英文摘要 |
The objective of this study is to examine how the information arranged on travel websites can mediate travellers' intentions to pay visit the destination. A research model that integrates variables of emotional appeal, advertising creativity, informative, satisfaction, and continuous usage is developed based on theories of empathy expression and expectation-confirmation. Marketers in the tourism industry make use of advertising and creating destination web pages on tourism destination websites; incorporating social medias and modifying web pages based on their consumers. There is a good number of people who look to the internet to help guide them when making travel plans. However, there is limited number of studies take into account both online and offline behaviour of travellers. Our study claims that it is not only important to make sure the right target viewers are exposed to the website; but also, it is crucial that we can make sure viewers can turn to travellers and pay visit to the real destinations. Results of the empirical tests of the model reveal that continuous use of a travel website and having an overall satisfaction with the way the travel websites are key drivers in determining intentions to pay visit through viewing online web sites. Based on these findings, suggestions for further research and business are given in the end. |