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This Letter updates and expands a study conducted during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. That study confirmed the applicability of Plog's model of Allocentricity and Psychocentricity within the context of the pandemic, as Allocentrics were found to be much more open to travel during the first 4 months of the pandemic, as the theory would predict. The current research, employing the identical survey instrument and research method, extended the data collection for an additional year as the pandemic evolved. This has allowed a far more extensive examination that confirmed and expanded the earlier findings, providing significant value to both academics and practitioners while again affirming the value of Plog's model for destination marketers during a period of crisis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research revisits an ecotourism-related article published in the early days of the Journal of Vacation Marketing. That study found its test population, Singaporean youth, to be generally disinterested ecotourism consumers. This replication, done a generation later, had findings consistent with the earlier work. However, by adding a second sample of Singaporean adults to the current study, the conclusion was reached that the purchase of ecotourism vacation products is likely more related to consumer life cycle than cohort. The findings apply to Singapore but can be considered for ecotourism providers and marketers wherever the product is promoted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Tourism destination maturation models, patterned as they are after marketing's Product Life Cycle, are inherently negative as they predict a 'devil's bargain'; with tourism success leading to tourism growth and undesirable change for the community. This commentary considers the implications of these models and suggests that with effective destination management and appropriate marketing that the inevitability of demise, as predicted by these models, can be averted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research reports the results of an empirical study that compared the effectiveness of two advertising approaches, "generic" versus "iconic," in affecting a destination image. While politics may dictate that a state (as studied herein) or national tourism office may feel the need to spread advertising funds across a range of destinations, the experiment conducted for this study suggests that a focus on well-known iconic sites may well represent the more effective approach. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research revisits issues related to the travel behaviours of first-time versus repeat visitors to a destination, with a special focus on the impact that the repeat visitor segment has upon the paid-attraction sector. Healthy attractions are critically important to the success of a destination, but as this research notes, attractions have difficulty drawing guests in a repeat visitors-dominated market. Implications that should be of value to marketers and attraction management in any maturing tourism destination are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The collection of accommodations taxes, generally paid by nonresident visitors, has become a well-accepted means of raising tax revenues in tourism communities. This article looks at small communities and counties across the State of South Carolina to determine categories of use that may provide local governments their best return on their expenditure of these funds. The findings, decidedly exploratory in nature, suggest that the use of accommodation tax funds for the promotion of the arts, cultural events, and other tourism-related events is a successful strategy, enabling tourism growth (as measured by growth in the accommodations sector) while hopefully fueling a virtuous cycle that yields still greater tourism dollars for the community. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The ecotourism segment of the tourism industry is moving from a niche segment to the mainstream. Though significant debate continues re the definition and boundaries of ecotourism, investors, promoters and NTOs are investing heavily in products they consider green'. But is the market ready for the surge in supply? This paper looks at the Singaporean market's purchase proclivity, and finds that though most travellers consider themselves to be environmentally aware, given a choice between a green or mainstream product few would select an eco-travel vacation. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]