How destination music affects tourists’ behaviors: travel with music in Lijiang, China

Listening to Forests: Comparing the Perceived Restorative Characteristics of Natural Soundscapes before and after the COVID-19 Pandemic

“…The statistical level of L Aeq in Burleigh Heads National Park accords with Australian standard of Acoustic Community Noise (AS 1055:2018), indicating that the natural soundscapes in this site are quiet and peaceful for visitors to restore their mental fatigue [26]. It is noteworthy that the global soundscape level was 4 dB lower in the post-COVID-19 period (Table 2).…”

“…Extent has been considered a key antecedent of fascination as it provides a sufficiently rich and coherent environment to constitute a whole world for exploring fascination [25]. The perception of being-away is induced by various fascinating attractions and is most likely to be experienced in a larger environment in which elements follow each other in a relatively sensible, predictable, and orderly manner [26]. In turn, being-away can change the mindset, making people aware of the compatibility between self and the sonic environment [27].…”

Destination atmospheric cues as key influencers of tourists’ word-of-mouth communication: tourist visitation at two Mediterranean capital cities

“…The main contributions of this study are four. First, it seeks to advance our understanding of tourists' decision making processes with respect to endorsing tourism destinations, by adopting the S-O-R framework from the field of environmental psychology --which has received only limited attention with respect to modelling tourists' planning and future behavior in the tourism destination context (Min et al, 2020). Second, it aims at extending its conceptualization and test the organism part of the S-O-R model, by incorporating both affective and cognitive states and processes and their interrelationships; this would potentially contribute to overcoming criticism about its theoretical robustness (Bigné, Chatzipanagiotou, & Ruiz, 2020), and also respond to recent calls for further development of S-O-R in explaining tourist decision making (e.g., Loureiro, Guerreiro, & Ali, 2020).…”

“…Wang et al (2018) adopt the S-O-R model to investigate consumers' word-of-mouth intention in the green hotel industry and examined satisfaction and trustboth emotional in nature -as Organism, in the relationship between green image and Bonn et al (2007) use the same model to link atmospheric cues of heritage attractions (i.e., museums and key attractions of Florida) with WOM (along with attitude and intention to revisit), yet only directly, leaving therefore the Organism part of the model undefined. A third study has also been recently published utilizing S-O-R in explaining tourists' future intentions (Min et al, 2020), but this include WOM indirectly and only as a component of tourists' behavioral intentions and, therefore, it do not report on WOM intentions variance and explanatory of the proposed model on WOM intentions.…”

Safeguarding intangible cultural heritage to promote mental healthcare in China: Challenges to maintaining the sustainability of safeguarding efforts

“…By watching and participating in ICH, including various folk arts, people can experience unique feelings of pleasure and aesthetic beauty, maintaining their mental health. For instance, the ICH forms of music, drama, art and dance can directly or indirectly affect people's emotions and subtly influence their perceptions (Min et al, 2020). For example, community-based music interventions have been shown to positively affect individuals' self-confidence, well-being and productivity (Calo et al, 2019).…”