Natural landscape performance: environmental restorativeness and its influence on tourist behavior

Chen, Xiaohua; Lee, Gyehee; Joo, Dongoh

doi:10.1002/jtr.2636

Cited by 31Diverse Aspects of Tourism ResearchRecreation, Leisure, Wilderness ManagementUrban Green Space and Health

Natural landscape performance: environmental restorativeness and its influence on tourist behavior

Chen, Xiaohua, Lee, Gyehee, Joo, Dongoh·2024·International Journal of Tourism Research

DOI 10.1002/jtr.2636

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This study uses environmental psychology theory to explore creative natural landscape performance (NLP), a form of tourism performing arts that combines natural beauty and cultural resources. Tourists who had experienced an NLP during the previous 2 years were surveyed, and 408 valid responses were collected through this online survey. The findings indicate that the natural setting of NLPs possesses the key characteristics of restorative environments. Further, the five dimensions of a restorative environment positively affect favorable emotions (i.e., happy, excited, relaxed) in the order of compatibility, being away, fascination, scope, and coherence of the performance. Positive emotions have a positive and substantial influence on the quality of the experience and its perceived flow. Additionally, quality of experience and perceived flow has direct and positive impacts on loyalty. Therefore, this study suggests utilizing and improving natural environments' restorative qualities to enhance NLPs for tourists and foster destination loyalty based on this.

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A study on the influence of rural tourism’s perceived destination restorative qualities on loyalty based on SOR model
Zhu, N., Xu, H., Zhang, X., & Chen, L. (2025) · Frontiers in Psychology · doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1529686 · Cited by 25 · see citing works
“Many studies have used Attention Restoration Theory (ART) to explain the influence of tourists’ perceived destination restorative qualities on their mental state and behavioral intention (Kim et al., 2014; Chen et al., 2024).”
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Authors: Chen, X., Lee, G., & Joo, D.
Affiliations: School of Culture and Tourism Henan University Kaifeng China
Kyung Hee University (KR)
ORCID: Chen, Xiaohua
Lee, Gyehee
Joo, Dongoh
Venue: International Journal of Tourism Research
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2024-03
Volume: 26
Issue: 2
ISSN: 1099-2340 (ISSN-L)
1522-1970
DOI: 10.1002/jtr.2636
OpenAlex: W4392888433
Semantic Scholar: 5b14725db84b9c1e3eccba9a9abb89c91e8bb4fe
Cited by: 31
References: 73
Citations by year: 2026: 13 · 2025: 14 · 2024: 4
FWCI: 22.16
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor, 14 d)
Locations: International Journal of Tourism Research (publishedVersion)
Funders: Henan Office of Philosophy and Social Science (2023BYS003)
Topics: Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research
Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management
Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Urban Green Space and Health
Keywords: tourist behavior, restorative environments, positive emotions, quality of experience, tourist loyalty, natural beauty, cultural resources

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