Emotions as core building blocks of an experience

M Bastiaansen, XD Lub, O Mitas, TH Jung… - International Journal of …, 2019 - emerald.com
Purpose This paper aims to stimulate the discussion in the fields of hospitality, tourism and
leisure on what exactly constitutes “an experience” and how to measure it; the authors …

Virtual and augmented reality technologies to enhance the visitor experience in cultural tourism

DID Han, J Weber, M Bastiaansen, O Mitas… - … The power of AR and VR …, 2019 - Springer
Cultural tourism has been identified as an important economic and social contributor
worldwide. Main drivers have been linked to an increasing desire for cultural awareness …

Evaluating the temporal dynamics of a structured experience: Real-time skin conductance and experience reconstruction measures

W Strijbosch, O Mitas, T van Blaricum, O Vugts… - Leisure …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Structured experience (SE) providers continuously evaluate and improve their experiential
offerings to make them more memorable. Arguably, the temporal dynamics of the emotions …

From ordinary to extraordinary: A framework of experience types

MD Duerden, NR Lundberg, P Ward… - Journal of Leisure …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Understanding the nature of, and how to design, structured experiences has become an
increasingly salient topic for academics and professionals over the past two decades …

Gastro-tourism well-being: the interplays of salient and enduring determinants

M Kesgin, İ Önal, I Kazkondu, M Uysal - International Journal of …, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this study is to develop and test an integrated structural gastro-
tourism wellbeing model consisting of food-related lifestyle and leisure attitude as a …

The effect of tourists' autobiographical memory on revisit intention: Does nostalgia promote revisiting?

X Zhang, Z Chen, H Jin - Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The phenomenon of tourist revisiting has attracted attention because of its economic
benefits to tourist destinations. Under the guidance of the Stimuli–Organism–Response …

An emotional roller coaster: Electrophysiological evidence of emotional engagement during a roller-coaster ride with virtual reality add-on

M Bastiaansen, M Oosterholt, O Mitas… - Journal of Hospitality …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Emotions are crucial ingredients of meaningful and memorable tourism experiences.
Research methods borrowed from experimental psychology are prime candidates for …

Reflections on phygital experiences: conceptual boundaries, wellbeing benefits and methodological suggestions

DJ Lee, GB Yu, MJ Sirgy - Qualitative Market Research: An …, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to reflect on the construct of phygital experiences and
provide ideas that may spur future research on phygital consumer experiences in relation to …

Gamification and the festival experience: The case of Taiwan

YJ Lee - Current Issues in Tourism, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Gamification has become a major trend and application of technology in tourism
development. However, studies exploring how gamification affects visitors' psychological …

[HTML][HTML] When the parts of the sum are greater than the whole: Assessing the peak-and-end-theory for a heterogeneous, multi-episodic tourism experience

W Strijbosch, O Mitas, T van Blaricum, O Vugts… - Journal of Destination …, 2021 - Elsevier
Emotions are a key component of tourism experiences, as emotions make experiences more
valued and more memorable. Peak-and-end-theory states that overall experience …