Why travel prolongs happiness: Longitudinal analysis using a latent growth model

Kwon, Jang-Wook; Lee, Hoon

doi:10.1016/j.tourman.2019.06.019

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“…Empirical studies have shown that tourism or travel is a process of seeking hedonic experience, and tourists' happiness varies according to their personality, destination types, and types of travel activities [13,29,30]. Travel prolongs happiness by reducing hedonic adaptation, especially in terms of expectation and serendipity [31]. A positive experience during a trip can increase people's overall happiness, and interaction can be identified as one of the most important factors that enhances happiness [32].…”

Section: Happiness and Tourists' Travel Satisfactionmentioning

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The Role of Perceived Smart Tourism Technology Experience for Tourist Satisfaction, Happiness and Revisit Intention

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The rapid advancement of smart tourism technology brings new opportunities for tourism development. More travel destinations are relying on smart technology to attract more tourists to visit and enrich their travel experience. The main purpose of this study was to explore whether tourists are satisfied with their smart tourism technology experience (i.e., informativeness, accessibility, interactivity, personalization, and security). This study also investigated the impact of smart tourism technology experience on tourists’ happiness and revisit intention. This study used a structural equation method to find the relationship among smart tourism technology attributes, travel satisfaction, happiness, and revisit intention. Surveys of a total of 527 participants who traveled to Macau from Mainland China were used for the analysis. The results showed that accessibility is the most important factor affecting the smart tourism technology experience and personalization the least. Smart tourism technology experience is shown to be significantly associated with travel experience satisfaction, and travel experience satisfaction has a positive effect on both tourists’ happiness and revisit intention. Finally, tourist happiness is also shown to be positively associated with revisit intention. This study provides theoretical and practical significance for the development of smart tourism in the future.

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Section: Happiness and Tourists' Travel Satisfactionmentioning

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“…The measurement and multilevel models were estimated using Mplus Version 7.4 (L. K. Muthén & Muthén, 2012). Because approximately 64% of participants reported three or fewer responses, and a nonlinear model can make relationships among variables difficult to interpret (Kwon & Lee, 2020), we fit a linear (vs. polynomial) growth curve to the data.…”

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The Role of Coping Strategies in Maintaining Well-Being During the COVID-19 Outbreak in South Korea

Kim

Shim

Choi

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Social Psychological and Personality Science

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The COVID-19 pandemic continues to pose an unprecedented challenge for the world as people strive to cope with this significant threat to their well-being. This intensive longitudinal study of the first 94 days of the COVID-19 outbreak in South Korea (Phase 1: initial outbreak, Phase 2: intense social distancing) examined individuals’ changes in well-being, in relation to their use of coping strategies and fear of infection. A sample of 10,464 South Koreans participated in surveys during Phase 1 and Phase 2, resulting in 35,846 observations. Multilevel growth models revealed a decrease in well-being while different coping strategies moderated the individual rate of change in well-being. Although preventive measures were associated with a greater decrease in well-being, cognitive appraisal and behavioral strategies predicted stable well-being during the pandemic. Coping strategies further mediated the association between fear of infection and deterioration of well-being.

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“…Q8 How long do you think the impact of COVID-19 on society will last? Personal negative effects (Yang and Ma, 2020) Q9 Traveling during the pandemic will increase my risk of contracting the virus Q10 Traveling during the pandemic will make me be condemned by others Q11 Traveling during the pandemic will cause me to worry about others Q12 Traveling during the pandemic will make me spend extra energy Personal positive effects (Kwon and Lee, 2020;Su and Swanson, 2017;Wang et al, 2020) Q13 Traveling during the pandemic can improve my relationship with relatives and friends Q14 Traveling during the pandemic can add fun to my life Q15 Traveling during the pandemic can allow me to enjoy natural resources and cultural products Q16 Traveling during the pandemic can increase my knowledge and broaden my horizons Q17 Traveling during the pandemic can provide me with abundant tourism resources and products Willingness to travel during the COVID-19 outbreak (Cahyanto et al, 2016) Q18 If the policy does not prohibit it, I am willing to travel during the outbreak Q19 If the policy does not prohibit it, I will support the people around me to travel during the pandemic Q20 If the policy does not prohibit it, I am willing to pay attention to travel strategies during the pandemic Q21 If the policy does not prohibit it, I am willing to pay for tourism during the pandemic…”

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“…Regarding the effects of travel, satisfactory tourism provides people with a sense of wellbeing (Chen et al, 2013;Kroesen and Handy, 2014;Kwon and Lee, 2020). Structural equation modeling (SEM) has been used in some studies (Nunkoo, 2015;Kawakubo and Oguchi, 2019).…”

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How does COVID-19 affect tourism in terms of people’s willingness to travel? Empirical evidence from China

Hao

Bai

Sun

2021

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Purpose Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has resulted in traveling restrictions and decreased the demand among travelers since the end of 2019. Policies and people’s behaviors are gradually changing with the increase in the number of new diagnoses of COVID-19. Tourism increases tourists’ risk of contracting COVID-19 and will undoubtedly be affected by this disease. Based on this assumption and social cognitive theory, this paper aims to explore the impact of COVID-19 on tourism in terms of people’s willingness to travel. Design/methodology/approach Based on social cognitive theory, this study has designed the model and variables. The data of the paper came from a survey conducted in 29 provinces of China and a total of 618 responses were used for data analysis after deleting invalid questionnaires. Drawing on the structural equation modeling method, this paper processes the data collected from questionnaires to test the hypotheses and come to the results. Findings The results indicate that the negative impact of COVID-19 will affect the severity perceptions, personal negative effects and positive effects of tourism during the outbreak, which will ultimately influence people’s willingness to travel. During the outbreak of COVID-19, impacted by environmental factors and personal factors, Chinese people’s willingness to travel has been significantly reduced. Research limitations/implications This study mainly focuses on people’s willingness to travel and the demand side of tourism to analyze the effects of COVID-19 on tourism, which neglects the supply side of tourism for analysis. Subsequent research should take account of the supply side of tourism and expanding the sample size worldwide to determine the impact of COVID-19 on the tourism industry from a broader perspective. Originality/value This study quantitatively analyzes how COVID-19 influenced the tourism industry and precisely determines the possible mechanism of the effect of COVID-19 on tourism by using social cognitive theory to build a model. The insights from the work help to understand how COVID-19 affects people’s willingness to travel during the pandemic and how to address this issue.

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Why travel prolongs happiness: Longitudinal analysis using a latent growth model

Cited by 70 publications

References 63 publications

The Role of Perceived Smart Tourism Technology Experience for Tourist Satisfaction, Happiness and Revisit Intention

The Role of Perceived Smart Tourism Technology Experience for Tourist Satisfaction, Happiness and Revisit Intention

The Role of Coping Strategies in Maintaining Well-Being During the COVID-19 Outbreak in South Korea

How does COVID-19 affect tourism in terms of people’s willingness to travel? Empirical evidence from China

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