Ganghua Chen
Biographic Data
| ID | 3984858 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ganghua Chen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ganghua |
| FAMILY NAME | Chen |
| SIGNATURE | CHEN G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Sun Yat-sen University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4312-3636 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 90 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Steering change: Universities and adaptive rural tourism in Azheke, China
This paper advances a critical rethinking of rural tourism governance by foregrounding its affective, relational, and negotiated dimensions. Drawing on seven years of embedded autoethnographic fieldwork in Azheke Village, a UNESCO-listed Hani settlement in Yunnan, China, we examine the role of universities as deeply implicated actors in the co-production of alternative governance regimes. It situates governance not as a technocratic exercise in i…
Tourism zoning failures: Implications for protected area land-use planning
Reassessing Global Rankings: A critical review of ShanghaiRanking’s GRAS in Tourism and Hospitality
Crafting a Fear Atmosphere in a Ritual Performance: A Q-Method Approach
Fear atmospheres in fearscapes serve as crucial catalysts for tourists’ “thrill-seeking pleasure.” While prevailing atmosphere research predominantly emphasizes producer logic and receiver embodiment, research on atmosphere construction logic from the audience perspective thus demands urgent scholarly advancement. Focusing on Shaanxi’s intangible cultural heritage Xue Shehuo, we employ Q methodology and ethnography to deconstruct tourists’ atmosp…
Preference for vaccinated venues: The roles of belief in Covid-19 vaccine adoption rate and side effects
This research examined the roles of individuals’ beliefs in COVID-19 vaccine adoption rate and side effects on their preferences for visiting vaccinated venues based on protection motivation theory and health belief model. An experiment of 345 adults in Peru, a popular tourism country heavily hit by COVID-19, revealed that individuals in the no ‘herd immunity’ condition and individuals in the ‘no evidence of side effects’ condition preferred vacc…
Travel for Affection: A Stimulus-Organism-Response Model of Honeymoon Tourism Experiences
Taking stimuli-organism-response theory as a conceptual framework, this study advances theoretical understanding of the honeymoon tourism experience (HTE) by examining its empirical linkages with key constructs underlying the wider nomological network within which it is situated, including perceived destination attributes (PDAs), memorable tourism experiences (MTEs), emotions, overall satisfaction, and behavioral intentions. We adopted a sequenti…
In search of fresher air: The influence of relative air quality on vacationers' perceptions of destinations' restorative qualities
This study aimed to unveil the effects of relative air quality on vacationers' perceived destination restorative qualities. Using survey‐based data and second‐hand air quality data, our regression results showed a higher level of relative air pollution was associated with vacationers' lower evaluations of a destination's “physically away” quality. These effects were moderated by the number of visits to the destination and travel distance. We foun…
Forty Years of China Tourism Research: Reflections and Prospects
This editorial paper provides some contextual knowledge for readers to have a better understanding of the issues covered in the special issue articles. A brief review of the evolution of tourism research in China was provided first, followed by some discussions of pertinent issues like research grants, journal publications, researcher generational shift, and overseas researchers’ involvement in China tourism studies. This paper also briefs on som…
Understanding Chinese tourists' perceptions of Cantonese as a regional dialect
Not losing our collective face: Social identity and Chinese tourists' reflections on uncivilised behaviour
Emotional responses toward Tourism Performing Arts Development: A comparison of urban and rural residents in China
Listen to the voices from home: An analysis of Chinese tourists’ sentiments regarding Australian destinations
Impact of crisis events on Chinese outbound tourist flow: A framework for post-events growth
China Tourism Research: A Review of Publications from Four Top International Journals
Two-hundred and fifty-seven research articles on China tourism published between 1979 and 2015 in four leading international tourism journals (i.e. Annals of Tourism Research, Journal of Sustainable Tourism, Journal of Travel Research and Tourism Management) were reviewed to delineate the status of China tourism research and indicate areas for future academic inquiry. The most common research themes within the body of literature reviewed were ide…
Evolution of Tourism Research in China after the Millennium: Changes in Research Themes, Methods, and Researchers
This study aims to examine the evolution of tourism research in China after the millennium in terms of research themes, methods/methodologies, and researcher profiles. Reviewing 2,078 research articles published in the leading Chinese tourism journal Tourism Tribune, the study identified a transition of focus from industry supply issues to market demand/consumer behavior issues in research themes; quantitative studies adopting positivism/post-pos…
Toward a theory of backpacker personal development: Cross-cultural validation of the BPD scale
Tourism Research in China: Themes and Issues
This book provides critical in-depth reviews on key themes and issues in tourism research in China. These themes include: Chinese scholars’ epistemological views of tourism, rural tourism development, community participation in tourism, tourist market and behaviour, tourist attraction management and tour guiding and interpretation in China.
