• AI-powered live chatbots and smart tour guide apps in tourism: A literature review and future research directions 

  Ghasemi, Vahid; Yarahmadi, Parichehr; Kuhzady, Salar (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2025-06-11)

  This study explores the critical intersection in the tourism sector combining artificial intelligence (AI) technologies with conventional methods. This research outlines three main goals: assessing the use of AI chatbots ...

• Global trends in business tourism research 

  Hernández-Andrés, Víctor; de Frutos Madrazo, Pablo; Frechoso Remiro, Juan Carlos; Martín-Cervantes, Antonio (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2025-06-12)

  Business tourism is a key economic driver in the regions where it is present. In recent decades, the remarkable growth of academic research both in quantity and diversity of articles, makes it necessary to structure and ...

• Tourism eco-efficiency: Progress and prospect 

  Rahawarin, Muhammad Fikruzzaman; Mizuno, Kosuke; Karuniasa, Mahawan (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2025-06-09)

  This study aims to analyse relevant literature on tourism eco-efficiency which has arrived since this terminology was proposed almost two decades ago. This study was conducted using bibliometric analysis based on literature ...

• Determinants of tourist attitudes toward local food and intentions to visit a destination: A case study from Iran 

  Choshaly, Sahar Hosseinikhah (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2025-05-30)

  This study examines the predictors of tourist attitudes towards local food along with intentions to visit a destination. This study is of great interest to research tourism in Iran. Specifically, it is the first to examine ...

• Investigating the relationship between e-tourism ethics and e-revisit intentions: The mediating roles of e-satisfaction and e-web trust 

  Basheer, Shakeel; Farooq, Sheezan; Ahmad Mir, Mudasir; Hassan, Viana (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2025-06-12)

  The emergence of e-tourism in the current digital era has completely changed how people plan their trips and enjoy their entire trip. The goal of the current study is to ascertain how e-tourism ethics and e-revisit intentions ...

• The effects of service quality and memorable tourism experience toward revisit intentions: Investigating the mediating role of tourist satisfaction 

  Eviana, Nova (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2025-06-13)

  Revisit intentions play a pivotal role in the tourist market, predicting both tourist revisits and the financial sustainability of tourism enterprises while also influencing effective destination management. This study ...

• Relevance for tourist visiting decisions – destination branding vs destination image: Case study from Lariti Beach, Bima Regency 

  ZA, Saida Zainurossalamia; Tricahyadinata, Irsan (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2025-06-13)

  Today, there are disciplines that concentrate on tourism, some of which highlight a tourist’s visiting decision; this is not only associated with the brand or reputation of a destination but also its image. From this ...

• Possible impacts of Tren Maya: The residents of Chetumal’s perspective, Quintana Roo, Mexico 

  Ramírez-Hernández, Omar I.; Barrón Arreola, Karla Susana; Cruz Jiménez, Graciela (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2025-06-11)

  The aim is to analyze the possible impacts of the Tren Maya megaproject on the city of Chetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico, through the perceptions of its residents. The theoretical framework used is that of social representations, ...

• Social media and mountain visits – is this ‘friendship’ sustainable? 

  Cholakova, Siya; Dogramadjieva , Elka (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2025-05-30)

  The role of social media in tourism has already been acknowledged in the academic literature but still little is known about its specific influence on mountain tourism in the context of the growing popularity of outdoor ...

• The influence of virtual reality tourism on travel intentions: Enhancing travel decisions with immersive experiences 

  Ahmed, Tanvir; Rifat, Md. Hasan Imam (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2025-06-12)

  The tourism sector has evolved due to the incorporation of virtual reality (VR) into deeply immersive travel experiences, altering traditional tourism practices and offerings. The study examines how VR tourism affects ...

• Post-COVID-19 pandemic: Examining the moderating role of event image on visitors’ intention to revisit major events 

  Lo, May Chiun; Mohamad, Abang Azlan; Thong, Jun Zhou; Law, Fung Yee (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2025-06-09)

  Grasping the perspectives of consumers is a fundamental focus for those managing events and festivals. This study investigated the impacts of aspects of awareness and event experience, namely perceived value, service quality ...

• Communicating tourism destinations through travel writing: A case study on travel content research in tourism co-creation 

  Mansfield, Charles; Roberts, Zoë; Potočnik Topler, Jasna (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2025-06-04)

  This research explores the intersection of travel writing pedagogy and professional practice through the creation and analysis of a travel writing portfolio. One of the researchers compiled a portfolio of nine travel texts ...

• The historical legacy of Norwegian mountain destinations: Current challenges and opportunities for development 

  Owusu, Kelvin; Tjørve, Even (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2025-06-04)

  This study explores the historical legacy of mountain destinations in the southeastern region of Norway to understand the challenges they face and their opportunities for development. It identifies exogenic (external) and ...

• The role of city parks in creating ‘wellbeing societies’: A case study of Piłsudski Park in Łódź, Poland 

  Kay Smith, Melanie; Kowalczyk-Anioł, Joanna; Janiszewski, Jakub; Grabarczyk, Karolina (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2025-04-23)

  This article examines the role of urban green spaces (UGSs) and city parks in fostering wellbeing among urban residents. UGSs are increasingly being recognized for their contribution to public health, mental wellbeing and ...

• Designing and delivering inclusive heritage tours: Good practices for engaging socially excluded audiences 

  Minnaert, Lynn (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2025-04-23)

  People who experience social exclusion often face barriers to participation in recreation and tourism and tend to have limited engagement with culture and heritage. Yet, both sets of activities have been linked to a range ...

• Stimulating agritourism loyalty in the Mid-Atlantic states of the USA 

  Ceylan, Rahmiye Figen; Govindasamy, Ramu; Ozkan, Burhan; Pandey, Sonal (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2024-11-29)

  Agritourism as a niche tourism market has become an alternative income-generating sector for conventional farmers that focus on both production and marketing. Agritourist activities involve joining production and harvest, ...

• Sunsets, seafood and sea gypsies: A qualitative content analysis on the alternative destination image of Malaysian Borneo among Chinese outbound tourists 

  Zhang, Ke; Kler, Balvinder Kaur; Wong, Siao Fui (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2024-11-28)

  The purpose of this work is to explore the online destination image perceived by Chinese tourists visiting Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. Employing Leiper’s tourism system as a guiding framework, the research utilized qualitative ...

• The significance of the digitalization and online communication tools used by five-star restaurants in Bulgaria 

  Stankova, Mariya; Kaleychev, Svetoslav (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2024-11-28)

  The changes undergone by the tourism industry in the past four years have dramatically affected its way of doing business and communicating with customers. A trend in this process is the penetration of digital technologies ...

• Mapping the landscape of virtual word of mouth (v-WOM) in the tourism sector: A bibliometric review 

  Jyoti, Jyoti; Kumar, Jitender (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2024-11-28)

  The increasing significance of virtual word of mouth (v-WOM) in the digital era has the potential to revolutionize consumer decision-making across a wide range of markets such as tourism. The objective is to review the ...

• Exploring the role of cultural values, trust and empathy on satisfaction: Research on hotel customers 

  Özden, Aybike Tuba; Özışık Yapıcı, Olcay; Korjani, Mehdi (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2024-10-31)

  Hotels that serve customers having different cultural values should improve their service capabilities to achieve customer satisfaction. This study researches how empathy, trust and cultural values affect hotel customer ...

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