Antecedents of memorable tourism experience related to behavioral intentions

By Dafnis N. Coudounaris, Erose Sthapit. Psychology & Marketing, 2017

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This study investigates the antecedent factors of memorable tourism experience (MTE) and their relationship to visitors’ behavioral intentions (BIs); Kim, Ritchie, & McCormick, ). Based on a survey of 314 structured interviews among visitors to the zoo and museum in Rovaniemi, Finland, the study reveals different MTE dimensions than in Kim et al.’s study. Only four factors—hedonism, local culture, involvement, and knowledge—influence visitors’ BIs. The results suggest the need to rebuild the scale of MTE by incorporating other relevant dimensions.

Subfields: Marketing, Sociology and Political Science

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Make It Memorable: Tourism Experience, Fun, Recommendation and Revisit Intentions of Chinese Outbound Tourists (2020, background): “Tourists obtain positive emotions fro hedonic tourism experienc s [77], which, as essenti l lements of th tourism experience, often affect consumers’ positive emotions and perceived value [15].”
Extending the memorable tourism experience construct: an investigation of memories of local food experiences (2019, background): “Moreover, memories exert a significant influence when a consumer (tourist) decides to revisit a destination (Coudounaris & Sthapit, 2017; Hoch & Deighton, 1989).”
Examining Iranian tourists’ memorable experiences on destination satisfaction and behavioral intentions (2020, background): “Such experiences are stored in the human memory and generate reminiscence, allowing individuals to reflect on their visit (Coudounaris & Sthapit, 2017; Kim, 2009).”
Travel for Affection: A Stimulus-Organism-Response Model of Honeymoon Tourism Experiences (2021, background): “Rovaniemi, Finland, Coudounaris and Sthapit (2017) affirmed the effects of MTEs on travelers’ revisit and recommendation intentions.”
Psychological factors affecting memorable tourism experiences (2019, background): “The more individuals are involved with a vacation in terms of activities that they have wanted to experience, the better they can recollect and retrieve past travel experiences (Coudounaris & Sthapit, 2017, p. 1086).”
Understanding memorable tourism experiences and behavioural intentions of heritage tourists (2021, background): “The tourism literature has also identified authenticity and engagement as significant antecedents of the memorability of visitor’s experiences and satisfaction (Coudounaris & Sthapit, 2017; Ramkissoon & Uysal, 2010; Zhang et al., 2019).”
Destination image during the COVID-19 pandemic and future travel behavior: The moderating role of past experience (2021, background): “Tourists’ behaviors, including their selection of destinations to visit, subsequent evaluation of destination decisions and future behavioral intentions, are related to willingness to revisit or support a destination (Coudounaris & Sthapit, 2017).”