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Attracting casino visitors through social media: transition from online to offline environment

Attracting casino visitors through social media: transition from online to offline environment This study aims to draw upon boundary the crossing theory to examine the transition of casino hotel guests’ revisit intentions from casino social media sites to casino properties, with the influence of the motivation–opportunity–ability model.Design/methodology/approachUnder a quantitative approach, 20 casinos that operated official social media sites were selected, with a quota sampling method designed to assign 20 respondents for each casino. A structural model was used to explore the hypothesized relationships.FindingsThe results illustrate that ability and opportunity are crucial in enhancing social media revisit intention. They also reveal that casino and destination revisit intention can be boosted with increased social media revisit intention.Practical implicationsThis study provides a fresh look into the relation across the boundary between the virtual and physical environment and illustrates a means by which casinos can be camouflaged as leisure and entertainment venues to strengthen their competitiveness in attracting tourists through social media.Originality/valueThis study offers new evidence for the linkage between online and offline behaviors with respect to how social media could transit into tangible travel propensity. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology Emerald Publishing

Attracting casino visitors through social media: transition from online to offline environment

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Publisher
Emerald Publishing
Copyright
© Emerald Publishing Limited
ISSN
1757-9880
eISSN
1757-9880
DOI
10.1108/jhtt-12-2020-0329
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Abstract

This study aims to draw upon boundary the crossing theory to examine the transition of casino hotel guests’ revisit intentions from casino social media sites to casino properties, with the influence of the motivation–opportunity–ability model.Design/methodology/approachUnder a quantitative approach, 20 casinos that operated official social media sites were selected, with a quota sampling method designed to assign 20 respondents for each casino. A structural model was used to explore the hypothesized relationships.FindingsThe results illustrate that ability and opportunity are crucial in enhancing social media revisit intention. They also reveal that casino and destination revisit intention can be boosted with increased social media revisit intention.Practical implicationsThis study provides a fresh look into the relation across the boundary between the virtual and physical environment and illustrates a means by which casinos can be camouflaged as leisure and entertainment venues to strengthen their competitiveness in attracting tourists through social media.Originality/valueThis study offers new evidence for the linkage between online and offline behaviors with respect to how social media could transit into tangible travel propensity.

Journal

Journal of Hospitality and Tourism TechnologyEmerald Publishing

Published: Nov 30, 2022

Keywords: Social media; MOA model; Casino tourism; Boundary crossing; Technology; 社交媒体; MOA模型; 赌场旅游; 过境

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