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The Effects of Tourist Experience on Place Attachment and Emotional Solidarity: Based on Existential Approach

This study was to examine the effects of tourist experience on place attachment and emotional solidarity by approaching tourist experience from an existential perspective. To achieve the purpose of this study, an online survey was conducted for 21 days from September8 to September28 in 2020 and 307 samples were finally used for the empirical analysis. The results of this study are as follows. All tourist experience factors (local hospitality, self-reflection, non-dailyness, interaction, new experience) were found to affect place attachment and emotional solidarity. Especially, when they had positive experiences in new experiences, knowledge, and interaction with local residents during their trip, they were found to have high place attachment formation. Moreover, in the relationship between tourist experience and emotional solidarity for visiting areas, it was found that the self-reflection experience of travelers had the highest influence, and in place attachment, self-reflection was found to be a high influence as well with the experience of hospitality of local residents. Therefore, this study showed that the experience of existential authenticity through tourist experience is important in the process of giving meaning to the place, and future studies should show more interest in the role of tourists as the main agent of tourism activities in tourist experience.