Making museums attractions to tourists: serious leisure, meaningfulness and emotions as drivers to engagement
The aim of this study is to explore the relationships among the concepts of serous leisure, meaningfulness, emotions, word-of-mouth and passionate desire, as antecedents and outcomes of engagement with museums. The proposed model is tested with a sample of 461 visitors (from Portugal and abroad) in...
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| Format: | article |
| Language: | eng |
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2018
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10071/15123 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Oai: | oai:repositorio.iscte-iul.pt:10071/15123 |
| Summary: | The aim of this study is to explore the relationships among the concepts of serous leisure, meaningfulness, emotions, word-of-mouth and passionate desire, as antecedents and outcomes of engagement with museums. The proposed model is tested with a sample of 461 visitors (from Portugal and abroad) in a culturally specific setting of Lisbon museums (where improvements and innovations were implemented). The findings contribute to a better understanding of visitors’ perceptions about museums acting as tourist attractions. Several implications can be pointed out from the study findings, and interesting directions for future research are provided. |
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