Sunny Sun
Biographic Data
| ID | 3748541 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sunny Sun |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sunny |
| FAMILY NAME | Sun |
| SIGNATURE | SUN S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4508-854X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 21 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Do Sustainability Committees Mitigate or Exacerbate ESG Decoupling?
This study investigates the impact of sustainability committees (SCs) on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) decoupling in US publicly listed firms. In particular, it examines their influence on overall and dimension‐specific (E, S, G) ESG decoupling and distinguishes their effects on internal versus external ESG actions. The study also tests whether external monitoring factors, including analyst coverage, institutional ownership, and med…
Symbolic interactionism
As a symbol of cultural exchange, destination clothing experience is of great importance in the construction of tourists’ identity, especially the traditional clothing experience. In recent years, Hanfu has gradually become a representative symbol of Chinese culture, and many tourist attractions have become the initial platform of Hindu use. Nevertheless, previous research on tourism experience paid little attention to traditional clothing experi…
The Influence of Time Orientation on Infection Risk Evaluation
The outbreak of COVID-19 has offered a painful lesson to the stakeholders of the travel and hospitality industry. To speed up the recovery of the industry, practitioners need to better understand the factors that influence potential travelers’ evaluation of infection risk when traveling abroad. Hence, this study proposes time orientation (future and present orientations) as a robust determining factor. Analyzing 614 pre-pandemic and 606 mid-pande…
Tourists' perception of health tourism before and after Covid‐19
Health tourism has received increasing attention from academic researchers from a global perspective. Although mainland China (hereafter referred to as “China”) has long been recognized as a health tourism destination, its health tourism development is still in its infancy stage. Hence, to minimize the aforementioned gap, the present study explored the perception of health tourism and effective health tourism promotion methods from the perspectiv…
Exploration of Hotel Reservation Through Mobile Online Travel Agencies
The number of tourists who use smartphones to make hotel reservation is continuously increasing. Nonetheless, only a few studies have investigated the attributes to make hotel reservation via mobile devices (e.g., smartphones). Hence, the present study comprehensively evaluates the attributes to make hotel reservation through mobile online travel agencies (OTAs) based on the web function design framework to identify the perceived important attrib…
The vital role of exercise and nutrition in Covid-19 rehabilitation
Since the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the global healthcare community has faced the challenge of understanding and addressing the ongoing and multi-faceted SARS-CoV-2 infection outcomes. As millions of individuals worldwide continue to navigate the complexities of post-hospitalization recovery, reinfection rates, and the increasing prevalence of Long-COVID symptoms, comprehensive COVID-19 rehabilitation strategies are greatly needed. Previou…
An investigation of international tourist flow modelling during the pandemic
Infectious disease normally largely affects international tourist flow. For example, the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has greatly affected global tourism, and its effect is expected to extend further. As the first country in the world to detect the pandemic, how the international tourist flow to Mainland China (hereafter known as China) changes along with the COVID-19 outbreak is still underexplored. To bridge this research gap, this stu…
Impacts of mobile payment‐related attributes on consumers' repurchase intention
Although website functionality and usability have gained much attention of previous research, along with the recent development of mobile payment, payment behavior of travelers has been gradually changed. Nevertheless, limited studies have investigated the impact of mobile payment‐related functionality and usability on consumers' hotel repurchase intention. Hence, this study developed a new research framework based on the website evaluation conce…
Perception, Reaction, and Future Development of the Influence of Covid-19 on the Hospitality and Tourism Industry in China
The present study examined the perception, reaction (i.e., possible measures), and future development from the perspectives of hotel and tourism practitioners and experts to investigate the influence of coronavirus disease 2019 (i.e., COVID-19) on the hospitality and tourism industry in China. After conducting 58 in-depth interviews among hotel and tourism practitioners and experts, feasible and practical measures were proposed to reduce such inf…
Tourism crisis management
The tourism industry is an environmentally sensitive one. The recent outbreak of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) severely hit the global tourism industry. Nonetheless, future tourism development directions affected by the recent COVID-19 and feasible solutions for the recovery of the tourism industry in the existing literature were limited. Hence, this study predicts a future tourism development with detailed directions affected by the CO…
An investigation of developing smart tourism from the perspective of stakeholders
Smart tourism is a burgeoning development direction in recent decades. However, research on smart tourism development from the perspective of multi-stakeholders is limited, which is important for policymakers and suppliers. Hence, this study aims to solicit insights from smart tourism-related stakeholders to construct a framework for developing Hong Kong’s smart tourism by adopting a qualitative method. Findings reveal the necessary elements, pos…
Impact of robot hotel service on consumers’ purchase intention
