Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, Volume 24, Issue 8, August 2019 is now available online on Taylor & Francis Online. This new issue contains the following articles: Articles How geographic, cultural, and institutional distances shape location choices of China’s OFDI in tourism? – an empirical study on B&R countries Taotao Deng, Yukun Hu & Yang Yang Pages: 735-749 | DOI: 10.1080/10941665.2019.1630451 Experiencing the real village – a netnographic examination of perceived authenticity in rural tourism consumption J. H. Jyotsna & Upendra Kumar Maurya Pages: 750-762 | DOI: 10.1080/10941665.2019.1630455 International tourism and consumer prices in Pakistan: a wavelet-based analysis Syed Tehseen Jawaid, Imrana Saif & Amana Maroof Pages: 763-777 | DOI: 10.1080/10941665.2019.1630453 How smartphones enhance local tourism experiences? Zahed Ghaderi, Pezhman Hatamifar & Ladan Ghahramani Pages: 778-788 | DOI: 10.1080/10941665.2019.1630456 A multicultural retreat in exotic serenity: interpreting temple stay experience using the Mandala of Health model So Young Bae, Choong-Ki Lee & Garry Chick Pages: 789-804 | DOI: 10.1080/10941665.2019.1630452 The effects of push and pull travel motivations, personal values, and destination familiarity on tourist loyalty: a study of Chinese cigar tourists to Cuba Jun Wen & Songshan (Sam) Huang Pages: 805-821 | DOI: 10.1080/10941665.2019.1635504 Can tourism be a key sector in reducing income inequality? An empirical investigation for Turkey Umut Uzar & Kemal Eyuboglu Pages: 822-838 | DOI: 10.1080/10941665.2019.1636105 Cultural distance and international tourists’ intention to visit a destination Juan Bi & Chunxia Gu Pages: 839-849 | DOI: 10.1080/10941665.2019.1635503 Examination of benefits sought by hiking tourists: a comparison of impact-range performance analysis and impact asymmetry analysis Munhyang (Moon) Oh, Seongseop (Sam) Kim, Youngjoon Choi & Stephen Pratt Pages: 850-864 | DOI: 10.1080/10941665.2019.1635501