Many historic and cultural heritage destinations have faced queries about authentic travel experiences and crises of commoditization related to tourism products. This study is based on the dyadic function of heritage destinations for both locals and domestic tourists: heritage as a spatial-temporal object for tourists, using authenticity as a theoretical framework. It examined the (1) effects of cultural motivations and prior knowledge on both object-based and existential authenticities, (2) effects of authenticity on destination experiences, and (3) moderating role of residential status on the relationship between authenticity and destination experience. The data were collected from 173 locals and 159 domestic tourists on site in the Sanfang Qixiang tourist district and analyzed using the SEM technique. The results indicated that cultural motivation and prior knowledge had significant effects on authenticity; however, only existential authenticity enhanced the destination experience, whereas object-based authenticity did not have an effect on the destination experience. In addition, residential status had a key moderating function in the relationship between the perception of authenticity and the destination experience. This study contributes to the literature by integrating the mutual gaze into heritage tourism literature and emphasizing the importance of a balance between authenticity and commoditization in heritage destination development in Asia. The findings hold some practical implications for the development of balanced management strategies to minimize potential conflicts and maximize user satisfaction with heritage tourism.
Since the 21st century, international corporate social responsibility attracts great attention. With the continuous improvement of consumers' maturity, they become more and more sensitive to international corporate social responsibility and have higher requirements for corporate to fulfill social responsibility. Besides, the buying decision is affected by international corporate social responsibility more and more apparently. Hence, the research into the impacts of international corporate social responsibility on consumers' buying behavior is of great significance. In the research, consumer identity was set as intervening variable to investigate how consumer buying behavior was affected by corporate social responsibility. After theoretical model was constructed and research hypothesis was put forward, questionnaire investigation approach was adopted for empirical study. It was demonstrated that the significance values of age, occupation, and education level in each factor were small with great differences.
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