The Influence of Tourist Experience on Perceived Value and Satisfaction with Temple Stays: The Experience Economy Theory

Temple stays are emerging global cultural attractions that provide tourists with unique experiences and influence perceptions of value and satisfaction. This study examines the influence of escape, entertainment, esthetic, and educational experiences on perceptions of functional and emotional values as well as tourist satisfaction with temple stays. The results of the study show that escape and entertainment experiences are important predictors of both functional and emotional values. Esthetic experience influences emotional value, whereas educational experience affects functional value. Both functional and emotional values influence tourist satisfaction. Theoretical and practical implications of the study results are discussed.     

加强生态文明 建设美丽中国

我国现阶段生态形势十分严峻,加强生态文明建设是我国社会主义现代化建设总体布局的重要内容。生态文明建设的关键是正确处理人与自然的关系,加强宣传教育,构建生态文化体系,努力树立尊重自然、顺应自然、保护自然的生态文明理念,推进主体功能区战略实施,加快经济发展方式转变,实现经济增长与环境保护并重;加强制度建设,完善GDP考核体系,为生态文明建设提供坚强的制度前提和保障。     

把北京建成一流的现代化国际城市

本文界定了国际城市的内涵 ;分析了北京发展成国际城市的有利条件和因素 ;认为北京应特别注重软件的建设     

国际金融监管模式法律定位的发展及对我国的启示

国际金融监管模式有以美国、德国为代表的多元化金融监管模式和以英国、日本及韩国为代表的一元化金融监管模式两种法律定位。借鉴主要金融市场国家金融监管模式的法律定位的发展过程,我国金融业混业经营趋势下的金融监管模式法律定位,应当顺应一元化金融监管模式潮流、构建监管者之间有效的协调机制、充分发挥社会监管的作用、健全对监管者的外部监督机制和学习他国金融监管模式法律定位的成功转型经验。     

Double boundary crossing result for the brownian motion

Abstract

In a recent paper a general bounded crossing result for the Brownian motion is obtained for a linear upper boundary based on the method of Kac (1951). Based on his main results we are able to develop in the present paper some simple expressions for crossing probabilities in case of a lower and an upper linear boundary. We will consider a Brownian motion process for the surplus of an insurance portfolio. This surplus must stay between two given bounds. If the surplus will cross the upper boundary, we can pay a dividend. The lower boundary can reflect the influence of control authorities and regulation measurements.     

自由企业制度的体制意蕴

企业制度具有三个层级:第一个层级是自由企业制度;第二个层级是自由企业制度的三种表现形式,即业主制、合伙制和公司制;第三个层级是业主制、合伙制和公司制所具有的企业制度特征。而现实中人们往往在第三个层级上理解企业制度,这种认知局限产生了实践中的片面公司制。文章提出,我国改革和发展的实践对自由企业制度具有强烈的需求,自由企业制度是产生市场经济主体的前提,是市场经济的根本性制度;产权制度的两个重要内生机制——激励机制和约束机制是自由企业制度宏观有效性的基础;与市场经济相适应的政府制度是自由企业制度建立的前提;自由企业制度是建立现代产权制度进而建立现代企业制度的根本依托,是市场经济体制趋于成熟的必然选择。     

Ecotourists’ Motivation and Revisit Intention: A Case Study of Restored Ecological Parks in South Korea

This study is designed to use functional theory to identify ecotourists' motivations in relation to their intention to revisit restored ecological parks. The sample was obtained from individuals who visited the Jeju Ollegil, which was once left barren and hampered farmers from accessing their farms. The results demonstrate that functional theory in the context of ecotourism is valid, indicating that ecotourists' intentions to revisit restored ecological parks are influenced by a variety of motivating functions. Additionally, ecotourists' travel preferences and perceptions of restoration are determined, and tourism marketing implications are discussed.     

Limitations of Cross-Cultural Customer Satisfaction Research and Recommending Alternative Methods

SUMMARY

Cross-cultural research in tourism is receiving increasing attention from academics. Little, however, has been done with regard to the assessment of cultural differences in tourist satisfaction. Research in tourism marketing has recognized the need for further research in cross-cultural satisfaction research, and specifically, in equivalence issues regarding the measurement of tourist satisfaction. Consequently, the aim of this conceptual paper is to focus attention on the importance of exploring cross-cultural differences in customer satisfaction research. The principal contributions are three-fold: (1) to emphasize the significance of exploring cross-cultural differences while attempting to measure customer satisfaction in tourism, (2) to recommend alternative research methodology to analyse cross-cultural tourist satisfaction, and also (3) to point out limitations of conducting cross-cultural research in tourist satisfaction from both the theoretical and practical point of view.     

Environmental knowledge and consumers’ intentions to visit green hotels: the mediating role of consumption values

ABSTRACT

The aim of this research is to explore the effect of environmental knowledge on consumers’ intentions to visit green hotels through consumption values. The research data was collected using the questionnaire survey. The results showed that environmental knowledge is significantly related to consumption values of consumers, which in turn has significant impacts on the visiting intentions. Moreover, this study also found that consumption values mediate the relationship between environmental knowledge and the intentions to visit green hotels. According to the results, the implications, limitations, and the directions of follow-up research were discussed.     

Exploring Visitor Acceptability for Hardening Trails to Sustain Visitation and Minimise Impacts

Protected natural area managers are challenged to provide high quality recreation opportunities and ensure the protection of resources from impacts associated with visitation. Development of visitor use facilities and application of site hardening practices are commonly applied tools for achieving these competing management objectives. This study applies stated choice analysis to examine visitor opinions on acceptability when they are asked to make tradeoffs among competing social, resource and management attributes in backcountry and frontcountry settings of Acadia National Park. This study demonstrates that asking visitors about recreation setting attributes uni-dimensionally, a common approach, can yield less informative responses. Analyses that considered direct tradeoffs revealed more divergent opinions on acceptability for setting attributes than a unidimensional approach. Findings revealed that visitors to an accessible and popular attraction feature supported trail development options to protect resource conditions with unrestricted visitor access. In contrast, visitors to a remote undeveloped island expressed stronger support for no or limited trail development and access restrictions to protect resource conditions.