The Impact of Foreign Tourists’ Sense of Place and Emotional Attachment on Revisit Intention in Natural Landscape Tourism: A Phenomenological Study of the Boseong Tea Plantation

Key Points

• This research aims to analyze how emotional experiences and sense of place affect the intention to revisit natural landscape tourism sites among foreign tourists.
• Applied interpretative phenomenological analysis
• Interviewed 20 tourists from 8 different countries
• Focused on the emotional stages of 'perception-attachment-internalization'
• Examined the relationship between sensory stimuli and positive emotions.
• Emotional experiences lead to positive emotions connected to cultural memories.
• Revisit intentions expand from emotional attachments formed during visits.
• The emotional experiences transition into behavior through a cycle involving connection and socialization.
• Long-term stayers and middle-aged tourists showed stronger emotional ties.