Existing studies of tourists’behaviors of tourism destination focus on place attachment.Although tourists’attachment is related to tourists’emotional experiences at the attractions of a tourism destination(ATDs),th...Existing studies of tourists’behaviors of tourism destination focus on place attachment.Although tourists’attachment is related to tourists’emotional experiences at the attractions of a tourism destination(ATDs),the rolethat tourists’attachment styles play in establishing their emotional experiences and behavioral intentions towarddifferent ATD types have not been verified.This study used the Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village as a typical tourismdestination to examine these effects.Based on research on attachment styles,emotional experiences,and behavioral intentions,a conceptual model of the relationships among tourists’attachment styles,emotional experiences of,and behavioral intentions toward ATDs was constructed.The impact of tourists’attachment styles between their emotional experiences of and behavioral intentions toward ATDs was then studied empirically.Theimpact pathways of tourist attachment styles on different ATD types were tested.The results indicate that tourists’emotional experiences of ATDs had no significant or direct impacts on their behavioral intentions in terms of relationship closeness and diversive exploration.Both their emotional experiences of and their behavioral intentionstoward ATDs were affected by the mediating effects of attachment anxiety and avoidance,which were full and partial,respectively.Further,the paths of the mediating effects of tourists’attachment styles on the emotional experiences of and behavioral intentions toward different types of ATDs varied significantly.Tourists’emotion-behaviorpaths when experiencing a TD were clarified,providing a theoretical basis to satisfy their real needs for experiencing ATDs.展开更多
基金The National Natural Science Foundation of China(42061028)The National Social Science Foundation of China(21BMZ123)+1 种基金The Guizhou Provincial Philosophy and Social Sciences Planning Project(21GZZD12)The Academic Seedling Foundation of Guizhou Normal University([2021]A21)。
文摘Existing studies of tourists’behaviors of tourism destination focus on place attachment.Although tourists’attachment is related to tourists’emotional experiences at the attractions of a tourism destination(ATDs),the rolethat tourists’attachment styles play in establishing their emotional experiences and behavioral intentions towarddifferent ATD types have not been verified.This study used the Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village as a typical tourismdestination to examine these effects.Based on research on attachment styles,emotional experiences,and behavioral intentions,a conceptual model of the relationships among tourists’attachment styles,emotional experiences of,and behavioral intentions toward ATDs was constructed.The impact of tourists’attachment styles between their emotional experiences of and behavioral intentions toward ATDs was then studied empirically.Theimpact pathways of tourist attachment styles on different ATD types were tested.The results indicate that tourists’emotional experiences of ATDs had no significant or direct impacts on their behavioral intentions in terms of relationship closeness and diversive exploration.Both their emotional experiences of and their behavioral intentionstoward ATDs were affected by the mediating effects of attachment anxiety and avoidance,which were full and partial,respectively.Further,the paths of the mediating effects of tourists’attachment styles on the emotional experiences of and behavioral intentions toward different types of ATDs varied significantly.Tourists’emotion-behaviorpaths when experiencing a TD were clarified,providing a theoretical basis to satisfy their real needs for experiencing ATDs.
