of people from one land and culture to another, what can result but increased contact and interpersonal communication between people who might otherwise only have stereotypes of each other” (Hassan 1975). The above is the opening sentence of an article published a quarter of a century ago that went on to conclude that tourism was not living up to its promise as a conduit to intercultural communication and understanding. This article revisits Hassan's (1975) research and finds that progress has been made in crafting tourism products that today offer hope for the industry to fulfil its promise. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

This study revisits a paper written by V. J. Haukeland on the issue of non-travel motivation. Haukeland used a limited sample and his study was limited to theory conceptualization and he called for a follow-up of empirical validation. No one has attempted to validate his original study. Through the use of qualitative research, the authors wish to test his model to add confidence for tourism marketers and future researchers. Information on Haukeland's typology of non-tourists and methodology is also presented.