The aim of this paper is to empirically examine the effect of emotional solidarity, stakeholders’ attitude, stakeholders’ commitment, perceived economic benefit, and cost on the sustainable tourism development in the Iranian tourism sector. Data were collected from surveying 258 Iranian stakeholders. The analysis was completed by using Partial Least Squares—Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM). The findings show that there is a direct effect of emotional solidarity and stakeholders’ attitude on perceived economic benefit. Stakeholders’ attitude and commitment influence perceived cost, and perceived economic benefits and sustainable tourism development were highly associated. Moreover, perceived economic benefit plays the mediator role between emotional solidarity, stakeholders’ attitude, and supports sustainable tourism development. This study makes significant contributions to the body of tourism literature by confirming the link between emotional solidarity, stakeholders’ attitude, stakeholders’ commitment, perceived economic benefit and cost on support in sustainable tourism development. Furthermore, this study offers several practical implications for local authorities and tourism policies aiming to improve support and engagement in tourism planning for aiding sustainable tourism development in Iran.

With the explosive growth of global consumer needs for mobile health services, health management applications (HM APPs) have aroused extensive social attention. Most of the existing studies have been based on Expectation Confirmation Theory, whereas few studies have explored the intention of continued use of HM APPs from the technology appropriateness perspective. This study empirically analyzed the impact of behavior change techniques (BCTs) on the continuance intention (CI) of HM APPs users by using the Partial least squares structural equation model. Data were collected from a sample of 334 Chinese users. Results demonstrate that appropriate matching of BCTs plays a notable determinative role on user CI; perceived usefulness, satisfaction, and perceived switching cost (PSC) have significant positive effects on user CI and play mediating effects between BCTs and CI. It is also found that BCTs are significant predictors for user PSC, but the positive effect of satisfaction on user PSC is insignificant. This study reveals the mechanism of how BTCs influence the users’ decision on whether or not to continue using HM APPs. The proposed implications can serve as a reference for academics and practitioners. Keywords: Behavior change techniques, health management APPs, continuance intention, expectation-confirmation theory Con el crecimiento exponencial de las necesidades de los consumidores de servicios sanitarios móviles en todo el mundo, las aplicaciones de gestión sanitaria (APPs) han suscitado una amplia atención social. La mayoría de los estudios existentes se han basado en la Teoría de la Confirmación de las Expectativas, pero son escasos los que han explorado la intención de uso continuado de las APPs de salud desde la perspectiva de la adecuación tecnológica. Este estudio analizó empíricamente el impacto de las técnicas de cambio de conducta (TCC) en la intención de continuidad (IC) de los usuarios de APPs de salud utilizando el modelo de ecuaciones estructurales de mínimos cuadrados parciales. Los datos se recogieron de una muestra de 334 usuarios chinos. Los resultados demuestran que la adecuación de las TCC desempeñan un importante papel determinante en la IC del usuario; la utilidad percibida, la satisfacción y el coste de cambio percibido (PSC) tienen efectos positivos significativos en la IC del usuario y tienen efectos mediadores entre las TCC y la IC. También se observa que las TCC son predictores significativos del PSC del usuario, pero el efecto positivo de la satisfacción sobre el PSC del usuario es insignificante. Este estudio revela el mecanismo de cómo las TCCs influyen en la decisión de los usuarios de continuar o no utilizando las APPs de salud. Las implicaciones propuestas pueden servir de referencia para académicos y profesionales. Palabras clave: Técnicas de cambio de conducta, APPs de gestión de la salud, intención de permanencia, teoría de la expectativa-confirmación