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Xinran Lehto

Social Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette

OpenAlex ORCID
Established · publishing since 2000Rising activity
Diverse Aspects of Tourism ResearchDigital Marketing and Social MediaConsumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and IdentificationCustomer Service Quality and LoyaltyRecreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management

Publications

213

Citations

11,566

Est. group size

~2

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

26

Publishing since 2000

Research summary
AI-generated

Xinran Lehto studies tourism and hospitality experiences, focusing on how travelers perceive and engage with destinations, hotels, and travel technologies such as AI-powered audio guides and smart destination tools. Recent work also explores wellness-oriented and environmentally responsible hospitality design, as well as how different traveler groups (such as seniors and 'bleisure' travelers who mix business and leisure) plan and experience trips. This research aims to inform how destinations and hotels design more meaningful, human-centered, and sustainable experiences.

Tourism and destination experience designTechnology in travel (AI, smart tourism, audio guides)Hospitality industry sustainability and ESG practicesTraveler behavior and segmentation (seniors, bleisure travelers)Wellness and transformative hospitality

Publication output has fluctuated over the past decade but shows a marked increase in 2025 following a relatively steady pace of roughly 6-13 papers per year in prior years.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 8.6/year recently
2017: 11 publications172018: 13 publications182019: 7 publications192020: 10 publications202021: 12 publications212022: 6 publications222023: 6 publications232024: 10 publications242025: 21 publications212526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Tourism Management×7
  • Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research×7
  • Journal of Travel Research×6
  • Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing×6
  • International Journal of Hospitality Management×5
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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