기억에 남는 관광경험(MTE) 회상이 주관적 웰빙에 미치는 영향: 자전적 기억의 기능을 중심으로

초록

Since tourism experiences are remembered personally and delivered to others through stories, their value can be continuous in later life. The effects of tourism experiences reminiscence on individual well-being have been studied from a long-term perspective. However, there is little discussion on the cognitive role of reminiscence as a way to sustain happiness. In addition, nowadays, people who recollect their past travel is increasing because of COVID-19. The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of the memorable tourism experiences(MTE) reminiscence on the subjective well-being of tourists through the functions of autobiographical memory. Specifically, this study demonstrates the relationships between memorable tourism experiences, the functions of autobiographical memory, and subjective well-being. The findings are as follows. The multidimensional construct of MTE consists of destination enthusiasm, learning, novelty, and social interaction. MTE has a positive and significant on directive function. In the relationship between functions of autobiographical memory and subjective well-being, self-function has the weakest impact on the subjetive well-being but the strongest influence on directive function. This study contributes to the construct validity of MTE for demonstrating experiences attributes retrieved by the reminiscence. Additionally, based on the function of autobiographical memory that empirically verifies the usefulness of memory, this study found out that memorable tourism experiences contribute to cognitive processes. This study provided strategies and priorities for creating a tourism environment and services in the COVID-19 era and the direction for planning and promotion to create tourists’ memory.

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