Lianping Ren
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View article: Exploring senior-friendly tourism destination attributes—dimensions and prioritization
Exploring senior-friendly tourism destination attributes—dimensions and prioritization Open
This study adopts a mixed-method approach and examines senior-friendly destination attributes, aiming at understanding the dimensions of the destination attributes that the senior group perceives as important, as well as how these dimensio…
View article: How staycation trip reflections affect life satisfaction
How staycation trip reflections affect life satisfaction Open
Staycation has emerged as a popular form of local tourism during the pandemic, and related literature has mushroomed primarily focusing on its distress-coping. Based on the life satisfaction model, this study attempts to reexamine the psyc…
View article: Tourism potential assessment and product–market nexus in developing ethnic minority destinations
Tourism potential assessment and product–market nexus in developing ethnic minority destinations Open
This research note evaluates the suppliers’ perceived tourism potential of destination attributes and discusses the product and market portfolio identification issues in ethnic minority destinations at their infancy development stages. Fin…
View article: How Does Educational Travel Promote Lifelong Learning?
How Does Educational Travel Promote Lifelong Learning? Open
Travel contributes to learning and learning can make travel more meaningful. However, the extant literature that exemplifies how educational travel influences an individual's attitude toward learning is limited. Based on social constructiv…
View article: Understanding Chinese tourists’ changing shopping experience in Macao: pre and in COVID-19 via user generated content
Understanding Chinese tourists’ changing shopping experience in Macao: pre and in COVID-19 via user generated content Open
This paper aims to understand Chinese tourists’ changing shopping experience in Macao. In scrutinizing reviews posted in the pre-COVID and during COVID eras, the study has identified changing patterns in Chinese tourists’ shopping experien…
View article: Experiential Learning in Hospitality Education Through a Service-Learning Project
Experiential Learning in Hospitality Education Through a Service-Learning Project Open
The importance of experiential learning in hospitality and tourism education is widely noted. Effective learning can only be achieved by well-guided practice in the real world. Learning by doing is widely manifested in the hotel and touris…
View article: Customers’ Perception of the Authenticity of a Cantonese Restaurant
Customers’ Perception of the Authenticity of a Cantonese Restaurant Open
The term ‘authenticity’ is becoming increasingly precious in this world full of hyper reality. Authenticity has been an important attribute of the tourism industry as well as the food sector. This study explores diners’ perception of authe…
View article: Ice Bucket Challenge, Butterfly Effect, and Hotels’ Strategic Configurations – The Case of the Hotel Industry in China
Ice Bucket Challenge, Butterfly Effect, and Hotels’ Strategic Configurations – The Case of the Hotel Industry in China Open
This study aims to construct a typology of hotels’ strategic configurations based on the Butterfly Effect in the event of the Ice Bucket Challenge in the Chinese hotel industry. We employed the BDS test and analogy inference method to infe…