International Journal of Research Studies in Management
2021 Volume 9 Number 3, 47-66
© The Author(s) / Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs CC BY-NC-ND
Influence of travel vlog: Inputs for destination marketing
model
Abad, Princess Elisha S.
Lyceum of the Philippines University Batangas, Philippines (prncssabad08@gmail.com)
Borbon, Noelah Mae D.
Lyceum of the Philippines University Batangas, Philippines (nmdborbon@lpubatangas.edu.ph)
Received: 10 July 2021 Revised: 13 August 2021 Accepted: 7 September 2021
Available Online: 1 October 2021 DOI: 10.5861/ijrsm.2021.m7729
ISSN: 2243-7770
Online ISSN: 2243-7789
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Abstract
Travel vlogs are thought to have shaped destination credibility and effectively strengthened a
perceived destination image. Opinions, reviews, and a live journey create a lifelike experience
that encourages the desire to visit a location. The purpose of this research is to look into the
possibilities of travel vlog inputs for destination marketing. The research was carried out
among the residents of Sta. Cruz, Laguna in a descriptive-correlational method; the
descriptive design provided an overview of actual cognition, feelings, and actions within the
group while the correlational approach was used to assess the relationship between the factors
affecting travel decision-making process and tourists’ destination choice. A researcher-made
questionnaire was utilized to determine the degree of influence for each variable. Results
indicated that with regards to travel-related decisions, people tend to be impacted by travel
vloggers more especially in terms of the perceived credible information. Further, the findings
revealed that vloggers had a significant impact on people's decision to travel in terms of
cognitive, emotional, and epistemic values. Furthermore, there is a strong link that suggests
that the better the travel-related decisions, the better the destination choice. Finally, the
research developed a destination model that recommends an effective strategy for Laguna
Tourism in preserving and improving destination attributes.
Keywords: credibility, destination choice, influencers, travel decision-making process