In line with the above reasoning, when a similar other posts a luxury travel experience on SNSs, an upward social comparison is more likely to be activated and aspirational consumption (i.e., destination visit intention) is more likely to be inspired among focal individuals who have lower trait self-esteem. However, when the focal consumer possesses high self-esteem and is more immune to the threatening effects of upward social comparison, the luxuriousness of shared travel experience will not influence his or her destination visit intention. On the contrary, if the travel experience is shared by a dissimilar other, lack of self-relevance will impede the social comparison process, and the interaction effect of experience luxuriousness and trait self-esteem on destination visit intention will be attenuated. Therefore, the first hypothesis is proposed as:
In line with the above reasoning, when a similar other posts a luxury travel experience on SNSs, an upward social comparison is more likely to be activated and aspirational consumption (i.e., destination visit intention) is more likely to be inspired among focal individuals who have lower trait self-esteem. However, when the focal consumer possesses high self-esteem and is more immune to the threatening effects of upward social comparison, the luxuriousness of shared travel experience will not influence his or her destination visit intention. On the contrary, if the travel experience is shared by a dissimilar other, lack of self-relevance will impede the social comparison process, and the interaction effect of experience luxuriousness and trait self-esteem on destination visit intention will be attenuated. Therefore, the first hypothesis is proposed as:
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