The Mediating Role of Meaning in Life in The Relationship Between Memorable Tourism Experiences and Subjective Well-Being

Aydın, Duygu; Ömüriş, Ece

doi:10.30519/ahtr.656469

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“…Emotions are mentioned as one of the essential elements of tourism experiences (e.g., Aydin & Omuris, 2020;Coudounaris & Sthapit, 2017;Gibson et al, 2021;Huang et al, 2020;Lee et al, 2018;Lin et al, 2014;Loureiro et al, 2019;Mendonca-Pedro et al, 2021;Nawijn, 2011;Sie et al, 2021;Sthapit & Coudounaris, 2018;Wang et al, 2021). Nevertheless, this study acknowledges the critical role of adverse emotions in evaluating meaningful experiences since these emotions are equally decisive in explaining the meaning individuals attribute to their experiences.…”

Section: Theoretical Implicationsmentioning

confidence: 79%

“…The Meaning in Life Scale (Steger et al, 2006) was used by Aydin and Omuris (2020) to explore the presence of meaning and the subjective view of experiences (MLQ-P) and the search for meaning (MLQ-S).…”

Section: Assessment Tools and Techniquesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…There is a clear interrelation between the triggers that make tourists engage in the activities, the activities themselves and the outcomes of those experiences. The search for meaning enables individuals to develop satisfaction with life, pleasure and a strong meaning, enhancing the synergies between all the dimensions involved in the conceptualisation and assessment of meaningful tourism experiences (Aydin & Omuris, 2020;Pourfakhami et al, 2021).…”

Section: Antecedents and Outcomes Of Meaningful Tourism Experiencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Meaningful experiences in tourism: A systematic review of psychological constructs

Câmara¹,

Pocinho²,

Agapito³

et al. 2023

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This study explored the components of meaningful tourist experiences together with their antecedents and outcomes according to a framework of positive psychology and tourism. The theoretical rationale of this systematic literature review was chosen to clarify the synergies between these constructs, wellbeing and mindfulness to understand how tourists derive meaning from their experiences. The scientific platforms Scopus and Web of Science were selected to conduct the search for journal articles. After applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria, the final sample was comprised of 70 articles. The results evidence the holistic character of meaningful experiences in tourism in terms of personal, emotional, wellbeing, relational and behavioural dimensions that enable a better conceptualisation of the construct. These experiences were significantly assessed on life satisfaction, meaning and purpose, emotions, authenticity and mindfulness. This review highlights the potential of positive psychology to maximise tourists' wellbeing through their experiences. It represents an opportunity for the tourism and hospitality industry as well as other entities to enhance tourists’ experiences, such as researchers, psychologists, resident communities and universities. Therefore, this study contributes to future research to better assess meaningful tourist experiences and to tourism companies so they can manage enhanced experiences considering the multidimensional nature of the construct from a positive psychology perspective.

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Section: Theoretical Implicationsmentioning

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Section: Assessment Tools and Techniquesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Antecedents and Outcomes Of Meaningful Tourism Experiencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Meaningful experiences in tourism: A systematic review of psychological constructs

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Agapito³

et al. 2023

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“…Sthapit et al (2020b) aimed to analyse the components of a negative memorable Airbnb experience. Aydın and Omuris (2020) investigated the predictive relationship between meaning in life, MTE, and subjective well-being. Coelho and Gosling (2018) aimed to develop and test a scale to evaluate MTEs, and they developed an MTE scale consisting of 10 dimensions and 35 items.…”

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Understanding of Tourists' Memorable Local Food Experiences: A Netnography Study

Kodaş¹,

Aksoy²

2022

jecs

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Memorable food experiences are an important factor in both the tourism business and destination marketers and managers attracting not only current tourists but also potential tourists. Recently, several studies have been performed to explore or understand memorable food experiences, as food experiences are a crucial indicator of tourist behavioural intentions and satisfaction. Thus, the purpose of the current study is to understand tourists' memorable local food experiences, food experience satisfaction, and behavioural intentions. Accordingly, data was collected through online reviews (424) posted about tourists' memorable local food experiences in Gaziantep between 9 April 2021 and 29 May 2021. A phenomenological approach and content analysis technique were used to analyse the data. In the results of the present study, a theoretical model of memorable local food experiences (MLFEs) was developed with six key components: novelty, hospitality and services, taste and food attributes, togetherness and local interactions, ambience and setting, and local culture. In addition, tourists' food experience satisfaction and behavioural intentions were found to be positive while experiencing regional local food. Based on the results of this study, practical and managerial implications are discussed, and future research recommendations are proposed.

