Understanding Chinese vacationers’ perceived destination restorative qualities: cross-cultural validation of the perceived destination restorative qualities scale
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This study aims to provide a deeper understanding of the dimensionality and consequences of existing Chinese vacationers’ perceived destination restorative qualities (PDRQs) by cross-culturally validating the PDRQ scale (PDRQS), which has been recently developed to assess individuals’ PDRQs in the American context. Using two samples of existing Chinese vacationers (sample 1: n = 230; sample 2: n = 148) who were taking a real vacation when being surveyed, and following a rigorous process of scale validation, the study confirmed that five out of the six original subscales (compatibility, extent, mentally away, physically away, and fascination) demonstrate cross-cultural reliability and validity in the Chinese context. In addition, fascination is found to be a predictor of Chinese vacationers’ experienced pleasure evaluation, and PDRQs as a whole a predictor of Chinese vacationers’ preference for a destination. Destination marketing implications are derived based on the findings.
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Existing studies on perceived destination restorative qualities are predominantly conceptual and originate from the environmental behavior domain.
“Existing studies are predominantly conceptual and originate from the environmental behavior domain, specifically focusing on the perceived environmental restorative quality (cf.G. Chen et al., 2017).”
From Perceived Destination Restorative Qualities in Wellness Tourism: The Role of Ontological Security and Psychological Resilience (2025) · cites this paper as G. Chen et al., 2017
Perceived destination restorative qualities is a multi-dimensional concept that has been relatively understudied in wellness travel settings due to being predominantly located in the field of environmental behavior.
“Despite the growing interest related to perceived destination restorative qualities, this multi-dimensional concept has been relatively understudied in wellness travel settings due to being predominantly located in the field of environmental behavior (i.e., perceived environmental restorative quality) (G.Chen et al., 2017).”
From Perceived Destination Restorative Qualities in Wellness Tourism: The Role of Ontological Security and Psychological Resilience (2025) · cites this paper as G.Chen et al., 2017
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- Authors
- Chen, G., Huang, S. (., & Zhang, D.
- Affiliations
- Sun Yat-sen University (CN)
- Edith Cowan University (AU)
- Southeast University (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Chen, Ganghua
- Venue
- Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2017-03-16
- Pages
- 1-13
- ISSN
- 1054-8408 (ISSN-L)
- 1540-7306
- OpenAlex
- W2597344486
- Cited by
- 52
- References
- 65
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 4 · 2018: 2
- FWCI
- 4.20
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- ro.ecu.edu.au
- Locations
- Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing (publishedVersion)
- Australasian Journal of Paramedicine (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (41500154, 41171111)
- Tourism Youth Expert Training Program of the China National Tourism Administration (TYETP201542)
- The Humanities and Social Sciences Foundation of the Ministry of Education of China (14YJC630105)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Global Healthcare and Medical Tourism
- Keywords
- scale validation, cross-cultural adaptation, fascination, compatibility, destination preference, tourism promotion
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