TY - JOUR
T1 - Antecedents of tourists’ solo travel intentions
AU - Bianchi, Constanza
N1 - Funding Information:
The author would like to thank Margarita Camus for her help with the data collection work.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, Emerald Publishing Limited.
PY - 2022/5/19
Y1 - 2022/5/19
N2 - Purpose: This study aims to empirically investigate the antecedents of tourists’ intentions to continue solo traveling. Design/methodology/approach: Drawing on the theory of planned behavior (TPB), an extended model on solo travel intentions is developed that incorporates variables related to past solo travel experiences, namely, tourist satisfaction, pleasure and self-development. An online survey was applied to 187 solo tourists from different countries. Hypotheses were tested with structural equation modeling. Findings: All the variables, except for subjective norms, are significant predictors of tourists’ intentions to continue solo traveling. Results confirm a good explanatory power of the extended TPB model. Research limitations/implications: Caution must be exercised with the results as tourists’ actual solo travel behavior may differ from their intentions. Future research may investigate tourists’ actual behavior by using longitudinal methods and include additional demographic variables as antecedents. Originality/value: This study empirically investigated the antecedents of tourists’ intentions to continue solo traveling – an under-researched topic. Previous research is mostly exploratory and largely focuses on female solo travelers.
AB - Purpose: This study aims to empirically investigate the antecedents of tourists’ intentions to continue solo traveling. Design/methodology/approach: Drawing on the theory of planned behavior (TPB), an extended model on solo travel intentions is developed that incorporates variables related to past solo travel experiences, namely, tourist satisfaction, pleasure and self-development. An online survey was applied to 187 solo tourists from different countries. Hypotheses were tested with structural equation modeling. Findings: All the variables, except for subjective norms, are significant predictors of tourists’ intentions to continue solo traveling. Results confirm a good explanatory power of the extended TPB model. Research limitations/implications: Caution must be exercised with the results as tourists’ actual solo travel behavior may differ from their intentions. Future research may investigate tourists’ actual behavior by using longitudinal methods and include additional demographic variables as antecedents. Originality/value: This study empirically investigated the antecedents of tourists’ intentions to continue solo traveling – an under-researched topic. Previous research is mostly exploratory and largely focuses on female solo travelers.
KW - Palabras claves Viaje en solitario
KW - Pleasure
KW - Self-development
KW - Solo travel
KW - Teoría del comportamiento planificado
KW - Theory of planned behavior
KW - Tourist satisfaction
KW - autodesarrollo del turista
KW - placer del turista
KW - satisfacción del turista
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85112184159&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1108/TR-12-2020-0611
DO - 10.1108/TR-12-2020-0611
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85112184159
VL - 77
SP - 780
EP - 795
JO - Tourism Review
JF - Tourism Review
SN - 1660-5373
IS - 3
ER -