Attitudes and experiences of tourists on calligraphic landscapes: A case study of Guilin, China

Qi, Qiuyin; Yang, Yang; Zhang, Jie

doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2013.01.007

Cited by 14 publications

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“…Tourists could enhance their understanding of local culture via interaction with the locals. Several researchers (Qi, Yang, & Zhang, 2013;Kim, 2014) agreed that local culture was an important dimension in measuring tourism experience.…”

Section: Local Culturementioning

confidence: 99%

The development of measurement scale for entertainment tourism experience: a case study in Macau

Luo

Lam

Fan

2018

Current Issues in Tourism

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Tourism and entertainment industry is an important component in the world's service sector. Entertainment tourism is receiving more attention, not only from practitioners, but also from academics. This study develops a scale to measure entertainment tourism experience in Macau from the consumers' perspective. Entertainment tourism in this study is operationalized by Learning, Enjoyment, Escape, Refreshment, Novelty, Involvement, and Local culture. After examining the reliability of the measurement scale, this study applies factor analysis and multidimensional scaling to establish survey instrument. The reliability and validity of the scale are confirmed through the first and the second order confirmatory factor analysis. This study provides theoretical and practical implications and recommendations to entertainment stakeholders, including entertainment suppliers and government, to promote entertainment tourism practices in Macau.

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Section: Local Culturementioning

confidence: 99%

The development of measurement scale for entertainment tourism experience: a case study in Macau

Luo

Lam

Fan

2018

Current Issues in Tourism

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“…Tourists pursued different experiences due to distinct motivations; they travel and use tourism as a mean to satisfy their needs. In general consumers are considered as rational and emotional human beings concerned with achieving pleasurable experiences (Qi et al 2013). In the context of rural tourism, consumers tend to satisfy recreational and cultural motivations through their engagement in active and cognitive experiences.…”

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Rural tourism in Lebanon : what does the market reveal ?

Ghadban¹,

Shames²,

Arrage³

et al. 2017

Management &Amp; Avenir

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The concept of rural tourism encompasses many forms of tourism, such as nature-based tourism, community-based tourism, ecotourism, agro-tourism, and many more. Scholars consider tourism an important tool for revenue generation for communities living in rural areas. However, ineffective planning and management of the tourism industry may lead to undesired results in rural destinations, sometimes negatively affecting their rich natural and cultural heritage. In Lebanon, the last decade witnessed an increase of the rural tourism share within the tourism industry. Until today, there are no scientific studies of the supply and demand for this sector in Lebanon. This survey aims to analyze the demand for rural tourism among the domestic market hoping to provide information for actors in the field. The data showcase evidences about the needs, preferences and expectations of potential urban travelers, and factors affecting them. Data collection was completed in May 2014 with a sample of 436 persons, mostly Lebanese urban inhabitants, during the Travel Lebanon exhibition dedicated to promote rural tourism in Lebanon. The statistical analysis revealed important information about the perception and behavior of potential visitors. Personal characteristics, especially respondents' personal income and cultural background, have been identified as major factors that affect their decision-making process regarding tourism services and facilities. Results also revealed a lack of awareness by the surveyed respondents about critical sustainable tourism issues in rural areas, and a visitor perception that is somewhat different from what is actually being provided by tourism stakeholders in rural areas.

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“…It is important to note that most of the cultural aspects of landscape perception and preference studies are conducted on western cultures; cross-cultural comparison of landscape perception and preference between westerners and Asians is quite limited (Masuda, Gonzalez, Kwan, & Nisbett, 2008;Qi, Yang, & Zhang, 2013).…”

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Impact of culture on perceptions of landscape names

Zhang

Gürsoy

Zeng

et al. 2014

Tourism Geographies

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This study examines the impact of culture on landscape-name perceptions of tourists from China, United States, and Europe utilizing both Hofstede's and Hall's cultural typologies. Data for this study were collected from visitors to two national parks in China. Culture is found to have a significant impact on both sub-dimensions of understanding (legibility and coherence) and involvement (mystery and diversity). Findings suggest that tourists from different cultures are likely to interpret landscape names differently. Those from cultures with a high power distance and low individualism would prefer landscape names that are mystical, dreamy, fictive, ingenious, original, and poetic, while those from cultures with a lower power distance and high individualism would prefer names that simply describe the landscape.

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Attitudes and experiences of tourists on calligraphic landscapes: A case study of Guilin, China

Cited by 14 publications

References 18 publications

The development of measurement scale for entertainment tourism experience: a case study in Macau

The development of measurement scale for entertainment tourism experience: a case study in Macau

Rural tourism in Lebanon : what does the market reveal ?

Impact of culture on perceptions of landscape names

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