scholarly journals A Study on How the Five Senses Are Affected When Tourists Experience Towns with Forest Characteristics: An Empirical Analysis Based on the Data of Fujian, Guangdong and Sichuan in China

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 8283
Author(s):  
Min Shao ◽  
Derong Lin
Keyword(s):  
Sensory Experience ◽  
Olfactory Experience ◽  
Tourism Experience ◽  
Tourist Experience ◽  
Auditory Experience ◽  
Five Senses ◽  
Spss Software ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Primary Channel

Senses are the primary channel by which travelers enjoy tourism, and the sensory experience of tourists is very important to the quality of their tourism experience. In this study, 385 questionnaires were distributed to tourists visiting the first batch of characteristic towns classified by the China National Forestry and Grassland Administration as national towns with forest characteristics. SPSS software was used for regression analysis to test the differences in the impact of sensory experience on the experience quality and future loyalty of forest town tourists. The results show that: (1) vision makes the highest contribution to the quality of tourist experience; (2) olfactory experience makes the lowest contribution to the quality of tourist experience and has no significant impact on it; (3) auditory experience has a significant impact on the quality of tourism experience but has no significant impact on the loyalty index. The study further confirms that, when a single sensory experience of tourists is insufficient, satisfaction can be achieved through the other senses. It is of great significance for forest town managers to design a sensory landscape according to the combined components of a destination’s characteristics and the tourists’ physical identities.

Family tourism: Interpersonal interaction, existential authenticity and quality of tourist experience

2021 ◽  
pp. 135676672110224
Author(s):  
Han Chen ◽  
Yan Jiao ◽  
Xiaoyi Li ◽  
Kun Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Emotional Experience ◽  
Effective Interaction ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Interpersonal Interaction ◽  
The Family ◽  
Tourist Experience ◽  
Role Of Parents ◽  
The Impact

The functional value experience of family tourism has often been paid attention both by tourists themselves and the tourism industry, but the individual value experience of parents in family tourism has been neglected. Family tourism shifts the scenario of interpersonal interaction between families from home, the conventional environment, to a non-conventional one. This change in the interactive situation will inevitably bring about changes in interpersonal interaction behavior and individual perception, especially to tourists who take on the role of parents in a nuclear family. This study enriches the examination of the family tourism experience by exploring the interpersonal interaction, existential authenticity travel experiences, and quality of tourist experience perceived by parents in family tourism. The main findings are: 1) In the non-conventional environment of tourism, effective interaction between tourists and their families helps to improve tourists’ emotional experience and satisfaction; 2) Three aspects of existential authenticity are the internal causes of the impact of interpersonal interaction on emotional experience and satisfaction; 3) Differences in parental roles make important discrepancies between men and women’s perception of family tourism experiences. This study provides insights to understanding the family tourism market and brings valuable findings to the area of family tourism marketing and management.

scholarly journals Investigating The Impact of Sensory Experience on Budget Hotel Rooms to Maximize Guests Satisfaction

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 171
Author(s):  
Reiza Miftah Wirakusuma ◽  
Anak Agung Anom Samudra ◽  
Ni Kadek Sumartini
Keyword(s):  
Hospitality Industry ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Sensory Experience ◽  
West Java ◽  
The Past ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Unique Experience ◽  
Guest Satisfaction ◽  
Five Senses ◽  
The Impact

This study aims to investigate the sensory experience from guests who have stayed at a budget hotel in Bandung, West Java Province. Although only offers low prices, simple facilities, and less spacious room, yet a budget hotel has been able to maximize comfort and satisfaction for their guests. Subsequently, the number of budget hotels increase significantly in the past few decades and create different themes for hospitality industry. These themes create unique experience and they are felt by five senses of guests during their visits. The experience is divided into visual, tactile, gustatory, auditory, and olfactory. The method used in this research is a qualitative descriptive analysis from 145 questionnaires which were collected on the field. The results showed that the sensory experience had a dominant impact on guest satisfaction in staying at a budget hotel, especially in tactile and visual.

scholarly journals Modelling users' trust in online health rumours: an experiment-based study in China

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shengli Deng ◽  
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Shaoxiong Fu ◽  
Yong Liu ◽  
Hongxiu Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Information Quality ◽  
One Dimension ◽  
False Information ◽  
Qualitative Component ◽  
Spss Software ◽  
Hazard Level ◽  
Trusting Beliefs ◽  
The Impact