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“…When the academic studies on the quality of experience are examined, it is seen that the researched subjects are, satisfaction (Cole & Scott, 2004), satisfaction and behavioral intention (Cole and Illum, 2006), individuals' personal value judgments about a product or service (Yu & Fang, 2009), performance visitor management (Göktuğ & Yenilmez Arpa, 2015), perceived value and satisfaction, recommendation (Altunel & Günlü, 2015), loyalty and satisfaction (Fernandes and Cruz, 2016), life satisfaction, renewal experience (Yıldız et al, 2019), image of hotel businesses, guests' perception of value and repeating purchase intention (Çetiner & Yaylı, 2020), satisfaction, quality of life (Solunoğlu & Yayla, 2020) and destination image, perceived value (Akkuş & Şimşek, 2021). In the literature review on memorable tourism experiences, it was determined that there are researches in the subjects of feelings (Ruffolo and Servidio, 2016), loyalty behaviors (Kim, 2017), winter tourism (Akkuş, 2017), cultural tourism (Chen & Rahman, 2018), memorable trip (Güçlütürk Baran, 2019), entertainment, advice and revisiting intentions (Chen et al, 2020), customer satisfaction, intention to recommend and revisit intention (Keskin, et al, 2020;Ünal & Bayar, 2020), subjective well-being (Aydın & Ömüriş, 2020), psychological well-being (Karaca & Tağraf, 2021), and intention to revisit (Kahraman & Tanrıverdi, 2021) As a result of the examinations, no study was found in which the quality of experience and the memorable tourism experience were investigated together. In this study, it is aimed to examine the effects of experience quality on memorable tourism experience.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Yerli̇ Turi̇stleri̇n Deneyi̇mleme Kali̇tesi̇ni̇n Unutulmaz Turi̇zm Deneyi̇mi̇ne Etki̇si̇ni̇n İncelenmesi̇: Kapadokya Bölgesi̇ Örneği̇

AYLAN¹

2022

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Experience quality is the benefits and consequences that people experience as a result of participating in a tourism activity. Memorable tourism experience, on the other hand, is the positive recall and mental re-enactment of the experiences after participating in this activity. In this direction, the outputs of the experience quality have a significant impact on the memorable tourism experience. In this study, it is aimed to measure the effect of the experience quality of domestic tourists visiting the Cappadocia region on their memorable holiday experiences. In accordance with the purpose, a face-to-face questionnaire was applied to 416 domestic tourists by using the questionnaire technique, which is one of the quantitative research methods. The applied questionnaire consists of three parts. In the first part, there are questions to determine the socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of the participants. In the second part, there is an experience quality scale consisting of 9 items, and in the third part, there are 20 items to determine memorable tourism experiences. Data collection was carried out in the Cappadocia region between June 10 and October 24, 2021. The obtained data were analyzed using SPSS Statistics 25.0 program. In the analysis of the data, descriptive statistics, correlation, simple and multiple linear regression analysis were used. According to the results of the analysis, it was determined that the educational, entertaining and escape dimensions of the experience quality positively affect the memorable tourism experience.

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The Mediating Role of Meaning in Life in The Relationship Between Memorable Tourism Experiences and Subjective Well-Being

Cited by 11 publications

References 93 publications

Meaningful experiences in tourism: A systematic review of psychological constructs

Meaningful experiences in tourism: A systematic review of psychological constructs

Understanding of Tourists' Memorable Local Food Experiences: A Netnography Study

Yerli̇ Turi̇stleri̇n Deneyi̇mleme Kali̇tesi̇ni̇n Unutulmaz Turi̇zm Deneyi̇mi̇ne Etki̇si̇ni̇n İncelenmesi̇: Kapadokya Bölgesi̇ Örneği̇

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