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Author(s): Hui Fu [sup.1] , Xiong-Hui Xiao [sup.1] , Ben Haobin Ye [sup.2] , Shujie Fang [sup.3] , Yaoqi Li [sup.4] , Yingyu Wu [sup.5] Author Affiliations: (1) https://ror.org/0064kty71, grid.12981.33, [...], The journey of entrepreneurship can be difficult, and passion helps entrepreneurs flexibly adapt to the turbulent environment. However, the entrepreneur's passion is not constant and can decline or even vanish, especially when faced with entrepreneurial failures. As such, the restoration of an entrepreneur's passion in the face of failure is a major problem to be solved. Based on in-depth interviews with 21 entrepreneurs, this study applied the grounded theory approach to explore the fundamental factors that lead to a loss of passion as well as its restoration, examine the process of "exhaust-restore-revive" with respect to entrepreneurs' passion, and construct a matrix of passion restoration based on the concepts of "identity remodeling" and "resource reconstruction." The findings contribute to an improved understanding of how passion evolves during entrepreneurial activities and the extent to which passion can be restored and revived through different strategies, enriching the research on entrepreneurial passion and the entrepreneurial process. The results have practical implications for using specific strategies to recover passion during the entrepreneurial journey.

Facilitating inspirational experiences for customers is an emerging topic in the field of tourism and hospitality. Based on the Stimulus-Organism-Response paradigm, we proposed novel effects that substantive servicescape has a positive effect on inspiration, which has a positive downstream effect on satisfaction. The present research, including a field survey with customers from 10 three- to four-star hotels (N 1 = 644) and three experimental studies (N 2 = 133, N 3 = 115, N 4 = 227), examined the effects of substantive and communicative servicescape on inspiration, the downstream effect of inspiration on satisfaction, and the moderating roles of openness to experience and prior experience. The results supported our proposed effects. Furthermore, openness to experience and prior experience moderated the effects of substantive servicescape on inspiration and inspiration on satisfaction, respectively. This research contributes to the extant literature by offering a more nuanced understanding of the drivers of customer inspiration and the boundary conditions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Responding to the normalised impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on tourism development, we developed and tested a comprehensive model to investigate how the pandemic-exacerbated stigma of tourism is perceived by local destination residents and elicits their attitudinal proclivity towards local tourism recovery as mediated by felt relative deprivation. Meanwhile, collectivism was conceptualised as a moderating context in the framework, encapsulating the unique social fabric of China and its stifling "dynamic zero COVID" policy. Our study was conducted in Suzhou, which is a popular Chinese tourist destination in which large-scale compulsory antigen testing, lockdown, and quarantine measures were imposed on locals after three tourists contracted COVID-19 in November 2021. The structural equation modelling results indicate that relative deprivation mediated the positive relationship between perceptions of pandemic-exacerbated stigma of tourism and support for local tourism recovery. However, collectivism was found to have enhanced rather than attenuated both the direct and mediating effects of relative deprivation on support for local tourism recovery. Our study contributes to the literature by integrating the measurement of stigma perceptions into research on pandemic impacts on destination tourism development and expanding theoretical boundaries on resident responses to tourism in the time of COVID-19. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study aims to fill the current research gap on industrial heritage tourism, which is boasting a fast galvanizing and very current market niche, by systematically modelling and evaluating the dimensionality of the experience quality of industrial heritage tourists, with the incorporation of the variables of awe experience, authenticity experience, perceived value and behavioural intentions. An empirical study is conducted on visitors to the Mt. Tangshan Quarry Park in east China, with its mixed and contested expressions and presentations of intact axed scars left to nature, as against awed economic and socio-cultural revitalization and redemption. Study results reveal that the awe experience performs a full mediating effect between authenticity experience and experience quality, while no mediating effect was found between experience quality and behavioural intentions. This study contributes to understanding and utilization of industrial heritage sites as icons for economic and socio-cultural rebirth and rejuvenation availed by tourism development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research introduces online travel photos published on social media platforms as a complementary data resource to examine the behavior and experience of museum visitors. The practical value of online travel photos is demonstrated through a case study of popular Hong Kong museums, particularly by using the photo content and metadata available from the Flickr platform. The proposed approach is a generic method for understanding museum visitor behavior and preferences, and supports museum practitioners in developing improved products for visitors. The case study findings are particularly beneficial for tourism managers, especially those in Hong Kong, in promoting and attracting tourists to visit local museums. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

