Antecedents and consequences of cruise travel experience: Identifying contributors to well-being of cruise tourists

• Project/Area Number: 24K15536
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 80020:Tourism studies-related
• Research Institution: Kanazawa University
• Principal Investigator: Jinmoo Heo 金沢大学, 先端観光科学研究所, 客員研究員 (80989476)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 山田 菜緒子 金沢大学, 融合科学系, 准教授 (80818097) ; 野村 章洋 金沢大学, 融合科学系, 准教授 (30707542)
• Project Period (FY): 2024-04-01 – 2027-03-31
• Project Status: Granted (Fiscal Year 2024)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000); Fiscal Year 2026: ¥130,000 (Direct Cost: ¥100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥30,000); Fiscal Year 2025: ¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000); Fiscal Year 2024: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
• Keywords: Subjective wellbeing / cruise tourism / tourist experience

Outline of Research at the Start

This study will focus on the dynamics that links cruise travel and well-being of tourists and explore the mechanism through which cruise experience affects tourists’ physical and subjective well-being, with the use of questionnaires to tourists and saliva samples of tourists.