“…Tourists from different cultural backgrounds and social structures naturally perceive and interact with other social groups during travel (i.e., residents, tourism practitioners, and other tourists). This process is crucial to the consolidation and development of tourists' social identities (e.g., Chen, Zhao, & Huang, 2020;Coghlan, 2015;Kalender & Kasnakoglu, 2021;Palmer, 2005;Zhang, Pearce, & Chen, 2019), which in turn influences their travel behaviours (e.g., Zhang, Tucker, Morrison, & Wu, 2017;Lewis, Prayag, & Pour, 2021) and mental health and well-being (e.g., Zhao, Chen, & Hu, 2022).…”