Digital free tourism – An exploratory study of tourist motivations

Egger, Inta; Lei, Sut Ieng; Wassler, Philipp

doi:10.1016/j.tourman.2020.104098

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“…In Western nations currently, there is widespread recent recognition of the value of nature for mental health ( Bratman et al, 2019 ), and of digital detoxification ( Egger et al, 2020 ; Li et al, 2018 ; Tribe & Mkono, 2017 ): a break from continuous communications, allowing greater mental concentration on present circumstances and surroundings. It is these factors that create the health services value of parks ( Buckley, Brough, et al, 2019 ), and the resulting new opportunity for nature tourism ( Buckley, 2019 ).…”

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Mental health key to tourism infrastructure in China's new megapark

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The global economic value of parks through improved mental health of tourists has been estimated at about ten times greater than direct park tourism expenditure. The Chinese term for this health services value is jing hua xin ling , psychological destressing. Here we present the first case where optimal tourist infrastructure is influenced by including mental health. Using a multi-stage, cross-lingual, differential stakeholder method, we analyse conflicts between road- and roadless-access tourism in the very large new Sanjiangyuan National Park, Qinghai, which offers jing hua xin ling to domestic tourists from eastern-seaboard cities. This provides a powerful tourism attraction, and hence economic opportunity, for the region around the park. If these mental health aspects are included, together with their direct and indirect consequences for tourism, then roadlessness is preferable to new roads. Similar infrastructure conflicts occur for park tourism worldwide, and jing hua xin ling can provide a global theoretical framework.

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“…English analogues include inner peace or psychological detoxification, e.g. from digital communication ( Egger et al, 2020 ; Fu, 2008 ; Li et al, 2018 ; Tribe & Mkono, 2017 ).…”

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Mental health key to tourism infrastructure in China's new megapark

2021

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“…A ccording to Given (2015, p. 103), "qualitative researchers need to balance three voices in their writing about the research result: the data (participant's voice); the interpretation (researcher's voice); and the published literature (disciplinary voice)". At that juncture, this study merges fi ndings and discussion sections (Blaer et al, 2020;Egger et al, 2020;Faisal et al, 2020) to represent and balance these three prominent voices.…”

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What makes inauthenticity dangerous

Nair

Sinha

Dileep

2020

Tourism (Zagreb, Online)

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This study inspects the dangers of being inauthentic while posing as apostles of authentic, ethnic service providers in tourism. The concept of authenticity was adopted to understand how the commodification of cultural features, especially food, of a multiethnic destination influences the realness of traditional cuisine. The study was conducted in Goa, India, also known as tourist Mecca. The research findings demonstrate that tourism acts as a dominant player in creating a transfigurative replica of tourist’s expectations. This makes touristified versions of traditional foods, severely influencing the integrity of regional cuisines. These results are useful in understanding how inauthentic practices challenge the cultural identity of the destination.

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“…Motivations to unplug on holiday have also been considered. In particular, escape, personal growth, health and well-being, and improved relationships have been identified as important factors driving tourists to get off-line ( Egger et al, 2020 ). In one study, 12% of Taiwanese tourists did not take or use smartphones in their most recent travels; and 50% avoided distant work communications ( Chen et al, 2018 ).…”

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“…The phenomenon is contemporary and growing, but the potential of DFT to benefit tourists, especially its long-term impacts, has not been considered systematically from a theoretical perspective. Knowledge about the ways DFT can help tourists improve themselves are limited; although DFT tourists' motivations and emotional responses have been studied in recent years ( Cai et al, 2019 ; Egger et al, 2020 ; Floros et al, 2019 ; Li et al, 2018 ).…”

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Can digital-free tourism build character strengths?

Pearce

Oktadiana

2020

Annals of Tourism Research

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The perception of digital-free tourism for developing character strengths was explored. A golden evidence triangle fusing the views of three respondent groups was established to assess trustworthy digital-free tourism-character strength linkages. Nine strengths were commonly acknowledged. They were distributed across a three-layer tiered model according to their relative importance. The strengths developed in digital-free tourism include: self-regulation, appreciation of beauty and excellence, social intelligence and open-mindedness for the core layer; vitality, love and perspective for the secondary layer; spirituality and creativity for the peripheral layer. The roles of each verified strength and the mechanisms for developing character strengths in digital-free tourism were captured in a three-stage travel narrative.

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Digital free tourism – An exploratory study of tourist motivations

Cited by 110 publications

References 63 publications

Mental health key to tourism infrastructure in China's new megapark

Mental health key to tourism infrastructure in China's new megapark

What makes inauthenticity dangerous

Can digital-free tourism build character strengths?

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