The data utilized in the article "An Empirical Study on the Relationship between Perceived Spatial Elements of Chinese Tourist Destinations and Tourists' Environmental Empathy"

This data survey was conducted in 2024 and was used for the research project "An empirical study on the relationship between spatial elements perception in Chinese Tourism Destinations and tourists' environmental empathy". It included data from 457 valid questionnaires collected from Chinese tourists. paper‘ abstract: The environment of the tourist destination is inextricably linked to tourist attitudes. May tourists' environmental empathy ideologies have changed in tourist destinations that are different from their everyday environments? Does the perception of spatial elements in tourist destinations affect tourists' environmental empathy? Few studies have been conducted in this area, and this paper attempts to introduce the perception of spatial elements into the perspective of tourism research and expand the research perspective of environmental perception in tourism destinations, so as to better understand the impact of destination space on tourists at the individual level.Based on this, this paper puts forward seven hypotheses through questionnaire survey method, with the perception of spatial elements of tourism destination as the independent variable, environmental empathy as the dependent variable, and altruistic value as the moderating variable. Data analysis and hypothesis testing of 457 valid questionnaire survey samples led to the following conclusions:(1) The perception of the six dimensions of the spatial elements of tourist destinations has a significant positive effect on the environmental empathy of tourists. (2) Altruistic values have a partially positive moderating effect in the relationship between the perception of spatial elements of tourist destinations and tourists' environmental empathy. The stronger the altruistic value is, the greater the influence of tourists on environmental empathy through the perception of complexity, consistency, legibility and sustainability of spatial elements in tourist destinations.However, altruistic value does not have a positive moderating effect on the relationship between the mystery perception, functional maintenance perception of spatial elements in tourist destinations, and tourists' environmental empathy. This study provides designers and operators of tourist destinations with a perspective of environmental scrutiny from the perspective of tourists. During the development and operation of tourist destinations, conveying more environmental concepts to tourists through environmental elements and spatial design can help shape the environmental image of tourist destinations and better build ecological tourist destinations.