Measuring the relationship between stress, mood and tourism in natural settings is problematic in terms of the ability to undertake detailed, systematic and accurate monitoring. This paper presents the results of a preliminary investigation into the use of an immersive simulated tourism environment to measure tourisms’ potential to alleviate physiological and psychological stress and enhance mood. The objectives of the study were to record and analyse participants’ heart-rate data before, during and after three experiences (workplace setting, TV-watching setting and simulated tourism setting) and to undertake completion of mood questionnaires before and after each of these three experiences, allowing comparative pre- and post-mood analysis. Qualitative data was also gathered from the participants about these three experiences, in particular the simulated tourism environment. The preliminary results demonstrate that PEL effectively creates a simulated tourism environment which can be used for measuring stress and mood as signifiers of hedonic wellbeing.

在进行详细，系统和准确的监测的能力方面，测量自然环境中压力，情绪和旅游之间的关系是有问题的。本文介绍了使用沉浸式模拟旅游环境来衡量旅游者缓解生理和心理压力并改善情绪的潜力的初步调查结果。该研究的目的是记录和分析参与者在三种体验（工作场所设置，电视观看设置和模拟旅游设置）之前，之中和之后的心率数据，并在这三种经历中的每一种之前和之后进行情绪问卷的填写经验，可以进行比较的情绪前后分析。还从参与者那里收集了有关这三种经历的定性数据，特别是模拟的旅游环境。初步结果表明，PEL有效地创建了一个模拟的旅游环境，可用于测量压力和情绪，这是享乐状态的标志。