The Cognitive Mechanisms of Residents under the Background of the Renewal of Suburban Historical and Cultural Villages

Meng Li, Tiehong Wu (), Linsheng Zhong, Chengcai Tang, Jingwen Wang and Ruhan Yi
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Meng Li: College of History and Tourism Culture, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010020, China
Tiehong Wu: College of History and Tourism Culture, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010020, China
Linsheng Zhong: Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Key Laboratory of Regional Sustainable Development Modeling, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Chengcai Tang: School of Tourism Sciences, Beijing International Studies University, Beijing 100024, China
Jingwen Wang: Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Key Laboratory of Regional Sustainable Development Modeling, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Ruhan Yi: College of History and Tourism Culture, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010020, China

Land, 2024, vol. 13, issue 9, 1-22

Abstract: This study aims to investigate the cognitive mechanisms of rural residents amidst the renewal of suburban historical and cultural villages by examining the interplay between nostalgia, collective memory, subjective well-being, and place identity in rural tourism destinations. Using Naobao Village as a case study—a suburban historical and cultural village in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia—this research employs a comprehensive approach integrating experimental methods and questionnaire surveys. The findings demonstrate that analyzing the interaction among the four emotions can elucidate the cognitive mechanism of residents. Moreover, it uncovers that positive tourism effects significantly influence residents’ perception of their living environment with positive effects on collective memory, subjective well-being, and place identity. In the theoretical model for generating cognition among residents in suburban historical and cultural villages, subjective well-being and collective memory play crucial mediating roles. This study offers a novel perspective for spatial reconstruction and cultural evolution of tourist landscapes in suburban rural tourist destinations.

Keywords: suburban; historical and cultural villages; positive tourism effects; residents; cognitive mechanism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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