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Landmark check-in behaviour, the ritualistic uploading of a picture or video from a photogenic spot by tourists to social media, is common at tourist destinations. This study considers the effect of narcissism on positive situations of tourism-related activities. Using perceived enjoyment and subjective norm, this study examines the relationship between narcissism and landmark check-in behaviour. Partial least squares analysis with 360 respondents reveals that grandiose narcissism influences perceived enjoyment and subjective norm positively, while negatively affecting check-in behaviour for non-natural, cultural, historical, and wenqing landmarks. Wenqing landmarks are those that appeal to the wenqing, or cultured youth (i.e. akin to 'hipster' in English), and can include landmarks related to arts and culture. Furthermore, vulnerable narcissism influences subjective norm positively. Perceived enjoyment positively influences the non-natural, cultural, historical, and wenqing landmarks as well as natural landmarks, but subjective norm positively influences only the wenqing landmarks. Thus, by viewing narcissism not as a unitary construct but including the dual dimensions of grandiosity and vulnerability, this study reveals the impact of the separate, and sometimes opposing, forces leading to grandiose and vulnerable narcissism in the current context and tourist preferences regarding checking in at different landmarks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reports on fungi occurring on marine crabs have been mostly related to those causing infections/diseases. To better understand the potential role(s) of fungi associated with marine crabs, this study investigated the culturable diversity of fungi on carapace of the marine shallow-water hydrothermal vent crab Xenograpsus testudinatus collected at Kueishan Island, Taiwan. By sequencing the internal transcribed spacer regions (ITS), 18S and 28S of the rDNA for identification, 12 species of fungi were isolated from 46 individuals of X. testudinatus: Aspergillus penicillioides, Aspergillus versicolor, Candida parapsilosis, Cladosporium cladosporioides, Mycosphaerella sp., Parengyodontium album, Penicillium citrinum, Penicillium paxili, Stachylidium bicolor, Zasmidium sp. (Ascomycota), Cystobasidium calyptogenae and Earliella scabrosa (Basidiomycota). With additional data from other published reports, a total of 26 species of fungi (23 Ascomycota, three Basidiomycota) have been recorded from X. testudinatus. Aspergillus is the most speciose genus on the crab, followed by Penicillium and Candida. All but one species (Xylaria arbuscula) had been previously isolated from substrates in the marine environment, although many are typical terrestrial taxa. None of the recorded fungi on X. testudinatus are reported pathogens of crabs, but some have caused diseases of other marine animals. Whether the crab X. testudinatus is a vehicle of marine fungal diseases requires further study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]