RESEARCHER PROFILE
Wilmer Carvache‐Franco
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Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral
Wilmer Carvache‐Franco works in Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research, Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management, Culinary Culture and Tourism, Cruise Tourism Development and Management, Customer Service Quality and Loyalty. Recorded institutional associations include Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral.
208Publications
1,733Citations
22H-index
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Selected research works
Up to 100 highly cited works; DOI links open the original research. Counts reflect the collected record, not real-time citation totals.
Motivation and segmentation of the demand for coastal and marine destinations
2020 · 66 citationsSegmentation and motivation of foreign tourists in world heritage sites. A case study, Quito (Ecuador)
2017 · 57 citationsSegmentation, motivation, and sociodemographic aspects of tourist demand in a coastal marine destination: a case study in Manta (Ecuador)
2019 · 56 citationsPerceived value and its influence on satisfaction and loyalty in a coastal city: a study from Lima, Peru
2021 · 56 citationsSegmentation of Religious Tourism by Motivations: A Study of the Pilgrimage to the City of Mecca
2022 · 47 citationsMotivations and segmentation of the demand for coastal cities: A study in Lima, Peru
2020 · 44 citationsModeling users’ satisfaction and visit intention using AI-based chatbots
2023 · 44 citationsCoastal and marine topics and destinations during the COVID-19 pandemic in Twitter's tourism hashtags
2021 · 36 citationsMotivations and Loyalty of the Demand for Adventure Tourism as Sustainable Travel
2022 · 34 citationsUnderstanding Motivations and Segmentation in Ecotourism Destinations. Application to Natural Parks in Spanish Mediterranean Area
2021 · 33 citationsCoastal Cities Seen from Loyalty and Their Tourist Motivations: A Study in Lima, Peru
2021 · 33 citationsTopic and sentiment analysis of crisis communications about the COVID-19 pandemic in Twitter’s tourism hashtags
2022 · 33 citationsMotivations as predictors of religious tourism: the Muslim pilgrimage to the city of Mecca
2022 · 33 citationsFrom motivation to segmentation in coastal and marine destinations: a study from the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
2020 · 31 citationsPerceived Value and Its Predictive Relationship with Satisfaction and Loyalty in Ecotourism: A Study in the Posets-Maladeta Natural Park in Spain
2021 · 30 citationsBarriers to Innovations and Innovative Performance of Companies: A Study from Ecuador
2022 · 30 citationsAnalysing how AI-powered chatbots influence destination decisions
2025 · 29 citationsSegmentation of foreign tourist demand in a coastal marine destination: The case of Montañita, Ecuador
2018 · 28 citationsMotivations as a predictor of satisfaction and loyalty in ecotourism
2021 · 28 citationsMotivation and segmentation of gastronomic events: festival of the Red Crab in Ecuador
2020 · 28 citationsSociodemographic relationships of motivations, satisfaction, and loyalty in religious tourism: A study of the pilgrimage to the city Mecca
2023 · 28 citationsAttributes of the service that influence and predict satisfaction in typical gastronomy
2021 · 26 citationsSociodemographic aspects and their relationship with motivations, satisfaction and loyalty in ecotourism: a study in Costa Rica
2021 · 21 citationsEXPLORING THE SATISFACTION OF ECOTOURISM IN PROTECTED NATURAL AREAS
2020 · 20 citationsMarket Segmentation Based on Ecotourism Motivations in Marine Protected Areas and National Parks in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
2021 · 20 citations