Zhong, Lina, Yang, Liyu, Morrison, Alastair ORCID: 0000-0002-0754-1083 , Zhu, Mengyao, Nguyen, Hai ORCID: 0000-0003-1826-4904 and Lang, Weijie (2023) Who wears Hanfu clothing when they travel? Experience-based cultural tourism market segmentation – the case of Xi'an, China. Current Issues in Tourism. ISSN 1368-3500 (Print), 1747-7603 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2023.2185504)

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Abstract

The Han culture is the Chinese national culture as well as a significant part of the world's costuming heritage. However, Han clothes (Hanfu) are little known outside of China. This research selected Xi'an, a famous historical city, as the case to collect data using the survey questionnaire method. Factor analysis explored the variables involved in the cultural tourism experiences of wearing Hanfu clothing. Two-step clustering was used to prepare a market segmentation of this form of cultural tourism. The experience of wearing Hanfu clothing was influenced by the five factors of entertainment, aesthetics, culture, escape, and cosplay (costume play). Tourists who wore Hanfu clothing while travelling were classified into the four types of immersive cultural, aesthetic experience, culturally refined, and passing tourists. These groups had dissimilar sociodemographic characteristics and experience priorities. This research expands the knowledge on Hanfu clothing and cultural tourism experiences and provides insights for the management of cultural tourism destinations.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	cultural tourism; Hanfu clothing; tourism experiences; cosplay market segmentation
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GT Manners and customs H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Business Faculty of Business > Department of Marketing, Events & Tourism Faculty of Business > Tourism Research Centre
Last Modified:	15 Oct 2024 01:38
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/41354

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