Segmenting Chinese Backpackers by Travel Motivations
This study examined travel motivations of Chinese backpackers and classified Chinese backpackers according to their travel motivations and related demographics. The study identified four motivation factors driving Chinese backpacker travels: social interaction, self‐actualization, destination experience and escape and relaxation . K ‐means cluster analysis further identified three distinct Chinese backpacker segments with different travel motivat…
Tourism research in China: Insights from insiders
Path dependence in the evolution of resort governance models in China
Governance models have attracted growing academic interest in the recent literature on resort development. In transitional China, resort governance models have been evolving in step with the country's marketization and modernization. This paper reports on a case study of the governance models relating to the Yalong Bay National Tourist Resort (YBNTR), one of China's most famous resort destinations. Two approaches to data collection were used in t…
Not losing our collective face: Social identity and Chinese tourists' reflections on uncivilised behaviour
Impact of crisis events on Chinese outbound tourist flow: A framework for post-events growth
Listen to the voices from home: An analysis of Chinese tourists’ sentiments regarding Australian destinations
Tourism research in China: Insights from insiders
Emotional responses toward Tourism Performing Arts Development: A comparison of urban and rural residents in China
Toward a theory of backpacker personal development: Cross-cultural validation of the BPD scale
Path dependence in the evolution of resort governance models in China
Governance models have attracted growing academic interest in the recent literature on resort development. In transitional China, resort governance models have been evolving in step with the country's marketization and modernization. This paper reports on a case study of the governance models relating to the Yalong Bay National Tourist Resort (YBNTR), one of China's most famous resort destinations. Two approaches to data collection were used in t…
Understanding Chinese tourists' perceptions of Cantonese as a regional dialect
Segmenting Chinese Backpackers by Travel Motivations
This study examined travel motivations of Chinese backpackers and classified Chinese backpackers according to their travel motivations and related demographics. The study identified four motivation factors driving Chinese backpacker travels: social interaction, self‐actualization, destination experience and escape and relaxation . K ‐means cluster analysis further identified three distinct Chinese backpacker segments with different travel motivat…
Tourism research in China: Insights from insiders
Path dependence in the evolution of resort governance models in China
Governance models have attracted growing academic interest in the recent literature on resort development. In transitional China, resort governance models have been evolving in step with the country's marketization and modernization. This paper reports on a case study of the governance models relating to the Yalong Bay National Tourist Resort (YBNTR), one of China's most famous resort destinations. Two approaches to data collection were used in t…
Tourism Research in China: Themes and Issues
This book provides critical in-depth reviews on key themes and issues in tourism research in China. These themes include: Chinese scholars’ epistemological views of tourism, rural tourism development, community participation in tourism, tourist market and behaviour, tourist attraction management and tour guiding and interpretation in China.
