英文摘要 |
Battlefield heritage tourism has gained much popularity. Research on battlefield tourism, however, has yet clarified the relationships among the value pursuits, travel characteristics, and benefits derived by specific target populations. Because the narratives of war history on both sides of the strait are completely different. Therefore, this study examined data from interviews with 52 Chinese backpackers who had visited Kinmen. The means-end chain method applied to explore the tourists’ values, consequences, and attribute preferences. The research findings revealed six attributes factors, seven travel consequences, and six value pursuits that attracted the Chinese backpackers. Attaining peace cross-strait and enrich knowledge value from novelty and interpretation, which comes from visiting war museum is the main MEP, respectively. Age, gender and connected with Kinmen before affected attribute compositions, consequences, and values linkage. This study is conducive to understanding the characteristics, preferences, and value pursuits of Chinese backpackers visited Kinmen. The findings can serve as a reference for segment of nationality in terms of planning future travel. |