As an innovative technology, robot services are now used in the tourism industry to enhance consumer experience. Despite its importance, the impact of robot applications on the purchase intention of consumers has received limited, if any, attention. Considering that purchase intention can largely lead to actual purchase behaviour, this study investigated the impact of robot hotel service on the purchase intention of consumers through an experimen…
Stakeholders’ perceptions of heritage tourism sites development in China
Although stakeholder theory has been advocated as an ideal concept for heritage tourism development, conflicts among different parties always exist. Nonetheless, a limited number of studies have addressed this issue. Hence, the present study analyses different stakeholders’ perception of the attributes regarding the development of heritage tourism sites in China and their satisfaction level. Findings discover the conflicts occurring in such devel…
An updated review of tourism-related experimental design articles
Tourism studies cover a wide range of topics, such as the heavily investigated marketing and service quality. Nevertheless, tourism-related experimental articles are lacking to a certain extent. Thus, this study examines 91 tourism-related experimental articles to determine the development trend over the past decade and provide insightful future research directions. Content analysis and a series of statistical tests are adopted to comprehensively…
Movement patterns of tourists
What Affects the Revisit Intention of Chinese Tourists to Macao
The impacts of gambling behavior and accommodation arrangement on the revisit intention of Chinese tourists have been largely ignored in a gambling destination. Hence, to comprehensively understand the aforementioned factors on the revisit intention of Chinese tourists to Macao, the present study adopted a three-step hierarchical regression analysis. The major findings showed that compared with the impact of customer satisfaction, gambling behavi…
Where do tourists stay overnight in Macau
During their trips, it is common for tourists to select their places to stay overnight. Nevertheless, along with the diversification of choices at present, tourists also select casinos, saunas, and karaoke bars. In other words, a commercial establishment may not be the default choice from the perspective of tourists. This study examines the factors that affect the accommodation/overnight stay choices of tourists in Macau and investigates the effe…
Effect of distance decay on Chinese who travel to Macau
Exploring human resource challenges in China’s tourism industry
Traditional human resource challenges are productivity-oriented, whereas the current ones are human-oriented, with the ultimate goal of enhancing organisational productivity. The most recent human resource challenges generally include labour cost and the Generation Y work force, among others. But, the main human resource challenge that the tourism industry in China, at present faces, is labour shortage. In order to comprehensively understand the …
An Investigation of Gen-Y's Online Hotel Information Search
The Internet has made searching for hotel room information and making online reservations common practices among hotel guests. Despite constantly changing consumer behavior and widespread application of online hotel information sources, limited studies have been conducted to examine the online sources used frequently by customers and the related attributes of such sources. As such, drawing from an online questionnaire survey with 205 respondents,…
Online Feedback and Attraction Management
The objective of this study was to identify the critical factors about which future visitors to attractions want information, based on online reviews. An NVivo-based content analysis was conducted using 4831 traveler reviews posted on Tripadvisor.com. In total, seven critical factors were identified: environment (e.g. hygiene and cleanliness); experience (e.g. being in good order, overcrowding); location and/or transportation (e.g. subways); pric…
An updated review of tourism-related experimental design articles
Tourism studies cover a wide range of topics, such as the heavily investigated marketing and service quality. Nevertheless, tourism-related experimental articles are lacking to a certain extent. Thus, this study examines 91 tourism-related experimental articles to determine the development trend over the past decade and provide insightful future research directions. Content analysis and a series of statistical tests are adopted to comprehensively…
Movement patterns of tourists
Impact of robot hotel service on consumers’ purchase intention
As an innovative technology, robot services are now used in the tourism industry to enhance consumer experience. Despite its importance, the impact of robot applications on the purchase intention of consumers has received limited, if any, attention. Considering that purchase intention can largely lead to actual purchase behaviour, this study investigated the impact of robot hotel service on the purchase intention of consumers through an experimen…
Stakeholders’ perceptions of heritage tourism sites development in China
Although stakeholder theory has been advocated as an ideal concept for heritage tourism development, conflicts among different parties always exist. Nonetheless, a limited number of studies have addressed this issue. Hence, the present study analyses different stakeholders’ perception of the attributes regarding the development of heritage tourism sites in China and their satisfaction level. Findings discover the conflicts occurring in such devel…
Where do tourists stay overnight in Macau
During their trips, it is common for tourists to select their places to stay overnight. Nevertheless, along with the diversification of choices at present, tourists also select casinos, saunas, and karaoke bars. In other words, a commercial establishment may not be the default choice from the perspective of tourists. This study examines the factors that affect the accommodation/overnight stay choices of tourists in Macau and investigates the effe…