Toward a theory of backpacker personal development: Cross-cultural validation of the BPD scale
China Tourism Research: A Review of Publications from Four Top International Journals
Two-hundred and fifty-seven research articles on China tourism published between 1979 and 2015 in four leading international tourism journals (i.e. Annals of Tourism Research, Journal of Sustainable Tourism, Journal of Travel Research and Tourism Management) were reviewed to delineate the status of China tourism research and indicate areas for future academic inquiry. The most common research themes within the body of literature reviewed were ide…
Evolution of Tourism Research in China after the Millennium: Changes in Research Themes, Methods, and Researchers
This study aims to examine the evolution of tourism research in China after the millennium in terms of research themes, methods/methodologies, and researcher profiles. Reviewing 2,078 research articles published in the leading Chinese tourism journal Tourism Tribune, the study identified a transition of focus from industry supply issues to market demand/consumer behavior issues in research themes; quantitative studies adopting positivism/post-pos…
Forty Years of China Tourism Research: Reflections and Prospects
This editorial paper provides some contextual knowledge for readers to have a better understanding of the issues covered in the special issue articles. A brief review of the evolution of tourism research in China was provided first, followed by some discussions of pertinent issues like research grants, journal publications, researcher generational shift, and overseas researchers’ involvement in China tourism studies. This paper also briefs on som…
Understanding Chinese tourists' perceptions of Cantonese as a regional dialect
Not losing our collective face: Social identity and Chinese tourists' reflections on uncivilised behaviour
Emotional responses toward Tourism Performing Arts Development: A comparison of urban and rural residents in China
Listen to the voices from home: An analysis of Chinese tourists’ sentiments regarding Australian destinations
Impact of crisis events on Chinese outbound tourist flow: A framework for post-events growth
In search of fresher air: The influence of relative air quality on vacationers' perceptions of destinations' restorative qualities
This study aimed to unveil the effects of relative air quality on vacationers' perceived destination restorative qualities. Using survey‐based data and second‐hand air quality data, our regression results showed a higher level of relative air pollution was associated with vacationers' lower evaluations of a destination's “physically away” quality. These effects were moderated by the number of visits to the destination and travel distance. We foun…
Travel for Affection: A Stimulus-Organism-Response Model of Honeymoon Tourism Experiences
Taking stimuli-organism-response theory as a conceptual framework, this study advances theoretical understanding of the honeymoon tourism experience (HTE) by examining its empirical linkages with key constructs underlying the wider nomological network within which it is situated, including perceived destination attributes (PDAs), memorable tourism experiences (MTEs), emotions, overall satisfaction, and behavioral intentions. We adopted a sequenti…
Preference for vaccinated venues: The roles of belief in Covid-19 vaccine adoption rate and side effects
This research examined the roles of individuals’ beliefs in COVID-19 vaccine adoption rate and side effects on their preferences for visiting vaccinated venues based on protection motivation theory and health belief model. An experiment of 345 adults in Peru, a popular tourism country heavily hit by COVID-19, revealed that individuals in the no ‘herd immunity’ condition and individuals in the ‘no evidence of side effects’ condition preferred vacc…
Crafting a Fear Atmosphere in a Ritual Performance: A Q-Method Approach
Fear atmospheres in fearscapes serve as crucial catalysts for tourists’ “thrill-seeking pleasure.” While prevailing atmosphere research predominantly emphasizes producer logic and receiver embodiment, research on atmosphere construction logic from the audience perspective thus demands urgent scholarly advancement. Focusing on Shaanxi’s intangible cultural heritage Xue Shehuo, we employ Q methodology and ethnography to deconstruct tourists’ atmosp…
Steering change: Universities and adaptive rural tourism in Azheke, China
This paper advances a critical rethinking of rural tourism governance by foregrounding its affective, relational, and negotiated dimensions. Drawing on seven years of embedded autoethnographic fieldwork in Azheke Village, a UNESCO-listed Hani settlement in Yunnan, China, we examine the role of universities as deeply implicated actors in the co-production of alternative governance regimes. It situates governance not as a technocratic exercise in i…
Tourism zoning failures: Implications for protected area land-use planning
Reassessing Global Rankings: A critical review of ShanghaiRanking’s GRAS in Tourism and Hospitality
Tourism (18 works) · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (15 works) · Geography (12 works) · China (11 works) · Political science (11 works) · Business (10 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Hospitality and Tourism Education (7 works) · Marketing (6 works)