Abstract
A conceptual framework is constructed to understand the influence of destination curiosity on shaping the quality and intensity of tourists’ interpersonal interaction with other tourists, residents and tourism service providers, as well as the quality and intensity of such interactions on eliciting future tourist behaviors, which include tourists’ perceived psychological distance and the following pro-environmental behaviors. An analysis of 416 data through Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) yielded several key findings. The results were congruent with the construal level theory, close perceived psychological distance induced low-level construal level and individuals constructed the concrete mindset under that construal level. In this vein, tourists thought more about specific and concrete ways to maintain sustainable tourism instead of the abstract mindset thinking about why to maintain sustainable tourism, which eventually contributed to more actual pro-environmental behaviors.
Original language | English |
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Publication status | Not published / presented only - Aug 2024 |
Event | PolyU Research Student Conference - , Hong Kong Duration: 29 Aug 2024 → 29 Aug 2024 Conference number: 2024 https://events.polyu.edu.hk/prsc2024/home |
Conference
Conference | PolyU Research Student Conference |
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Abbreviated title | PRSC |
Country/Territory | Hong Kong |
Period | 29/08/24 → 29/08/24 |
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