Have the Liminoid Behavior and Novelty Seeking an Effect on Tourist Satisfaction?

Abstract

Tourists demonstrate different personalities and reveal extraordinary behavior in the vacation milieu while alienating them psychologically. Within the vacation atmosphere, tourists abandon their own norms and core values and set out to relish vacation time. In this context, the study aims to determine the impacts of liminoid behavior and tourists’ pursuit of novelties on satisfaction. The data were collected face-to-face at Antalya Airport International Terminal from October 22nd to November 5th, 2018. The results show that during vacation periods, the liminoid behavior of tourists significantly affects their satisfaction. Amongst all liminoid behavior, the aspect of hedonism indicates the most extreme effect on satisfaction. Additionally, it was found that tourists' novelty-seeking significantly affected their vacation satisfaction. The study concludes with the recommendation of destination managers to be more tolerant of tourists' liminoid behavior and to make differentiations in service delivery, considering novelty seeking.

Keywords

• liminoid behavior
• novelty seeking
• tourist satisfaction
• antalya
• türkiye