Sensescapes and attention restoration in nature-based tourism: Evidence from China and Australia

Mengyuan Qiu; Xin Jin; Noel Scott

doi:10.1016/j.tmp.2021.100855

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Sensescapes and attention restoration in nature-based tourism: Evidence from China and Australia

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Sensescapes and attention restoration in nature-based tourism: Evidence from China and Australia

Mengyuan Qiu, Xin Jin and Noel Scott

Tourism Management Perspectives, Vol.39, pp.1-13

2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmp.2021.100855

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Abstract

Attention restoration

Nature-based tourism

Quality of life

Soundscape

Visualscape

COVID-19

Several prior single-location case studies have found that the sensescape of a natural environment contributes to visitors' attention restoration. This study tests the effects of a soundscape and a visualscape on attention restoration using data from two natural destinations, Purple Mountain in China and Burleigh Heads Beach in Australia. The results indicate that the characteristics of a soundscape significantly contribute to visitors' attention restoration and quality of life directly and through the mediation of visualscape. Natural environments relate to visitors' quality of life through its multimodal sensescape. Critically, the attention restoration model is found to be applicable in different natural contexts, revealing that the restorative value of a natural sensescape is not contextually bound. Nature-based tourism can be used to promote mental health in the post-COVID-19 period worldwide.

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Title: Sensescapes and attention restoration in nature-based tourism: Evidence from China and Australia
Authors: Mengyuan Qiu (Author) - Nanjing Forestry University
Xin Jin (Author) - Griffith University
Noel Scott (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Sustainability Research Cluster
Publication details: Tourism Management Perspectives, Vol.39, pp.1-13
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date published: 2021
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmp.2021.100855
ISSN: 2211-9744
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Sustainability Research Cluster
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99571607302621
Output Type: Journal article

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