Perceived Restorativeness of Visits to Cultural Heritage Sites
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This study aimed to examine whether a causal relationship exists between perceived restorativeness and emotional healing, visitor satisfaction, and intention to revisit with respect to a visit to the Seooreung Shrine in South Korea. Attention restorativeness theory claims that four factors (being away, fascination, extent, and compatibility) induce a restorative environment. The results of the conducted survey support the four factors of attention restorativeness theory. Two distinct groups were identified and differences were discovered between the groups with respect to satisfaction and perceived restorativeness. Emotional healing exerted more influence on intention to revisit than visitor satisfaction. This study delivers a significant outcome as pioneer research on healing tourism by discovering emotional healing as a precedent variable to visitor satisfaction and intention to revisit in the area of cultural heritage tourism.
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In cultural heritage tourism sites, the compatibility dimension of restorative environmental perception has a positive effect on tourists' revisit intentions.
“Using the context of cultural heritage tourism sites, Korean researchers found that the compatibility dimension had a positive effect on tourists' revisit intentions [62].”
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- Authors
- Cho, K.-S., Um, S.-H., & Lee, T. J.
- Affiliations
- Suwon Research Institute (KR)
- Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (JP)
- Corresponding author
- Lee, Timothy J.
- ORCID
- Lee, Timothy J.
- Venue
- Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2015-12-08
- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 1046-1069
- ISSN
- 1094-1665 (ISSN-L)
- 1741-6507
- OpenAlex
- W2253916409
- Cited by
- 52
- References
- 20
- Citations by year
- 2026: 9 · 2025: 14 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 1
- FWCI
- 2.21
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research (publishedVersion)
- 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
- perceived restorativeness, attention restoration theory, emotional healing, visitor satisfaction, revisit intention, healing tourism, heritage tourism, fascination, compatibility, being away, extent
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