Introduction. With the increasing availability of information on the Internet, online rumours have become prevalent, and it is not uncommon for search engines to return unverified rumours about health. However, false information in such domains may lead to serious consequences if it gains users' trust. An understanding of the characteristics of online health rumours that users' trust is important for fighting their spread. Method. Using real-world online health rumour data from a Chinese database, the authors investigated the predictors of users' trust in online health rumours. An experiment (n = 30) and interviews (n = 10) were conducted to examine how users evaluate particular types of health rumours. Analysis. The effects of rumours' manner of presentation and the perceived information quality on users' trust were tested using ANOVA (with SPSS software) for the quantitative data collected in the experiment. The qualitative component applied content analysis of the interview data to further explain the results produced by the quantitative analysis. Results. The impact of pictures (one dimension of rumour presentation) on users' trust varies, depending on the perceived quality of the pictures displayed with the online health rumours, and informativeness (a dimension of information quality) is an influential predictor of trusting beliefs. Conclusions. The paper serves the aim of highly effective prediction of users' trust in online health rumours, and it contributes new insights for proactively evaluating the hazard level of a particular online health-rumour item.

scholarly journals Assessing the impact of the five senses on quality of life in mucopolysaccharidoses

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberto Giugliani ◽  
Paul Harmatz ◽  
Shuan-Pei Lin ◽  
Maurizio Scarpa
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Five Senses ◽  
The Impact

The impact of implementing fun activities on employee's engagement

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (5) ◽  
pp. 1317-1335
Author(s):  
Carol Sakr ◽  
Rabih Zotti ◽  
Nada Khaddage-Soboh
Keyword(s):  
Employee Engagement ◽  
Financial Institutions ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Organizational Goals ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Workplace Fun ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Spss Software ◽  
The Impact

Purpose This paper aims to investigate the effect of fun activities on employee engagement at Lebanese financial institutions. Design/methodology/approach The study follows the qualitative process through semistructured interviews. In total, five managers and 20 employees within five different financial institutions and banks were interviewed. The data were first analyzed using the coding technique and then “quantitized” data were analyzed using SPSS software. Findings The findings convey the factors that can influence employee engagement, the measurements associated with employee engagement, the advantages and disadvantages of fun activities and the types of fun activities applied and its inhibitors. The findings demonstrate that workplace fun can help attain organizational goals through increasing the level of engagement regardless of the financial satisfaction. Research limitations/implications The results stress on the importance of implementing fun activities and highlight the importance of implementing such activities and their effects on the employees’ overall engagement and productivity, as well as the various ways of applying those activities in Lebanese financial institutions. Practical implications The findings assist managers in creating a fun workplace environment that enhances employee engagement, which in return will help organizations attain their goals. Social implications Understanding the work–fun concept in Lebanese financial institutions may encourage potential candidates to apply for a job within these institutions and be the reason to encourage other organizations to adopt such activities as well. Such development will help improve the quality of candidates and employees, which will reflect better institutional income. Originality/value This paper offers new insights and perspectives regarding fun activities and their relationship with employee engagement in Lebanese financial institutions. It introduces a new idea in Lebanese businesses as well as sheds light on the importance of adopting such activities to enhance employee engagement that creates organizational competitive advantage as reached in the results.

Assessing the impact of the five senses on quality of life in mucopolysaccharidosis

2020 ◽  
Vol 129 (2) ◽  
pp. S63
Author(s):  
Roberto Giugliani ◽  
Paul Harmatz ◽  
Shuan-Pei Lin ◽  
Maurizio Scarpa
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Five Senses ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Peningkatan Kekuatan Jejaring Wirausaha dan E-Marketing UMKM di Banten dalam menghadapi dampak Pandemic Covid-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 1113-1123
Author(s):  
Liza Mumtazah Damarwulan ◽  
Agus David Ramdansyah ◽  
Lutfi Lutfi
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Data Collection Tool ◽  
Nominal Scale ◽  
Entrepreneurial Networks ◽  
Marketing Performance ◽  
The Social ◽  
Spss Software ◽  
The Impact

