What is it about?
his study aims to identify how the paradigm of outbound tourism expenditure (OTE) research transforms from economic to social concern. It also explicates the evolution of OTE from an advocacy platform to a sustainability platform. This study adopts a hybrid of narrative and systematic reviews to study OTE as a complex social phenomenon. This hybrid review is complemented by a thematic review and semantic network analysis on gaps and future directions of relevant studies.
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Why is it important?
he results reveal that the paradigm of OTE research is directed from economic toward social thinking. This study proposes an application of socially related antecedent configurations, social theories, pragmatic methods, and various scales of study contexts as promising solutions to address the complexity and heterogeneity of OTE. The study concludes that the conceptual structure of OTE is premised on a sustainability platform, which is influenced by socio-cultural, environmental, economic, and political issues.
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This study provides a road map that enlightens the current state of OTE, prevailing topics, and pathways for further research.
Professor Hesam Olya
University of Sheffield
Tourism expenditure is a complex phenomenon involves economic, socio-cultural, technological, and environmental concerns. This research identifies how the paradigm of outbound tourism expenditure (OTE) research transforms from economic to social concern.
Dr Javaneh Mehran
Eastern Mediterranean University
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This page is a summary of: Progress on outbound tourism expenditure research: A review, Current Issues in Tourism, September 2018, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2018.1517734.
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