Visitors' engagement and authenticity : Japanese heritage consumption

Bryce, Derek and Curran, Ross and O'Gorman, Kevin and Taheri, Babak (2015) Visitors' engagement and authenticity : Japanese heritage consumption. Tourism Management, 46. pp. 571-581. ISSN 0261-5177 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2014.08.012)

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Abstract

Understanding the sense of authenticity of heritage attractions is important for tourism management and marketing because presentation, interpretation and verification has a direct bearing on motivations to visit and engage with heritage tourism sites. This paper establishes relationships among the concepts of culturally specific motivation, perception of authenticity, engagement and attendant behavioral consequences based on domestic visitors' experiences at Japanese heritage sites. It further extends Kolar and Zabkar's (2010) model of authenticity by including concepts of serious leisure, heritage related behaviors, self-connection and their effects over engagement using Partial Least Square, whereby both formative and reflective scales are included. The structural model is tested with a sample of 768 visitors in a culturally specific setting of Japanese heritage sites. The empirical validation of the conceptual model supports the research hypotheses. These findings contribute to a better understanding of visitors' perceptions and valuation of authenticity in Japanese tourist attractions. Several implications can be drawn from the study findings and interesting directions for future research are provided.

  • Item type:Article
    ID code:49081
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    28 February 2015
    Published
    14 September 2014
    Published Online
    11 August 2014
    Accepted
    Notes:NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Tourism Management. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Tourism Management, [VOL46, (01/02/15)] DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2014.08.012¨
    Subjects:Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > Recreation Leisure
    Social Sciences > Commerce > Marketing. Distribution of products
    Department:Strathclyde Business School > Marketing
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:22 Aug 2014 15:48
    Last modified:19 Apr 2024 13:58
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/49081
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