Nostalgia in Tourism

Nostalgia in Tourism

Tourism research has recognized nostalgia as an intrinsic motive, an emotion that tourists may experience at or after visiting a destination, and an effective appeal to market destinations. This article reviews the multifaceted roles of nostalgia in four domains: heritage tourism, sport tourism, fil...

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Published in:Current opinion in psychology Vol. 49; p. 101552
Main Author: Wang, Joyce (Feng)
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01-02-2023
Subjects:
COVID-19
Destination marketing
Emotions
Humans
Motivation
Nostalgia
Restorative function
Tourism
Travel
Travel motive
Tourism
Travel motive
Restorative function
Nostalgia
Destination marketing
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Summary:Tourism research has recognized nostalgia as an intrinsic motive, an emotion that tourists may experience at or after visiting a destination, and an effective appeal to market destinations. This article reviews the multifaceted roles of nostalgia in four domains: heritage tourism, sport tourism, film tourism, and contemporary tourism. The former three tourism domains have distinctive attractions that inspire nostalgia, suiting for corresponding scales for nostalgia as a motive. Moreover, nostalgia contributes to sustainable tourism and can be applied in virtual reality. Furthermore, research has uncovered nostalgia's restorative function and provided evidence of its mediating effects on the linkage between COVID-19 reactions (perceived severity, travel constraints, and the need to belong) on behavioral outcomes.
ISSN:2352-250X
2352-2518
2352-250X
DOI:10.1016/j.copsyc.2022.101552