Abstract:
【Objectives】 This study aimed to explore and harness the aesthetic, cultural, and health values of bamboo forest landscapes, thereby enhancing tourists' overall aesthetic experiences and promoting the improvement of aesthetic quality in such landscapes. 【Method】 Taking the Southern Sichuan Bamboo Sea as the study area, a covariance-based structural equation model was employed to examine the influence of tourists' aesthetic perception of the bamboo forest on their overall satisfaction with the landscape. 【Results】 The findings revealed a significant positive correlation between tourists' aesthetic perception of color, shape, and layer in the bamboo forest landscape and their overall satisfaction with the scenery. Visual effects resulting from color and shape beauty and smell effects arising from taste beauty contributed significantly to tourists’ aesthetic appreciation. Among these factors, color beauty emerged as the core driving force affecting the overall aesthetic appeal of the bamboo forest landscape, while sound beauty exhibited a negative relationship with tourists' overall satisfaction. 【Conclusions】 During the design and development of the bamboo forest landscape, the Southern Sichuan Bamboo Sea must fully respect and consider tourists' aesthetic preferences concerning color beauty, taste beauty, and shape beauty. The research results provided valuable insights for the evaluation and management decisions of other types of nature conservation landscapes.