We introduce an innovative exhibition program that generates personalized digital media art based on visitors’ real-time emotions. In the exhibition, participants engage with the display by expressing various emotions with facial recognition artificial intelligence technology, triggering the creation of personalized artwork. We investigated whether incorporating the inner emotional states of each visitor, along with artificial intelligence technology, leads to more personalized and profound experiences. We compared our program to other tourism programs and observed significant differences in individuals’ perceived realism, creativity, willingness to revisit, and preferences. The results demonstrate that visitors highly favored our program, eliciting a stronger sense of creativity and realism. Furthermore, it matched traditional outdoor activities in terms of individual preference and willingness to revisit. This study highlights the potential of combining psychology and technology to create captivating, personalized tourism experiences, suggesting that stakeholders adopt emotion-responsive digital programs to enhance visitor engagement and satisfaction.