The Emotional Traveler: Happiness and Engagement as Predictors of Behavioral Intentions Among Tourists in Northern Norway

Novelty in tourism experiences: the influence of physical staging and human interaction on behavioural intentions

“…The perceived levels of novelty in this research determine the differences between experiences in terms of either high, medium, or low levels of novelty. This notion is in line with previous research that categorizes experiences according to the emotion they provide (Prebensen & Rosengren, 2016;Roy, 2018;Vittersø et al, 2017).…”

“…Experiences with less novelty are often perceived as familiar, common, and convenient, and have been found to cover a basic need linked to utilitarian experiences (Holbrook & Hirschman, 1982). Low levels of novelty can also be associated with hedonic experiences, often described with feelings of pleasure, satisfaction, and happiness (Vittersø et al, 2017). Experiences with high levels of novelty have been delineated as unique experiences, which increase engagement and interest, can be associated with the feeling of thrill and surprise (Lee & Crompton, 1992), and linked to eudemonic experiences (Vittersø et al, 2017).…”

“…Several scholars have attempted to determine the possible precursors of behavioural intentions in the tourism field, but call for more research in this area (Choo & Petrick, 2014;Dedeoglu et al, 2018;Vittersø et al, 2017;Wu et al, 2018). Researchers have raised concerns regarding the often taken for granted link between satisfaction and behavioural intentions in tourism experiences (Dolnicar et al, 2015).…”

Comparing Tablet and Virtual Reality Glasses for Watching Nature Tourism Videos

“…Finally, VR is more persuasive when the virtual environment conveys its situated affordances. Emotional theories support this view, where visual engagement leads to revisits, while happiness leads merely to recommendation [47].…”

Happiness and Cultural Tourism: The Perspective of Civil Participation

“…Studies that examine whether national happiness attracts more people have shown that international tourists prefer to travel to 2 of 20 and spend more time in happier countries; data come from the World Values Surveys in the periods until 2014 matched with tourism data for the corresponding periods [10]. Also, in relation to the act of recommendation from the visitors to others, the feelings of on-site happiness also predicted recommendation intentions [11]. The results of the study reveal a close relationship between the level of happiness of the local residents and their perception of the tourism industry and event development [12].…”