Author, as appears in the article.: Abubakr Muritala, Babajide; Hernández-Lara, Ana-Beatriz; Sánchez-Rebull, Maria-Victoria
Department: Gestió d'Empreses
URV's Author/s: Hernandez Lara, Ana Beatriz / Muritala, Babajide Abubakr / Sánchez Rebull, María Victoria
Keywords: User-generated content (ugc) Twitter Topic modeling Social media research Social media analytics Social media Google trends analytics Construal level theory Big data user-generated content (ugc) tourism topic modeling social media analytics social media slow psychological distance impacts hospitality google trends analytics economic-crisis construal level theory climate-change big data
Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted the re-emergence of staycations to the fore, as many people were forced to spend their vacations at or close to home due to travel restrictions. This phenomenon first went mainstream during the 2008 financial crisis, and has now been further accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. This study investigated the growth and practice of staycations during the first two years of the pandemic by analyzing social media and internet search data using Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) topic modeling and Google Trends analytics. Key findings suggest that, while spatially close to home, people tried to achieve a psychological distance away from home. This was demonstrated by a strong global search interest in spending staycations at hotels close to home. The optimal LDA topic model produced 38 topics which were classified under four aggregate dimensions of antecedents, attributes, activities, and consequences of staycations. The findings provide useful insights to managers and policymakers on boosting revenue through this practice, and the role of staycations in promoting leisure activities close to home and sustainable tourism.
Thematic Areas: Multidisciplinary sciences Multidisciplinary Medicina i Ciências biológicas ii Ciências biológicas i Biotecnología
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: babajideabubakr.muritala@estudiants.urv.cat babajideabubakr.muritala@estudiants.urv.cat mariavictoria.sanchez@urv.cat mariavictoria.sanchez@urv.cat anabeatriz.hernandez@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0003-0443-4482 0000-0003-0443-4482 0000-0003-0326-5699 0000-0002-9920-4104 0000-0003-0326-5699 0000-0002-9920-4104 0000-0002-8110-9328
Record's date: 2024-09-07
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: Heliyon. 8 (10): e10867-
APA: Abubakr Muritala, Babajide; Hernández-Lara, Ana-Beatriz; Sánchez-Rebull, Maria-Victoria (2022). COVID-19 staycations and the implications for leisure travel. Heliyon, 8(10), e10867-. DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e10867
Article's DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e10867
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2022
Publication Type: Journal Publications
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