The Effects of a Virtual Reality Tourism Experience on Tourist’s Cultural Dissemination Behavior

Yanfang Zeng, Lihua Liu and Rui Xu
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Yanfang Zeng: College of Tourism, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350117, China
Lihua Liu: School of Economics and Management, Fujian Polytechnic Normal University, Fuqing 350300, China
Rui Xu: College of Computer Science and Mathematics, Fujian University of Technology, Fuzhou 350118, China

Tourism and Hospitality, 2022, vol. 3, issue 1, 1-16

Abstract: Virtual reality technology has been widely applied in the tourism industry, but the literature examining the relationship between the virtual tourism experience and cultural dissemination behavior is limited. This present study examines how a virtual reality tourism experience could stimulate tourists’ cultural dissemination behavior intention. It does so by developing a moderated mediation model to explore how virtual reality tourism uses digital technology to improve tourists’ experiential value, enhances their pride, and then affects their cultural dissemination behavior intentions. Results derived from a sample of 359 respondents show that VR experiential value can stimulate tourists’ cultural dissemination behavior and that the link between VR experiential value and tourists’ cultural dissemination behavior is mediated by pride. Furthermore, the cultural value of individual collectivism moderates the relationship between VR experiential value and pride. This study extends the theoretical understanding of virtual reality tourism from the emotional perspective and also has practical implications for VR design and destination marketing.

Keywords: VR experiential value; pride; cultural dissemination; individual collectivism; the emotion appraisal theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Z3 Z30 Z31 Z32 Z33 Z38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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