Tourism network public opinion events have an important impact on
the economic benefits and reputation of tourist destinations. Therefore, how to
effectively guide the network public opinion of tourism network opinion events
so as to reduce the negative impacts is critical to tourism crisis management.
However, there are very few researches explored the psychological mechanism
of public opinion guidance of tourism network public opinion events. In order
to amend this gap of knowledge and provide theoretical instruction for the
tourism practice, the present research conducted a series of questionnaire
surveys to reveal the factors and its influence paths affecting public opinion
guidance. The results of questionnaire surveys indicated that: the credibility
and transparency of public opinion guidance, and the rationality of results of
handling tourism public opinion event could positively affect the guidance effect
of public opinion, and which was the strongest factor that influenced guidance
effect. Finally, the practical implication of this research is discussed.