TY - JOUR
T1 - Flow in soundscape
T2 - the conceptualization of soundscape flow experience and its relationship with soundscape perception and behaviour intention in tourism destinations
AU - Lu, You Hai
AU - Zhang, Jie
AU - Zhang, Honglei
AU - Xiao, Xiao
AU - Liu, Peixue
AU - Zhuang, Min
AU - Hu, Meng
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China: [grant number 41571136, 41971173].
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - The soundscape is an essential type of attraction in tourism destinations. Music can serve as a significant tourist attraction that makes people immersed in it. Similarly, while tourists linger in the leisure and recreation environment, they may have a flow experience of the soundscape in tourism attractions. Yet, there is little research about the relationship between tourists’ perception of soundscape and flow experience. Taking Lijiang old town, a world heritage site, as an example, this study explored the dimensions of tourists’ perception of soundscape and soundscape flow experience and examined the influence of soundscape perception on soundscape flow experience. The results indicate that soundscape perception includes three dimensions: preference, comfort, and richness. The flow experience of soundscape is a second-order construct in this research, which contains four dimensions: time distortion, control, enjoyment, and concentration. Besides, preference and richness positively influence flow experience, and flow experience contributes to behavioural intention, whereas comfort does not significantly affect flow experience. This study applied flow theory to soundscape research, which enriches the study of soundscape experience. This study has also provided management strategies for tourism destinations to improve the quality of the soundscape experience.
AB - The soundscape is an essential type of attraction in tourism destinations. Music can serve as a significant tourist attraction that makes people immersed in it. Similarly, while tourists linger in the leisure and recreation environment, they may have a flow experience of the soundscape in tourism attractions. Yet, there is little research about the relationship between tourists’ perception of soundscape and flow experience. Taking Lijiang old town, a world heritage site, as an example, this study explored the dimensions of tourists’ perception of soundscape and soundscape flow experience and examined the influence of soundscape perception on soundscape flow experience. The results indicate that soundscape perception includes three dimensions: preference, comfort, and richness. The flow experience of soundscape is a second-order construct in this research, which contains four dimensions: time distortion, control, enjoyment, and concentration. Besides, preference and richness positively influence flow experience, and flow experience contributes to behavioural intention, whereas comfort does not significantly affect flow experience. This study applied flow theory to soundscape research, which enriches the study of soundscape experience. This study has also provided management strategies for tourism destinations to improve the quality of the soundscape experience.
KW - Lijiang old town
KW - Soundscape
KW - destination
KW - flow experience
KW - music heritage
KW - tourist perception
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U2 - 10.1080/13683500.2021.1922363
DO - 10.1080/13683500.2021.1922363
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85105891400
SN - 1368-3500
VL - 25
SP - 2090
EP - 2108
JO - Current Issues in Tourism
JF - Current Issues in Tourism
IS - 13
ER -