An Investigation of Gen-Y's Online Hotel Information Search
The Internet has made searching for hotel room information and making online reservations common practices among hotel guests. Despite constantly changing consumer behavior and widespread application of online hotel information sources, limited studies have been conducted to examine the online sources used frequently by customers and the related attributes of such sources. As such, drawing from an online questionnaire survey with 205 respondents,…
Online Feedback and Attraction Management
The objective of this study was to identify the critical factors about which future visitors to attractions want information, based on online reviews. An NVivo-based content analysis was conducted using 4831 traveler reviews posted on Tripadvisor.com. In total, seven critical factors were identified: environment (e.g. hygiene and cleanliness); experience (e.g. being in good order, overcrowding); location and/or transportation (e.g. subways); pric…
What Affects the Revisit Intention of Chinese Tourists to Macao
The impacts of gambling behavior and accommodation arrangement on the revisit intention of Chinese tourists have been largely ignored in a gambling destination. Hence, to comprehensively understand the aforementioned factors on the revisit intention of Chinese tourists to Macao, the present study adopted a three-step hierarchical regression analysis. The major findings showed that compared with the impact of customer satisfaction, gambling behavi…
Effect of distance decay on Chinese who travel to Macau
Exploring human resource challenges in China’s tourism industry
Traditional human resource challenges are productivity-oriented, whereas the current ones are human-oriented, with the ultimate goal of enhancing organisational productivity. The most recent human resource challenges generally include labour cost and the Generation Y work force, among others. But, the main human resource challenge that the tourism industry in China, at present faces, is labour shortage. In order to comprehensively understand the …
An Investigation of Gen-Y's Online Hotel Information Search
The Internet has made searching for hotel room information and making online reservations common practices among hotel guests. Despite constantly changing consumer behavior and widespread application of online hotel information sources, limited studies have been conducted to examine the online sources used frequently by customers and the related attributes of such sources. As such, drawing from an online questionnaire survey with 205 respondents,…
Online Feedback and Attraction Management
The objective of this study was to identify the critical factors about which future visitors to attractions want information, based on online reviews. An NVivo-based content analysis was conducted using 4831 traveler reviews posted on Tripadvisor.com. In total, seven critical factors were identified: environment (e.g. hygiene and cleanliness); experience (e.g. being in good order, overcrowding); location and/or transportation (e.g. subways); pric…
Exploring human resource challenges in China’s tourism industry
Traditional human resource challenges are productivity-oriented, whereas the current ones are human-oriented, with the ultimate goal of enhancing organisational productivity. The most recent human resource challenges generally include labour cost and the Generation Y work force, among others. But, the main human resource challenge that the tourism industry in China, at present faces, is labour shortage. In order to comprehensively understand the …
What Affects the Revisit Intention of Chinese Tourists to Macao
The impacts of gambling behavior and accommodation arrangement on the revisit intention of Chinese tourists have been largely ignored in a gambling destination. Hence, to comprehensively understand the aforementioned factors on the revisit intention of Chinese tourists to Macao, the present study adopted a three-step hierarchical regression analysis. The major findings showed that compared with the impact of customer satisfaction, gambling behavi…
Where do tourists stay overnight in Macau
During their trips, it is common for tourists to select their places to stay overnight. Nevertheless, along with the diversification of choices at present, tourists also select casinos, saunas, and karaoke bars. In other words, a commercial establishment may not be the default choice from the perspective of tourists. This study examines the factors that affect the accommodation/overnight stay choices of tourists in Macau and investigates the effe…
Effect of distance decay on Chinese who travel to Macau
An updated review of tourism-related experimental design articles
Tourism studies cover a wide range of topics, such as the heavily investigated marketing and service quality. Nevertheless, tourism-related experimental articles are lacking to a certain extent. Thus, this study examines 91 tourism-related experimental articles to determine the development trend over the past decade and provide insightful future research directions. Content analysis and a series of statistical tests are adopted to comprehensively…
Movement patterns of tourists
Impact of robot hotel service on consumers’ purchase intention
As an innovative technology, robot services are now used in the tourism industry to enhance consumer experience. Despite its importance, the impact of robot applications on the purchase intention of consumers has received limited, if any, attention. Considering that purchase intention can largely lead to actual purchase behaviour, this study investigated the impact of robot hotel service on the purchase intention of consumers through an experimen…
Stakeholders’ perceptions of heritage tourism sites development in China
Although stakeholder theory has been advocated as an ideal concept for heritage tourism development, conflicts among different parties always exist. Nonetheless, a limited number of studies have addressed this issue. Hence, the present study analyses different stakeholders’ perception of the attributes regarding the development of heritage tourism sites in China and their satisfaction level. Findings discover the conflicts occurring in such devel…
