Resident Grateful Outlook Relieves Them of Affective Tourism Biases

Poster Session VII - Research Proposal Posters

Keyword: Happiness

Abstract: We draw on the broaden-and-build theory of positive emotion, survey, and experimental design to argue that resident gratitude will diminish tourism biases (i.e., xenophobia and ethnocentrism). We further argue that this effect will be transmitted serially through redients' cheeriness (i.e., positive emotion) and cognitive expansion (open-mindedness and openness to experience).

• Collins Antwi (Presenting Author)
• Peter Darko (Author)
• Seth Ntim (Author)
• Kennedy Frimpong (Author)
• Samuel Peprah (Author)