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What Makes Tourist Experiences Interesting.

Svein Larsen¹, Katharina Wolff¹, Rouven Doran¹

¹Department of Psychosocial Science, Faculty of Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.

Frontiers in Psychology

|August 27, 2019

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Tourist experiences are most interesting when they combine both familiar and novel elements. This finding supports the interaction hypothesis, suggesting cognitive factors, not just personality, drive perceived interestingness for all travelers.

Keywords:

familiarity interaction hypothesis of interest interesting tourist experience novelty tourist roles

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Area of Science:

Tourism Studies
Social Psychology

Background:

Traditional tourist role theory posits tourists are either novelty or familiarity seekers.
The interaction hypothesis of inherent interest suggests maximal interestingness arises from simultaneous novel and familiar elements.

Purpose of the Study:

To test conflicting theoretical perspectives on tourist interestingness.
To determine whether novelty seeking or familiarity seeking, or a combination, best predicts perceived interestingness.

Main Methods:

Three large-scale surveys were conducted with a total of 3,315 participants.
Studies involved assessing the interestingness of familiar/unfamiliar elements in familiar/unfamiliar contexts.
A field experiment was included to evaluate tourist ratings of attractions.

Main Results:

Perceived interestingness consistently depended on a blend of familiarity and novelty.
This effect was observed for both familiarity seekers and novelty seekers.
Cognitive factors proved to be stronger predictors of interestingness than personality traits.

Conclusions:

The interaction hypothesis of inherent interest is supported by the findings.
Tourist experience interestingness is driven by a combination of novelty and familiarity, irrespective of personality type.
Cognitive appraisals of experiences are more influential than inherent personality traits in shaping tourist interest.