Psychological factors affecting memorable tourism experiences

Wei, Chao; Zhao, Weiyan; Zhang, Chaozhi; Huang, Keji

doi:10.1080/10941665.2019.1611611

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“…According to Sharma and Nayak [26], MTEs are designed to reinforce and consolidate the recollection of pleasant memories of experiences. Thus, the creation of unforgettable or memorable experiences is valuable for the sustainable development of tourist destinations [41].…”

Section: Memorable Tourism Experiences (S)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Impact Of Novelty On Funmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…According to Lee and Crompton [79], tourism novelty includes four different dimensions: adventure, boredom alleviation, thrill, and surprise. Wei et al [41] indicated that novelty can be defined as a tendency to change, or as an unexpected experience. Novelty-seeking is a critical factor in the travel motivations of tourists, and affects their emotions and decision-making behavior [80].…”

Section: Impact Of Novelty On Funmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Kim et al [17] indicated that meaningfulness can help make memorable experiences and produce positive emotions. People want their lives to be valuable and meaningful, and travel is considered to be an effective way to obtain meaningful experiences [41]. Most tourists hope to obtain pleasure, enjoyment, and excitement during travel, and meaningful travel can elicit positive emotions such as pleasure, delight, and fun [82].…”

Section: Impact Of Meaningfulness On Funmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Hedonism and novelty were measured using three and four items, which were respectively adapted from Wei et al [41] and Kim et al [40]. Meaningfulness was measured using three items developed by Kim et al [40] and Kim et al [17], and three items for social interaction were adapted from Wei et al [41]. Emotional spark was measured using three items developed by Tasci and Ko [47], and three items for the measurement of flow were modified from Choi and Choi [22].…”

Section: Measurement Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Make It Memorable: Tourism Experience, Fun, Recommendation and Revisit Intentions of Chinese Outbound Tourists

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Due to the fact that Chinese tourists are becoming the main players in the international tourism market, with large growth potential, this research empirically identifies the psychological factors that affect Chinese outbound tourists’ memorable tourism experiences (MTEs), and investigates the relationships among MTEs, the “fun” emotion, and their recommendation and revisit intentions based on the stimulus–organism–response (S-O-R) model. In addition, the moderating role of perceived risk between the causal relationships among the “fun” emotion and recommendation and revisit intentions is identified. A total of 560 survey participants who had experienced overseas tourism in the last two years were selected as the target population, and the data from 413 valid surveys were empirically analyzed via structural equation modeling (SEM). Chinese outbound tourists’ MTEs, such as hedonism, novelty, meaningfulness, and social interaction, are found to positively influence their experience of the “fun” emotion, such as emotional spark and flow. Additionally, it is found that when Chinese outbound tourists have achieved a high level of the “fun” emotion, their intentions to recommend and revisit their destination will be stronger. In addition, perceived risk is found to have a negative moderating role in the causal relationships among emotional spark and recommendation and revisit intentions, and also has negative moderating effects on the causal relationship between flow and recommendation intentions. This study provides important practical insights for how international tourist destination marketers and managers provide Chinese tourists with MTEs, and how to elicit the “fun” emotion and loyalty behaviors from Chinese tourists via the investigation of the mechanism of MTEs, fun, and recommendation and revisit intentions. It is also found that it is beneficial for international tourist destination managers to lower the level of tourists’ perceived risk to improve tourists’ recommendation and revisit intentions. These findings can aid in the development of more effective strategies to increase the market share and the international competitiveness of destinations.

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Section: Memorable Tourism Experiences (S)mentioning

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Experience‐driven well‐being and purchase: An alternative model of memorable wine tourism experiences

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Prentice,

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Wine tourism has several distinctive features that militate against using Kim et al.'s model of memorable tourism experiences to understand its antecedents and consequences. Accordingly, this study adopts an alternative theoretical framework—the stimulus–organism–response theory—to develop an alternative model. Data were collected from visitors to a well‐known vineyard in Yantai, China and structural equation modelling and multiple group analysis were used to analyse them. The results suggest that experience co‐creation, sensory experience, experiential satisfaction and appealing winescape are significant and positive antecedents of a memorable wine tourism experience, while eudaimonic well‐being and wine purchase intention are significant and positive outcome variables. Visit frequency was found to be a moderating variable linking the winescape to memorable wine tourism experiences. Those who travel to the region frequently form a bond with the winescape that not only contributes to their well‐being but also stimulates their future intentions to purchase its wine.

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Mechanism Underlying the Influence of Family Travel on Adolescent Self‐Differentiation: A Social Learning Theory Perspective

Tang,

Xiang,

Wang

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Most tourism studies have investigated adolescent experiences and their subjective feelings toward family travel. However, the research regarding how family travel influences adolescent mental development is still fragmented. To fill this research gap, this study used social learning theory and a grounded theory approach to explore the identity development and self‐growth of 12 adolescents from families in China with family travel experiences. Taking a child‐centered and participatory approach, the adolescents and their parents (one per family) were interviewed. The data indicated that the away‐from‐home of family travel could lead adolescents to undergo internalization‐based learning as a stress response; such learning could increase adolescents' self‐differentiation by improving their self‐efficacy and enable behavioral growth and achievement. This study developed a new theory for social learning, that is environment–cognition–stress response–behavior, and the mechanisms underlying the influence of family travel on adolescent self‐differentiation emerged. This study provides theoretical contributions useful in the development of family travel experiences and products.

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Psychological factors affecting memorable tourism experiences

Cited by 100 publications

References 50 publications

Make It Memorable: Tourism Experience, Fun, Recommendation and Revisit Intentions of Chinese Outbound Tourists

Make It Memorable: Tourism Experience, Fun, Recommendation and Revisit Intentions of Chinese Outbound Tourists

Experience‐driven well‐being and purchase: An alternative model of memorable wine tourism experiences

Mechanism Underlying the Influence of Family Travel on Adolescent Self‐Differentiation: A Social Learning Theory Perspective

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