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Group running has become a popular social phenomenon in China. Yet there is a limited understanding of running as a social and communal experience, with most of the previous studies being conducted...

The existing literature has revealed the questionable economic benefits of hosting such events, while scholars would still hold an optimistic view of the benefits of place branding and promotion. This paper raises a critical question to this view by examining the effectiveness of hosting pro-tourism events for destination branding. This paper collects massive tourist online reviews and conducts sentiment analysis to examine this issue based on the case of Sanya city in China. The study finds that: (1) there is no solid evidence to show that Sanya’s tourism-related events have a significant positive impact on its destination branding; (2) in the short term, that is fewer than six months, culture-related events were more effective in improving the destination’s image; (3) in the long term, that is, from six months to two years, sports-related events had more positive sentiment impacts, while negative sentiment impacts were largely the result of tourist rip-off incidents. In doing so, this paper argues that hosting tourism events would not be a sustainable way of destination branding, unless the event is meant for other interests. This effort provides an innovative approach for understanding the impacts of tourism events to destination branding in a more critical manner.

We present the complete mitochondrial genome of the Hemibarbus medius in this study. The mitochondrial genome is 16,611 bp in length and consists of 13 protein-coding genes, two rRNA genes, 22 tRNA genes and a control region. The nucleotide compositions of the light strand are 29.82% of A, 27.22% of C, 25.93% of T, and 17.04% of G. With the exception of ND6 and eight tRNA genes, all other mitochondrial genes are encoded on the heavy strand. All the protein-coding genes begin with an ATG initiation codon except for COXІ with GTG. Four types of termination codons revealed are TAA (ND1, COXІ, ATP8, ND4L, ND5), T (ND2, ND3, COXП, COXШ, CYTB), TA (ND4, ATP6), and TAG (ND6). Most genes are either abutted or overlapped and many features keep consistent with the other vertebrates.

The complete mitogenome sequence of Rhodeus ocellatus (Kner) was determined using the next-generation sequencing (NGS). The genome was 16 761 bp in length and contained 13 protein-coding genes, two ribosomal RNA genes, 22 transfer RNA genes and a control region. The overall nucleotide composition was 30.43% A, 27.50% T, 25.94% C, and 16.13% G, with an A + T bias of 57.93%. The gene composition and the arrangement of the R. ocellatus mitochondrial genome were similar to that of most other vertebrates. The complete mitochondrial genome sequence will help to study the evolutionary relationships and population genetics of Rhodeus fish.