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ANNALS OF TOURISM RESEARCH
Volume 47, Issue -, Pages 1-17Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2014.03.004
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Disaster; Destination recovery; Dark tourism; Motivation; Intention
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Addressing the call for a better understanding of tourist behavior in relation to post-disaster destinations, this study explores the motivations and intentions of potential domestic tourists (from non-hit areas) to visit Sichuan, China in the aftermath of an earthquake. Drawing on dark tourism theories, this study offers a more comprehensive insight into the consumption of post-disaster destinations, aiming to capture the impact of the changes to the destination's attributes on tourist behavior. The findings move beyond the common approach to tourism recovery, which solely focuses on reviving the traditional non-dark products. This study reveals the importance of newly formed dark attributes that emerge from the disaster as another means to destination recovery, reflected in the emergence of new tourist segments. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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