Purpose

The purpose of this study is to explore the paranormal tourist experience on ghost tours, taking into account the participants’ perceptions and their prior knowledge of the paranormal, in order to determine the principal components of the future of paranormal tourist experience.

Design/methodology/approach

The study is divided into two phases. The first phase is based on participant observation during a ghost tour. The second phase is based on a previously published framework for paranormal tourism. It introduces a qualitative adaptation of the orchestra model to look in-depth at how experiences with paranormal tours might shape the future of tourism as a major subtype.

Findings

Paranormal tourism has external (situational-enchantment, historical, mystical, ghostly and unsolved mysteries) and internal (affective, cognitive, sensory, behavior and relationship) components that are inter-linked. Future paranormal tourist experiences (FPTEs) must be focused on enhancing these aspects in order to offer an immersive experience.

Originality/value

Consequently, this paper proposes the FPTE model.

中文翻译：

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未来幽灵之旅超自然旅游体验的探索性研究

目的

本研究的目的是探索幽灵之旅中的超自然游客体验，考虑参与者的感知和他们对超自然现象的先验知识，以确定未来超自然游客体验的主要组成部分。

设计/方法论/途径

研究分为两个阶段。第一阶段基于幽灵之旅期间的参与者观察。第二阶段基于之前发布的超自然旅游框架。它引入了管弦乐队模型的定性适应，以深入研究超自然之旅的体验如何塑造旅游业作为主要子类型的未来。

发现

超自然旅游具有相互关联的外部（情境魅力、历史、神秘、幽灵和未解之谜）和内部（情感、认知、感官、行为和关系）组成部分。未来的超自然旅游体验 (FPTE) 必须注重增强这些方面，以提供身临其境的体验。

原创性/价值

因此，本文提出了FPTE模型。