With the rapid economic growth that has occurred in recent decades in China, engaging in wine tourism has emerged as a new phenomenon. This study aims to examine factors that may influence Chinese people’s intentions to visit local wineries. We have employed a theoretical model based on the self-determination theory to holistically explore the effects of travel motivation, attitudes toward domestic wine, subjective norm, past experiences, and perceived travel barriers. An online questionnaire was conducted in three tier-one cities, resulting in 500 respondents in the sample. The survey revealed that subjective norm influences visit intentions through the mediating role of travel motivation and so do attitudes toward domestic wine when mediated by the wine-specific travel motivation. Past experiences positively affected visit intentions. A lack of wine knowledge and low confidence in domestic wine inhibited visit intentions. We have discussed practical implications of effective measures to enhance marketing efforts by wine/tourism practitioners in China. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose – The aim of this study is to examine the roles of social identity and perceived cultural distance in forming the attitude of Hong Kong residents toward the relaxation of the individual visit scheme (IVS). Design/methodology/approach – Face-to-face interviews with local Hong Kong residents were conducted. A total of 24 respondents’ interviews were qualified for qualitative analysis using the snowball sampling technique. Findings – The perceived positive and negative impacts, social identity and perceived cultural distance of Hong Kong residents were important in explaining their attitude toward tourism development. Perceived cultural distance influenced both the perceived negative impacts and social identity of residents, which, in turn, affected their attitude toward mainland Chinese tourists and tourism development. Research limitations/implications – The sample size for the interviews was relatively small; however, it was acceptable for qualitative studies. Practical implications – First, the Hong Kong Government should enhance civic education among mainland Chinese tourists to reduce their cultural conflicts with Hong Kong residents. Second, the Hong Kong Government should enhance national education among Hong Kong residents to mitigate the negative influence of the relaxation of the IVS. Originality/value – This study sheds light on the roles of perceived cultural distance and social identity in the attitude of residents toward tourism development, thus narrowing research gaps. Moreover, the current study applies an intercultural-interaction perspective, social identity theory, common in-group identity theory and social distance theory to understand resident attitude toward tourism development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose – The aims of this study were to investigate the influencing factors of wine tourism development in China, assess the marketing efforts made by the wine-tourism stakeholders, and provide constructive suggestions for the development of China's wine tourism. Design/methodology/approach – A qualitative approach was adopted for the purposes of this research. The study site is the Bohai Bay wine region in Shandong Province, the birthplace of China's modern wine industry and the largest wine-producing area in China. Chateau Changyu-Castel and Chateau Junding were visited in June 2010. Qualitative data were collected in the forms of observations of the wineries, interviews with wine tourists, focus groups with tourism practitioners, and analyses of travel blogs, document excerpts, and official web sites. Content analysis produced a thematic framework on people, promotion, and place. Findings – A number of facilitating and detrimental factors were revealed pertaining to China's wine tourism development on the three themes: people, promotion, and place. Research limitations/implications – The number of wine tourists being interviewed is relatively small, and the wineries chosen are relatively large ones. Results may not be generalized to other wine tourists and wineries in China. Practical implications – The paper includes implications for the development of wine tourism in China, such as food and wine pairing that combines wine with local (Chinese) cuisine at the wineries, positioning, and genuine government support. Originality/value – Research on wine tourism and wine tourists in China is scant. The current research fills a research gap by examining China's wine tourism phenomena from multiple perspectives, including those of tourists, tourism practitioners, and wine tourism destinations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]