Can audience involvement stimulate visit intention in Chinese Kung Fu? Using a serial multiple mediation model to explore film tourism

The popularity of film and television causes audiences to flock to the location of filming, and thus film tourism is widely been used as an efficient tool in destination branding and marketing. Accordingly, this study takes Chinese Kung Fu film and television as an example, using the method of regre...

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Main Authors: Jiangtao Xia, Qihang Qiu, Yifan Zuo, Liang Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.979839/full
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description The popularity of film and television causes audiences to flock to the location of filming, and thus film tourism is widely been used as an efficient tool in destination branding and marketing. Accordingly, this study takes Chinese Kung Fu film and television as an example, using the method of regression model to study audience involvement, cognitive destination image, tourists’ anticipated experiences, and visit intention into an overall framework. Findings illustrate a significant positive correlation among these four factors. Specifically, cognitive destination image and tourists’ anticipated experiences have a partial mediating effect on the relationship between audience involvement and visit intention. This study provides three suggestions for the development of film tourism, namely maximizing the marketing effect, strengthening the unity of film and images of destinations, and making full use of modern marketing tools.
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spelling doaj.art-e95a493af5dc4a3db73473abf2cd27a22022-12-22T04:29:28ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782022-10-011310.3389/fpsyg.2022.979839979839Can audience involvement stimulate visit intention in Chinese Kung Fu? Using a serial multiple mediation model to explore film tourismJiangtao Xia0Qihang Qiu1Yifan Zuo2Liang Wang3School of Leisure Sports and Management, Guangzhou Sport University, Guangzhou, ChinaFaculty of Human Geography and Planning, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, PolandSchool of Physical Education, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, ChinaSchool of Physical Education, Yichun University, Yichun, ChinaThe popularity of film and television causes audiences to flock to the location of filming, and thus film tourism is widely been used as an efficient tool in destination branding and marketing. Accordingly, this study takes Chinese Kung Fu film and television as an example, using the method of regression model to study audience involvement, cognitive destination image, tourists’ anticipated experiences, and visit intention into an overall framework. Findings illustrate a significant positive correlation among these four factors. Specifically, cognitive destination image and tourists’ anticipated experiences have a partial mediating effect on the relationship between audience involvement and visit intention. This study provides three suggestions for the development of film tourism, namely maximizing the marketing effect, strengthening the unity of film and images of destinations, and making full use of modern marketing tools.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.979839/fullfilm tourismKung Fuaudience involvementvisit intentiondestination imageanticipated experience
spellingShingle Jiangtao Xia
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Liang Wang
Can audience involvement stimulate visit intention in Chinese Kung Fu? Using a serial multiple mediation model to explore film tourism
Frontiers in Psychology
film tourism
Kung Fu
audience involvement
visit intention
destination image
anticipated experience
title Can audience involvement stimulate visit intention in Chinese Kung Fu? Using a serial multiple mediation model to explore film tourism
title_full Can audience involvement stimulate visit intention in Chinese Kung Fu? Using a serial multiple mediation model to explore film tourism
title_fullStr Can audience involvement stimulate visit intention in Chinese Kung Fu? Using a serial multiple mediation model to explore film tourism
title_full_unstemmed Can audience involvement stimulate visit intention in Chinese Kung Fu? Using a serial multiple mediation model to explore film tourism
title_short Can audience involvement stimulate visit intention in Chinese Kung Fu? Using a serial multiple mediation model to explore film tourism
title_sort can audience involvement stimulate visit intention in chinese kung fu using a serial multiple mediation model to explore film tourism
topic film tourism
Kung Fu
audience involvement
visit intention
destination image
anticipated experience
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.979839/full
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