国外博彩旅游研究:进展、脉络和展望

A Review of Foreign Gaming Tourism Research:Progresses,Streams,and Prospects

近几十年来,国际旅游学者针对博彩旅游开展研究,研究范围涉及消费者行为、影响和政策等主题,得到许多有益的发现;然而,国内研究对该领域的关注则较少。本文在梳理国外博彩旅游文献的基础上,按照主题对文献内容进行分析总结,研究发现:(1)博彩行为和博彩影响研究最受重视,研究方法以定量为主,研究理论涉及社会学、管理学和经济学等多学科;(2)博彩行为研究中,不同类型博彩者行为研究和中国博彩者行为研究备受关注;(3)博彩影响研究中,关键变量的识别、关键模型的构建对于未来进一步深化研究有重要作用。

The gaming industry is developing rapidly worldwide, and research related to gaming are becoming increasingly important. Scholars from various disciplines have carried out research on gaming from different perspectives. Various gaming studies have been conducted with the aim of gaining a deeper understanding of the following subjects： regulations and taxation, management and marketing, gambling effects on the community and residents＇ perceptions, and gaming behaviors. These studies presented many valuable findings. Researchers who aim to identify effect patterns and factors influencing the magnitude and directions of gaming can use tourism literature as a basis. However, few researchers in China's Mainland focus on this field. The authors of this article reviewed major foreign gaming tourism literature and classified them into specified themes. The findings were ： （ 1 ） Studies on gaming behavior and gaming effects are important topics. Moreover, the research methods were mainly quantitative, and the research theories were related to various disciplines, such as sociology, management science, and economics. （2） Research related to gaming behavior focused mainly on two areas： typology studies of gaming tourists and gaming behavior of Chinese. （3） Recent studies on residents＇ attitudes toward the gaming industry found that residents mostly exhibit mixed emotions toward the industry. The identification of crucial variables, as well as the construction of models will become increasingly important in the future.