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A Conceptualization of the Senses, Emotions, and Memories in Memorable Tourism Experiences

A Conceptualization of the Senses, Emotions, and Memories in Memorable Tourism Experiences

Rui Mendonça Pedro, Julio Mendes, Nelson de Matos, Mário Passos Ascenção
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 24
ISBN13: 9781799831563|ISBN10: 1799831566|EISBN13: 9781799831570
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-3156-3.ch010
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Pedro, Rui Mendonça, et al. "A Conceptualization of the Senses, Emotions, and Memories in Memorable Tourism Experiences." Handbook of Research on Resident and Tourist Perspectives on Travel Destinations, edited by Patrícia Pinto and Manuela Guerreiro, IGI Global, 2020, pp. 208-231. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-3156-3.ch010

APA

Pedro, R. M., Mendes, J., Matos, N. D., & Ascenção, M. P. (2020). A Conceptualization of the Senses, Emotions, and Memories in Memorable Tourism Experiences. In P. Pinto & M. Guerreiro (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Resident and Tourist Perspectives on Travel Destinations (pp. 208-231). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-3156-3.ch010

Chicago

Pedro, Rui Mendonça, et al. "A Conceptualization of the Senses, Emotions, and Memories in Memorable Tourism Experiences." In Handbook of Research on Resident and Tourist Perspectives on Travel Destinations, edited by Patrícia Pinto and Manuela Guerreiro, 208-231. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-3156-3.ch010

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Abstract

This chapter explores a conceptualization of the elements that create a memorable tourism experience – senses, emotions, and memories. A comprehensive and coherent theoretical model is established to explain the complexities involved in the tourism experience creation (tourism experience relational model) and in the memorable tourism experience (conceptual model). The data suggest that, first, the senses developed an important role in the experiential stimuli perception; second, the emotions are fundamental to these experiential stimuli understanding and meaning creation, and third, memory is essential in the codification and storage process and anticipation of meaningful information to future experiences. The conceptual model is based on the five senses (sight, smell, taste, hearing, and touch), three positive emotions (joy, love, and positive surprise), and two memorable elements (recollection and vividness). Future research opportunities in the memorable tourism experience are explored, such as the relation between the sense, emotions, and memories.

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