The symbolism of international tourism in national identity

National traditional festival tourism and visitors’ national identity: a dual collaborative framework of cultural inheritance and inherited innovation

“…It highlights non-linear, internal relationships and offers a reliable scientific background for complex models (Baggio, 2008). NI, the "expression" of strong emotions, has relatively complex characteristics, and its cultivation process is inherently consistent with the core perspectives of complexity theory (Yang et al, 2020). As previously mentioned, national traditional festival visitors' NI is comprehensively predicted by seven conditions representing cultural and innovative development.…”

“…This paper first analyses the internal relationship between cultural inheritance and inherited innovation and explores how they cooperate to facilitate national festival tourism visitors’ NI. Additionally, NI is a strong emotional manifestation whose shaping elements and characteristics vary by environment, showing variability (Yang et al , 2020; Park, 2010). Although studies have focused on visitors’ NI, most emphasis culture or other factors as antecedents from a single-factor standpoint (Goulding and Domic, 2009; Yang et al , 2020).…”

“…Additionally, NI is a strong emotional manifestation whose shaping elements and characteristics vary by environment, showing variability (Yang et al , 2020; Park, 2010). Although studies have focused on visitors’ NI, most emphasis culture or other factors as antecedents from a single-factor standpoint (Goulding and Domic, 2009; Yang et al , 2020). There is still a research gap on the complex characteristics of the formation of NI.…”

“…NI is an individual’s emotional need and positive sense of belonging to the country under the influence of collective culture (Zhang et al , 2019). It refers to “the love and identification of citizens living in a certain country with their own country’s historical and cultural traditions, moral values, and national sovereignty” (Yang et al , 2020). Academia has divided political NI and cultural NI (Jones and Smith, 2001).…”

National Identity Construction in Cultural and Creative Tourism: The Double Mediators of Implicit Cultural Memory and Explicit Cultural Learning

“…Tourism destinations can shape a field of local culture (e.g., cultural blocks, traditional festivals). When tourists immerse themselves in this special environmental structure, their individual identities are susceptible to influence (Stets & Burke, 2000; Yang et al, 2020). On the one hand, cultural symbols conveyed by tourist destinations show both insiders and outsiders their unique identity (Quinn, 2003), which contributes to awakening the cultural symbols and cultural elements hidden in the tourists’ memories and in turn may deepen their cultural memories.…”