Are Tourism Practitioners Happy? The Role of Explanatory Style Played on Tourism Practitioners’ Psychological Well-Being

Han, Jinghua; Huang, Keji; Shen, Shiwei

doi:10.3390/su14094881

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“…In addition, the AVE by FE did not worsen the previously presented fit statistics. Examining the existing service research proves the findings for various factors with AVEs below 0.50 (e.g., [77][78][79][80][81]). Overall, the findings provided support for convergent validity.…”

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Self-Expressiveness in Slow Tourism as a Sustainable Driver: The Trans-Siberian Railway Travel Experience

2023

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In response to the increasingly severe climate crisis, the tourism industry has been implementing ESG management and carbon-neutral policies, and sustainability has become the top priority. In this reality, slow tourism is expected to be a sustainable alternative. This study proposes a model of self-expressiveness for slow tourism using the example of Trans-Siberian Railway travel. The main purpose of this study is to analyze the process of the formation of self-expressiveness with the Trans-Siberian Railway experience, its relationship with hedonic enjoyment, and its impact on the life satisfaction of tourists. This research delves into the effects of eudaimonistic identity on life satisfaction via SEM. Moreover, the moderating role that self-expressiveness plays between hedonic enjoyment and life satisfaction is noteworthy, which was assessed based on the bias-corrected (BC) bootstrap method procedure. The data were gathered through an online survey on Instagram and Facebook using a self-administered questionnaire. A total of 210 respondents who had traveled by train in Siberia were used for the analysis. The results indicate that the more Siberian train tourists encountered the flow experience, self-realization, perceived authenticity, and hedonic enjoyment, the greater their self-expression, which had a favorable effect on life satisfaction. In addition, self-expression fully mediated the relationship between hedonic enjoyment and life satisfaction. This research makes a contribution in that it applies eudaimonistic identity theory, which has previously only been applied in the context of leisure, to tourism. Theoretical and practical implications and suggested avenues for future research are also presented.

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Self-Expressiveness in Slow Tourism as a Sustainable Driver: The Trans-Siberian Railway Travel Experience

2023

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“…Well-being in tourism experiences has been the target of recent attention in the academic community [1][2][3][4], with divergent results, the impact of vacations pointing either to an increase or decrease in the well-being and quality of life of the individual [5]. Nonetheless, recent studies have reported that senior tourists travel to enrich themselves personally, have new experiences, socialize, entertain and seek well-being [6][7][8][9], taking into account the existence of some concerns when planning a trip [10].…”

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“…Meanwhile, Han et al [2] revealed a gap in research dedicated to well-being tourism, suggesting the need for more research regarding the impact of tourism on the psychological well-being of tourists, since there were similarities between psychological well-being between Eastern and Western cultures. In fact, there is a well-established relationship between tourism, travel, and health, in which the individual seeks relaxation and a greater sense of well-being [13].…”

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PERMA Model of Well-Being Applied to Portuguese Senior Tourists: A Confirmatory Factor Analysis

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Tourism has been affirmed as an activity that promotes health and well-being. The present study aims to present a confirmatory analysis of the PERMA model in a sample of Portuguese senior tourists who visited the island of São Miguel (Azores). After approval of the study by the ethics committee (reference 6/2022), a Sociodemographic Questionnaire, PERMA Profiler, and Life Satisfaction Scale—SWLS were applied to 1083 senior tourists (≥55 years) of various nationalities. To evaluate the PERMA model for senior tourism in Portugal, a total of 434 senior tourists of Portuguese nationality were extracted from the sample. The results revealed that most of the participants attributed scores above the midpoint in the five dimensions of PERMA (positive emotions, engagement, relationships, meaning, accomplishment) and in the satisfaction with life scale. Using scale reliability analyses, we found that some of the dimensions in the PERMA model showed relatively low values both for Cronbach alpha and composite reliability. Several confirmatory structural equation models (single factorial, second order, and five factors) were calculated, as well as the usual adjustment measures, with the five-factor PERMA model presenting the best structure, although with a relatively low fit. The modification of the model by the weight of regressions between some of the items with larger covariances allowed a better adjustment: χ2(73) = 264.960, p < 0.001, χ2/df = 3.63, CFI = 0.94, TLI = 0.91, IFI = 0.94; GFI = 0.92, RMSEA = 0.078, p < 0.001. Although the results revealed that the experiences of senior tourists when visiting the island of São Miguel contributed significantly to their well-being and the modified model presented superior adjustment quality, future studies are suggested to evaluate the quality of the PERMA model applied to tourism.

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A meta-analysis-based study of the effects of rural tourism activities on tourists’ physical and mental health

Li,

2024

Applied Mathematics and Nonlinear Sciences

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As a convenient and easily accessible green space place in the environment, the countryside provides people with the opportunity to get in touch with nature intimately, so in the process of this tourism experience, people’s health benefits have been more and more widely concerned by academia. Based on this, this study utilizes the questionnaire survey method and scientific experiments to conduct an in-depth exploration of the mechanism of the impact of rural tourism activities on the physical and mental health of tourists by taking tourists who have had rural tourism experiences as the research object. This paper derives the physical and mental health indicators of tourists before tourism based on the evaluation method of physiological indicators and the test method in psychology, proposes a perceptual measurement tool to study the obtained data of tourists’ state of mind, and concludes that after tourism, the overall mean values of tourists’ average heart rate, minimum heart rate, and maximum heart rate were reduced by 0.65 bpm, 3.28 bpm, and 7.5 bpm, respectively. The mean value of ventilation per minute was reduced by 1.11 L- min-1, indicating that there is a significant effect of different ages on the physical and mental health benefits of tourists. Tourists with tour time under half an hour had a poor state of mind, and tour time of 4 hours or more had the highest POMS index of 298, with a more favorable emotional state, indicating that there is also a significant effect of tour time length on tourists’ state of mind.

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Are Tourism Practitioners Happy? The Role of Explanatory Style Played on Tourism Practitioners’ Psychological Well-Being

Cited by 4 publications

References 63 publications

Self-Expressiveness in Slow Tourism as a Sustainable Driver: The Trans-Siberian Railway Travel Experience

Self-Expressiveness in Slow Tourism as a Sustainable Driver: The Trans-Siberian Railway Travel Experience

PERMA Model of Well-Being Applied to Portuguese Senior Tourists: A Confirmatory Factor Analysis

A meta-analysis-based study of the effects of rural tourism activities on tourists’ physical and mental health

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