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The destination attachment cycle. The case of academic tourism

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https://doi.org/10.1080/14766825.2022.2062247

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Tourist satisfaction is a crucial issue for managers of tourism destinations. Scholars have analysed the motivations for academic tourism, but there is a lack of research on the emotional bonds with the destination. This study confirms the existence of a cycle with different stages of attachment and detachment with regard to destination, based on four phases: enchantment, coexistence, fatigue and nostalgia. These phases are analysed in relation to the cultural values of tourists and the time spent at the destination. A mixed-methods approach is used based on primary data collected by means of a focus group and a survey of 200 foreign students in Barcelona to validate the aforesaid phases. The results confirm this destination attachment cycle and show that when academic tourists come from a culturally similar society to the destination, this positively influences the stages of enchantment, coexistence and nostalgia, but not fatigue.

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Turisme cultural, Intercanvi d'estudiants, Geografia cultural

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Heritage tourism, Student exchange programs, Cultural geography

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CRESPI VALLBONA, Montserrat, NOGUER JUNCÀ, Ester and COROMINA, Lluís. The destination attachment cycle. The case of academic tourism. Journal Of Tourism And Cultural Change. 2023. Vol. 21, num. 4, pags. 433-450. ISSN 1476-6825. [consulted: 9 of June of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/202174

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