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While place attachment has been a hot research topic in tourism, place meanings generally have received less attention from researchers. By bridging environmental psychology to the context of tourism, this research employs schema theory to explore how the home environment influences place meanings perceived in foreign destinations by tourists belonging to the same cultural group, i.e., Chinese and Macau outbound tourists in Europe. Semi-structured interviews were conducted, and the findings show that there is much overlap in both groups' place meanings regarding Europe as they are culturally Chinese. Nonetheless, the Portuguese symbolic settings of their home environment are profoundly integrated in the Macau interviewees' autobiographical memories and self-identity, which turns them into "vicarious insiders" of Portugal prior to their actual visits, thus rendering Portugal a specifically meaningful destination. This study makes theoretical contributions to the tourism place literature and provides practical implications regarding meaning marketing for destination management organizations.

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Vicarious experiences in tourism possess significant marketing implications. While numerous studies have explored how various forms of vicarious experiences can impact an individual, the role of different time spans as a key factor determining the extent of said impact has been neglected in prior research. To address this gap, the present study thus bridges environmental psychology with the context of tourism and applies the theory of mental representations. An experiment (n = 359) was designed to examine differences in select mental representation dimensions (cognitive, affective, conative, and sensorial) among male and female Chinese college students who have zero/medium/maximum durations of constant vicarious experiences related to European destinations in their home environment. The results indicate that the medium duration of constant vicarious experiences leads to the most positive changes in cognitive and conative dimensions, while the longest constant vicarious experiences produce desirable affective dimension outcomes. Moreover, male college students seem to be more susceptible to the influences of such constant vicarious experiences.

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To strengthen theoretical and practical understanding of consumers' perceptions of luxury brands, previous literature has scrutinized the financial, functional, individual, and social dimensions of the luxury value construct. However, few authors have focused on linking the antecedent dimensions of luxury value to further attitudinal outcomes, besides purchase intention. Also, the few studies considering both dimensions focused on age or culture as moderator dimensions between such constructs. The gap identified in the literature constitutes the originality of the present study. As a result, the main goal of the present work is to measure the impact of luxury value perceptions in customer-based outcomes, as well as the possible moderator effect of Artificial Intelligence and Emotional Intelligence in the relationship between Owner Based Luxury Value and customer-based outcomes. Therefore, a quantitative methodological approach will be employed, through the development of a questionnaire.