Heritage destination love

K Andriotis, Pantea Foroudi , Reza Marvi

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Abstract

Purpose
Although love has received considerable attention in the marketing literature, there is limited past research on love in a tourism context. This study aims to overcome past research negligence by proposing the concept of heritage destination love.

Design/methodology/approach
A qualitative approach was undertaken, face-to-face in-depth interviews with 35 respondents in London to discuss about the concept of heritage destination love antecedents and its consequences, tourists’ behavior and tourists’ feeling, passion and love about the destinations as playing a magnificent role in tourism development.

Findings
The outcome reveals that heritage destination love has three elements – passion, emotional attachment and identification.

Originality/value
Despite its limitations, the current study offers theoretical insights of the psychological theory of the love triangle in relation to heritage destination love.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)240-259
Number of pages19
JournalQualitative Market Research
Volume24
Issue number2
Early online date4 Aug 2020
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 22 Mar 2021

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Keywords

  • Heritage
  • Passion
  • Destination
  • Love
  • Tourists' Felling
  • Emotion attachment

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