Stephen W Litvin
Biographic Data
| ID | 3470568 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stephen W Litvin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stephen W |
| FAMILY NAME | Litvin |
| SIGNATURE | LITVIN S W |
| AFFILIATIONS | College of Charleston |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1686-5039 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 241 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 21 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Race and Tourism Research
A day at the beach for everyone
Outdoor recreation promotes wellbeing, yet research suggests racial minorities often are less likely to visit outdoor recreation sites. This two-part, mixed-methods study examined whether this phenomenon applies to beaches in South Carolina (SC), USA, and why it may be occurring. First, systematic observations were undertaken at four beaches to record various characteristics of beachgoers (N = 16,599). Compared to SC’s population, Whites generall…
Human vs. AI
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is a transformative technology with the potential to impact tourism in diverse ways. One important possible application of AI entails tourism suppliers employing AI-powered chatbots, such as ChatGPT, to generate marketing content. It is unclear, however, how such marketing content compares to content created by humans. Consequently, this study’s purpose was to compare perceptions of actual tour descriptions…
Exploring VFR travel intentions during Covid-19
USA states’ Covid policy impacts upon tourism
The 50 USA states each approached the challenges of COVID-19 as they felt best for their people and their economy. This research evaluates the impacts of the decisions made by the individual states as this relates to their hospitality and tourism industry. As the title of this paper suggests, those states making the hard decision to impose strict restrictions often found their tourism industry to have suffered most during the pandemic
ChatGPT and online service recovery
Length of stay and a hotel's fixed costs
Political attitudes and Plog's travel personality model
This research, conducted during the COVID‐19 pandemic, applied Stanley Plog's seminal tourism Model of Allocentricity and Psychocentricity and discovered surprising relationships between one's Plog classification and their political attitudes and travel behaviors during the crisis. Though expecting Plog's Allocentrics to have the more politically liberal views and Psychocentrics to be more conservative, we found the opposite to be true. Two previ…
International travel and political views
This research note considers the relationship between international travel experience and one's political views. The findings reveal that those who travel internationally have strongly differentiated views from those who do not, but that these are neither necessarily more liberal nor conservative than those who have not traveled abroad
A Case Study of Cruise Ships and Resident Attitudes—Research Gone Wild
Travel and leisure activity participation
Non-Travellers
This Department is devoted to research reports, notes and other significant research events. Two copies of write-ups, not exceeding 3,000 words, may be mailed to the Section Editor, Professor David A. lennell, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada L2S 3A1; e-mail: [email protected]. In all cases, one copy of the report should be mailed to the Chief Editor, TRR
Electronic word-of-mouth in hospitality and tourism management
Streetscape improvements in an historic tourist city a second visit to King Street, Charleston, South Carolina
Tourism and understanding
Self-image congruity
The destination attribute management model
Consumer Attitude and Behavior
Revisiting Tourism and Understanding
Tourism industry–Academic interface
Tourism and understanding
International tourism has often been hailed as an instrument of international understanding, for in the movement of people from one land and culture to another, what can result but increased contact and interpersonal communication between people who might otherwise only have stereotypes of each other” (Hassan 1975). The above is the opening sentence of an article published a quarter of a century ago that went on to conclude that tourism was not l…
Electronic word-of-mouth in hospitality and tourism management
Self-image congruity
Tourism and understanding
The destination attribute management model
ChatGPT and online service recovery
Travel and leisure activity participation
Revisiting Tourism and Understanding
Streetscape improvements in an historic tourist city a second visit to King Street, Charleston, South Carolina
Consumer Attitude and Behavior
Non-Travellers
This Department is devoted to research reports, notes and other significant research events. Two copies of write-ups, not exceeding 3,000 words, may be mailed to the Section Editor, Professor David A. lennell, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada L2S 3A1; e-mail: [email protected]. In all cases, one copy of the report should be mailed to the Chief Editor, TRR
Tourism and understanding
International tourism has often been hailed as an instrument of international understanding, for in the movement of people from one land and culture to another, what can result but increased contact and interpersonal communication between people who might otherwise only have stereotypes of each other” (Hassan 1975). The above is the opening sentence of an article published a quarter of a century ago that went on to conclude that tourism was not l…
Tourism and understanding
International tourism has often been hailed as an instrument of international understanding, for in the movement of people from one land and culture to another, what can result but increased contact and interpersonal communication between people who might otherwise only have stereotypes of each other” (Hassan 1975). The above is the opening sentence of an article published a quarter of a century ago that went on to conclude that tourism was not l…
Revisiting Tourism and Understanding
Tourism industry–Academic interface
The destination attribute management model
Consumer Attitude and Behavior
Self-image congruity
Tourism and understanding
Streetscape improvements in an historic tourist city a second visit to King Street, Charleston, South Carolina
Electronic word-of-mouth in hospitality and tourism management
Non-Travellers
This Department is devoted to research reports, notes and other significant research events. Two copies of write-ups, not exceeding 3,000 words, may be mailed to the Section Editor, Professor David A. lennell, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada L2S 3A1; e-mail: [email protected]. In all cases, one copy of the report should be mailed to the Chief Editor, TRR
Travel and leisure activity participation
A Case Study of Cruise Ships and Resident Attitudes—Research Gone Wild
International travel and political views
This research note considers the relationship between international travel experience and one's political views. The findings reveal that those who travel internationally have strongly differentiated views from those who do not, but that these are neither necessarily more liberal nor conservative than those who have not traveled abroad
Political attitudes and Plog's travel personality model
This research, conducted during the COVID‐19 pandemic, applied Stanley Plog's seminal tourism Model of Allocentricity and Psychocentricity and discovered surprising relationships between one's Plog classification and their political attitudes and travel behaviors during the crisis. Though expecting Plog's Allocentrics to have the more politically liberal views and Psychocentrics to be more conservative, we found the opposite to be true. Two previ…
Length of stay and a hotel's fixed costs
USA states’ Covid policy impacts upon tourism
The 50 USA states each approached the challenges of COVID-19 as they felt best for their people and their economy. This research evaluates the impacts of the decisions made by the individual states as this relates to their hospitality and tourism industry. As the title of this paper suggests, those states making the hard decision to impose strict restrictions often found their tourism industry to have suffered most during the pandemic
ChatGPT and online service recovery
A day at the beach for everyone
Outdoor recreation promotes wellbeing, yet research suggests racial minorities often are less likely to visit outdoor recreation sites. This two-part, mixed-methods study examined whether this phenomenon applies to beaches in South Carolina (SC), USA, and why it may be occurring. First, systematic observations were undertaken at four beaches to record various characteristics of beachgoers (N = 16,599). Compared to SC’s population, Whites generall…
Human vs. AI
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is a transformative technology with the potential to impact tourism in diverse ways. One important possible application of AI entails tourism suppliers employing AI-powered chatbots, such as ChatGPT, to generate marketing content. It is unclear, however, how such marketing content compares to content created by humans. Consequently, this study’s purpose was to compare perceptions of actual tour descriptions…
Exploring VFR travel intentions during Covid-19
Race and Tourism Research
Tourism (16 works) · Business (13 works) · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (12 works) · Advertising (9 works) · Geography (9 works) · Political science (9 works) · Marketing (8 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Computer Science (5 works)