A thorough understanding of the influencing factors and mechanisms community resilience in tourism destinations is vital not only for recovery after disasters but also strengthening adaptive capacity residents to manage sudden change. This study aims investigate roles bonding, bridging, linking social capital enhancing residents' perceived destinations. Based on data derived from a survey 691 China's Dujiangyan scenic areas Jiuzhai Valley National Park, this used structural equation modeling...

While emotionally laden, sites of death could also be places spiritual transformation and sacredness. In recent years, the 'emotional' turn in geography tourism studies has called for more research on co-activation impact mixed emotions at these places. order to address gap how negative/ambivalent emotional experiences negotiated, transformed, constructed into place meaning, we report findings from 460 questionnaires completed by visitors one darkest places—the Memorial Hall Victims Nanjing...

The digital transformation of the tourism industry influences tourists’ behavior. Grounded in dual-processing theory, this study developed a holistic framework to explain underlying psychological mechanisms virtual tourism. study’s overarching objectives were (1) examine how mental imagery processing (MIP) sensory stimuli tourist attractions influence cognition (learning) and emotion (2) contribute prior research that focused on positive effect MIP. This aims explore potential negative...

Numerous conflicting factors impact the tourism decision process especially as it relates to dark tourism, that is, focuses on mortality. This research examines relationships among constraints and motivational affect tourists' visit Memorial of Victims Nanjing Massacre in China. Seven dimensions were revealed with most important factor being an interest other leisure activities. Of three discovered, obligation respondents feel site was discovered be important. The major contribution this is...

This study aims to assess the relationship between community development and environmental protection using variables of perception livelihood capitals changes pro-environmental behaviours based on social exchange theory. Residents' empirical data were collected at Nanling National Nature Reserve, which is located in south China. Convenience sampling method was used survey, 314 valid samples total. The results suggest that has a significant impact residents' behaviours, six types have...

Purpose This study aims to explore how tourists construct destination images in the context of dark tourism and reveals relationships between on-site experience, image behavioural intention. Design/methodology/approach The earthquake-ravaged county town Beichuan China was chosen as site. collected 298 viable questionnaires from tourists. Partial least squares structural equation modelling performed variables Findings identified four dimensions (TDI) its attribute functional perspective. It...

The concept of resilience has recently received a substantial amount attention in sustainable tourism research. Nevertheless, empirical studies on the factors that may influence perceived community residents destinations remain lacking. A thorough analysis is needed to examine place attachment as catalyst or barrier destinations. Structural equation modeling was used analyze based data derived from 655 two earthquake-affected communities Sichuan Province, China. results indicate identity and...

This study aims to compare the function of soundscape and visualscape in tourist holistic experience through lens cognition–emotion model. A questionnaire was distributed collect data from 563 domestic tourists visiting Jiuzhai Valley National Park, China. Partial least squares regression–structural equation modeling (PLS–SEM) a number recently developed advanced analysis methods were used. Results indicate that have different impacts on cognition emotion. Soundscape directly influences...

Previous studies have focused on exploring why people seek out sites of death, whereas little is known about they do not visit or revisit such sites. This paper aims to fill this gap by the inner constraints visiting darkest edge dark tourism spectrum among both participants (N = 460) and non-participants 275). By identifying four sub-dimensions intrapersonal in context (i.e., traumatic memory, emotions fear depression, taboos cultural ideas lack interest), an extension a leisure framework...

Building on previous research that claims tourists’ perceived authenticity is an antecedent to place attachment, this study explored the relationship between two theoretical constructs. Specifically, mechanism authenticity, and loyalty was empirically tested. The data were collected at Kaiping Diaolou Villages, Old Town of Lijiang, UNESCO heritage sites in southern China. Contrary studies, findings indicate (1) can be (2) across both sites, architecture or intangible exhibited various...

Despite the long-standing appeal for tourism researchers to pay more attention effects of soundscape, there remains a serious lack in-depth studies on topic. Drawing moderating tourists' soundscape emotion, this study examines certain determinants pro-environmental behaviour. Kulangsu was used as source empirical data its abundant resources. The results revealed explicit connections human-environmental relationships All paths are significant when grouped with positive emotions than their...

This study tries to verify the contribution of natural soundscapes tourist satisfaction from perspective participation and reveal constraint factors affecting by using leisure model. The results indicate that tourists' in soundscape experiences significantly improves satisfaction. There are five dimensions constraints, 'individual activities' dimension is most important distinguishing participants non-participants. greatest for both groups 'lack information, expectations attraction'. forces...

Echoing calls for further empirical research of exploring complex mechanism dark tourism experiences, as well following the series studies on post-disaster recovery (Wenchuan earthquake in China), it takes an earthquake-ruined country town Beichuan a study case to explore relationships between places, on-site and behavioral intentions. By using structural equation modeling, proves that framework aroused memory, cognition-affection, satisfaction, behavior intention (place protection) is...

Purpose Airbnb attempts to stimulate consumer imagination and expectations of home through storytelling before their stay. The purpose this study is gain a holistic understanding the psychological mechanisms by which brand can evoke away from choice peer-to-peer (P2P) accommodations. Design/methodology/approach By collecting 864 valid questionnaires two rounds surveys with Chinese consumers, examined structural relations between narrative elements in story (home characteristics, social...

Music festivals are growing phenomena worldwide. How a festival is perceived, interpreted and understood an essential part of public response attitudes toward the phenomena. Understanding dynamic diverse host perceptions impacts can help planners ensure effectiveness event planning management. The study aims to monitor Beijing Strawberry Festival in time space using longitudinal comparative data. findings suggest that there both significant changes consistencies positive negative music over...

Purpose As a distinctive form of communist heritage tourism, the ideology and government-led red tourism warrants an in-depth examination how tourists consume perceive it. This study aims to reveal tourists’ perception through lens destination image. Design/methodology/approach collected 9,819 user-generated photographs within four types destinations (RTDs) used computer visual semiotic analysis approach conduct photograph-based cognitive affective attributes extraction. Network further...

Industrial heritage has attracted much attention because of its significant historical and cultural values. Nowadays, the functional transformation industrial buildings, such as museums, parks, so on, into public-space-oriented buildings been taking place all over world. The public users these realms become main audiences culture. Architects transmit culture therein to by using design language. However, differences in public’s understanding from different backgrounds may affect...

The project presents robust vision-based navigation through doorways and hallways where static objects are present. A method is proposed using the fusion of colour features, edge map, motion analysis stereo vision to help system interpret visual cues. able detect ground plane, drop-offs, stairs doorways, provide information camera. results showing accurate distances various detected indoor suggest that this colour/edge/motion/depth approach would be useful as a aid hallways.

The development of specialized villages in China is an interesting trend. This paper studies by using the rational small household theory, division labor and specialization concepts, as well distance decay neighborhood effect theories. We use census data on Henan Province (the largest agricultural province China) from 2010 basis for a case study, applying dummy variables representing sixteen types villages, selecting environmental variables, such land form, location, arable area, force...

Ruins serve as symbolic sites at which to re-examine people’s relationships with the past and bonds places. In context of ruination caused by earthquakes displacement resettlement local residents post-disaster, this paper explores vernacular (residents’ survivors’) memories, emotions, senses place triggered ruins Beichuan county town, China. Results show memories specific were highly fragmented multi-temporal. Interwoven before- after-quake gave rise complex mainly including traumatic...