Linking accessibility, transportation satisfaction, and destination satisfaction: Evidence from a ten-year longitudinal study in Xishuangbanna, China

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Travel Behaviour and Society Pub Date : 2025-09-15 DOI:10.1016/j.tbs.2025.101130

Ying ZHAO , Yixuan HE , Jigang BAO

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Abstract

Transportation is crucial for shaping tourist experiences and subsequent destination satisfaction. While previous research has examined the influence of transportation infrastructure improvements on transportation satisfaction, a significant gap regarding the dynamic impact of evolving accessibility on tourists’ overall satisfaction remains. Thus, this study addresses this gap by investigating the interrelationships among accessibility, transportation satisfaction, and destination satisfaction via a unique ten-year longitudinal dataset (2015–2025) derived from questionnaire surveys conducted in Xishuangbanna, China. The research specifically examines improvements in two key transport modes—high-speed railways (HSR) and expressways. The findings reveal that increased accessibility positively influences destination satisfaction, with transportation satisfaction acting as a mediating factor. However, the nature and strength of these relationships vary significantly across the two transport modes. Concurrent improvements in HSR and expressways increase destination satisfaction, with transportation satisfaction operating as a full mediator. Conversely, improvements in HSR accessibility alone enhance destination satisfaction partially through transportation satisfaction, whereas improvements in expressway accessibility alone enhance destination satisfaction directly.

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链接可达性、交通满意度和目的地满意度：来自中国西双版纳十年纵向研究的证据

交通对于塑造游客体验和随后的目的地满意度至关重要。虽然以前的研究已经考察了交通基础设施改善对交通满意度的影响，但在可达性变化对游客整体满意度的动态影响方面仍然存在重大差距。因此，本研究通过一个独特的十年纵向数据集（2015-2025）来调查可达性、交通满意度和目的地满意度之间的相互关系，从而解决了这一差距。该数据集来自中国西双版纳进行的问卷调查。该研究特别考察了两种主要交通方式——高速铁路（HSR）和高速公路的改进。结果表明，可达性的提高对目的地满意度有正向影响，交通满意度起中介作用。然而，这些关系的性质和强度在两种运输方式之间差别很大。高铁和高速公路的同步改进提高了目的地满意度，交通满意度作为一个完全的中介。相反，单独提高高铁可达性部分地通过交通满意度提高目的地满意度，而单独提高高速公路可达性直接提高目的地满意度。

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Travel Behaviour and Society TRANSPORTATION-

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9.80

自引率

7.70%

发文量

109

期刊介绍： Travel Behaviour and Society is an interdisciplinary journal publishing high-quality original papers which report leading edge research in theories, methodologies and applications concerning transportation issues and challenges which involve the social and spatial dimensions. In particular, it provides a discussion forum for major research in travel behaviour, transportation infrastructure, transportation and environmental issues, mobility and social sustainability, transportation geographic information systems (TGIS), transportation and quality of life, transportation data collection and analysis, etc.