Tourism crisis management
The tourism industry is an environmentally sensitive one. The recent outbreak of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) severely hit the global tourism industry. Nonetheless, future tourism development directions affected by the recent COVID-19 and feasible solutions for the recovery of the tourism industry in the existing literature were limited. Hence, this study predicts a future tourism development with detailed directions affected by the CO…
An investigation of developing smart tourism from the perspective of stakeholders
Smart tourism is a burgeoning development direction in recent decades. However, research on smart tourism development from the perspective of multi-stakeholders is limited, which is important for policymakers and suppliers. Hence, this study aims to solicit insights from smart tourism-related stakeholders to construct a framework for developing Hong Kong’s smart tourism by adopting a qualitative method. Findings reveal the necessary elements, pos…
An investigation of international tourist flow modelling during the pandemic
Infectious disease normally largely affects international tourist flow. For example, the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has greatly affected global tourism, and its effect is expected to extend further. As the first country in the world to detect the pandemic, how the international tourist flow to Mainland China (hereafter known as China) changes along with the COVID-19 outbreak is still underexplored. To bridge this research gap, this stu…
Impacts of mobile payment‐related attributes on consumers' repurchase intention
Although website functionality and usability have gained much attention of previous research, along with the recent development of mobile payment, payment behavior of travelers has been gradually changed. Nevertheless, limited studies have investigated the impact of mobile payment‐related functionality and usability on consumers' hotel repurchase intention. Hence, this study developed a new research framework based on the website evaluation conce…
Perception, Reaction, and Future Development of the Influence of Covid-19 on the Hospitality and Tourism Industry in China
The present study examined the perception, reaction (i.e., possible measures), and future development from the perspectives of hotel and tourism practitioners and experts to investigate the influence of coronavirus disease 2019 (i.e., COVID-19) on the hospitality and tourism industry in China. After conducting 58 in-depth interviews among hotel and tourism practitioners and experts, feasible and practical measures were proposed to reduce such inf…
The vital role of exercise and nutrition in Covid-19 rehabilitation
Since the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the global healthcare community has faced the challenge of understanding and addressing the ongoing and multi-faceted SARS-CoV-2 infection outcomes. As millions of individuals worldwide continue to navigate the complexities of post-hospitalization recovery, reinfection rates, and the increasing prevalence of Long-COVID symptoms, comprehensive COVID-19 rehabilitation strategies are greatly needed. Previou…
Tourists' perception of health tourism before and after Covid‐19
Health tourism has received increasing attention from academic researchers from a global perspective. Although mainland China (hereafter referred to as “China”) has long been recognized as a health tourism destination, its health tourism development is still in its infancy stage. Hence, to minimize the aforementioned gap, the present study explored the perception of health tourism and effective health tourism promotion methods from the perspectiv…
Exploration of Hotel Reservation Through Mobile Online Travel Agencies
The number of tourists who use smartphones to make hotel reservation is continuously increasing. Nonetheless, only a few studies have investigated the attributes to make hotel reservation via mobile devices (e.g., smartphones). Hence, the present study comprehensively evaluates the attributes to make hotel reservation through mobile online travel agencies (OTAs) based on the web function design framework to identify the perceived important attrib…
Symbolic interactionism
As a symbol of cultural exchange, destination clothing experience is of great importance in the construction of tourists’ identity, especially the traditional clothing experience. In recent years, Hanfu has gradually become a representative symbol of Chinese culture, and many tourist attractions have become the initial platform of Hindu use. Nevertheless, previous research on tourism experience paid little attention to traditional clothing experi…
The Influence of Time Orientation on Infection Risk Evaluation
The outbreak of COVID-19 has offered a painful lesson to the stakeholders of the travel and hospitality industry. To speed up the recovery of the industry, practitioners need to better understand the factors that influence potential travelers’ evaluation of infection risk when traveling abroad. Hence, this study proposes time orientation (future and present orientations) as a robust determining factor. Analyzing 614 pre-pandemic and 606 mid-pande…
Do Sustainability Committees Mitigate or Exacerbate ESG Decoupling?
This study investigates the impact of sustainability committees (SCs) on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) decoupling in US publicly listed firms. In particular, it examines their influence on overall and dimension‐specific (E, S, G) ESG decoupling and distinguishes their effects on internal versus external ESG actions. The study also tests whether external monitoring factors, including analyst coverage, institutional ownership, and med…
Business (18 works) · Marketing (17 works) · Tourism (17 works) · Digital Marketing and Social Media (11 works) · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (11 works) · Geography (11 works) · Advertising (10 works) · Psychology (9 works) · China (7 works) · Computer Science (7 works)