This study aims to explore the economic impact, especially UMKM players in Banten on the spread of covid-19, and to identify the strength of entrepreneurial networks and the use of e-marketing by UMKM in Banten during the covid-19 pandemic. The method used in this study was analyzed by sampling using a questionnaire as a data collection tool. This questionnaire includes closed questions, measured on a nominal scale. The collected data were analyzed using the AMOS Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software. The results showed that there had been a decline in the marketing performance of UMKM due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. And it is proven that the quality of entrepreneurial networks and e-marketing can improve the marketing performance of UMKM. From this research, a model for strengthening UMKM in dealing with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic is obtained by strengthening entrepreneurial networks and the use of e-marketing, so that UMKM in Banten in particular and UMKM in Indonesia in general, do not fall into business collapse caused by the spread of Covid-19. The conclusion of this study is expected to contribute to the development of management science, especially marketing, entrepreneurship and the development of UMKM in dealing with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Impact of insurance on visual attention to risk and landscape: An eye- tracking study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renxian Wu
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Visual Attention ◽  
Eye Tracking ◽  
Visual Quality ◽  
Risk Information ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Tourism Research ◽  
Tourism Experience ◽  
The Impact

Insurance plays an important role in the tourism experience, but there has been little research on the impact of insurance on visual attention to risk and landscape. I employed an eye-tracking experiment to record the risk information and assessment of the visual quality of landscapes among participants with differing travel insurance statuses. The results show that in comparison to the control group, participants lacking insurance paid greater visual attention to risk information and participants with insurance paid less visual attention to risk information. Further, participants with (vs. without) insurance were better at landscape visual quality assessment. My results can be used by potential tourists seeking to improve the quality of their travel experiences and by managers seeking to promote tourism risk management. In addition, my results show that eye-tracking experiments can be widely applied to related tourism research.

scholarly journals Impact of Mobile Applications in Changing the Tourist Experience

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-120
Author(s):  
Sónia Dias ◽  
Victor Alves Afonso
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Applications ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Spillover Effect ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Application Development ◽  
Tourism Experience ◽  
Tourist Experience ◽  
Impact Of Technology ◽  
Social Applications ◽  
The Impact

Abstract This exploratory study investigates the impact of technology on the tourist experience. This research analyzed the effect of new technologies on the behaviour of new tourism consumers, the importance of mobile technology in the tourism industry, and the phenomenon of mobile tourism in the change of the tourism experience. It also studied the spillover effect that these changes have had on the use of mobile applications in tourism, trying to understand their impact on the tourism experience. A quantitative and qualitative analysis supported this investigation through a survey of 110 Portuguese tourists using applications and two interviews with administrators of mobile application development companies, and, finally, through the analysis of four case studies. The main conclusion is that smartphones and mobile travel applications can substantially alter the tourist experience. Tourists assume that smartphones have motivated changes in the activities and emotions experienced, especially in social applications that allow them to maintain contact with their friends and families and increase security levels.

Self-Compassion and Quality of Life in Adults Who Stutter

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 2097-2108
Author(s):  
Robyn L. Croft ◽  
Courtney T. Byrd
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Social Connectedness ◽  
The Self ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Self Compassion ◽  
Adults Who Stutter ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this study was to identify levels of self-compassion in adults who do and do not stutter and to determine whether self-compassion predicts the impact of stuttering on quality of life in adults who stutter. Method Participants included 140 adults who do and do not stutter matched for age and gender. All participants completed the Self-Compassion Scale. Adults who stutter also completed the Overall Assessment of the Speaker's Experience of Stuttering. Data were analyzed for self-compassion differences between and within adults who do and do not stutter and to predict self-compassion on quality of life in adults who stutter. Results Adults who do and do not stutter exhibited no significant differences in total self-compassion, regardless of participant gender. A simple linear regression of the total self-compassion score and total Overall Assessment of the Speaker's Experience of Stuttering score showed a significant, negative linear relationship of self-compassion predicting the impact of stuttering on quality of life. Conclusions Data suggest that higher levels of self-kindness, mindfulness, and social connectedness (i.e., self-compassion) are related to reduced negative reactions to stuttering, an increased participation in daily communication situations, and an improved overall quality of life. Future research should replicate current findings and identify moderators of the self-compassion–quality of life relationship.

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