Research on the Influence of Tourists’ Perceived Restorativeness of the Western Sichuan Music Linpan on Post-Visit Behavioral Intentions: The Mediating Effect of Place Attachment

Biyang Fu; Yurou Tang; Binyang Li

doi:10.26689/ssr.v7i9.12223

Biyang Fu Department of Tourism Management, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Yurou Tang Department of Tourism Management, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Binyang Li Department of Tourism Management, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.26689/ssr.v7i9.12223

Keywords: Perceived restorativeness, Place attachment, Post-visit behavioral intentions

Abstract

Grounded in the “Cognitive-Affect-Behavior” (CAB) theoretical framework, this study constructs a multiple mediation model to systematically investigate the impact mechanism of tourists’ restorative environment perception on post-visit behavioral intentions within rural tourism contexts. The empirical findings reveal: (1) The ecological and cultural attributes of the Linpan landscape demonstrate notable psychological resource restoration efficacy; (2) Place identity functions as the “emotional nexus” shaping tourists’ behavioral intentions; (3) Mediation effect analysis identifies a “functional-affective transformation threshold” in the transmission of restorative effects.

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