Abstract—This study discusses the concept of psychological costs, especially its shape in the context of tourism, the theory behind it, and furthermore, proposes a theoretical framework and practical interventions to understand psychological costs. Psychological costs consist of two types, namely psychological costs originating from the destination and psychological costs that come from tourists. This study is a literature-based study by looking at the concept of psychological costs from the perspective of a number of theories such as the theory of transfer costs, decision-making theory, value-expectation theory, planned behaviour theory, top-down spill theory, coping theory and comfort theory. The results of the study indicate a number of curative and preventive interventions that can affect the planning of costs, psychological costs and coping abilities carried out by tourists. However, this intervention effort requires the involvement of various stakeholders starting from the government, tourism actors and local communities.