Ondrej Mitas|Marcel Bastiaansen
Novelty: A mechanism of tourists’ enjoyment
Breda University of Applied Sciences|Breda University of Applied Sciences|Tilburg University
novelty conceptualized experience something new different everyday widely believed defines tourism experiences makes enjoyable present study tests mediating effect novelty positive emotions two longitudinal data sets based daily psychometric diaries findings show effect tourism experience positive emotions indeed partly mediated novelty mediation effect similar average positive emotions well emotion interest suggesting novelty sparks positive emotions goal congruence directly triggering interest findings affirm novelty indeed fundamental enjoyable tourism experience