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Rhythmic tour: Emotional fluctuation and tourist well-being

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  • Yao, Yanbo
  • Lv, Xingyang
  • Ren, Lianping
  • Wu, Ailing

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Prior studies have shown the impact of affect balance and emodiversity—two key facets of tourists' emotions—on tourist well-being. We consider a new concept of emotional fluctuation and investigate its role in boosting tourist well-being through a multi-level validation process via three stepwise studies. The results indicate that emotional fluctuation can boost tourist well-being. Furthermore, this study provides an incremental explanation for tourist well-being beyond those provided by the existing literature, which only considers affect balance and emodiversity. It also demonstrates that anticipated emotional fluctuation influences travel route selection before travel. This study deepens our understanding of the relationship between tourists' emotions and well-being and has practical implications for tour-route design.

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  • Yao, Yanbo & Lv, Xingyang & Ren, Lianping & Wu, Ailing, 2025. "Rhythmic tour: Emotional fluctuation and tourist well-being," Annals of Tourism Research, Elsevier, vol. 114(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:anture:v:114:y:2025:i:c:s0160738325001082
    DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2025.104002
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