Spiritual tourism for psychotherapeutic healing post COVID-19

Bhalla, Rohan; Chowdhary, Nimit; Ranjan, Aditya

doi:10.1080/10548408.2021.1930630

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“…With a heightened sense of vulnerability induced by the pandemic, retreat behavior of the “6 foot-tourism world,” or the disconnection between tourism spaces and reframing tourism activities on a local scale ( Lapointe, 2020, p. 636 ), manifests in behaviors such as maintaining social distancing from other travelers, avoiding overly popular tourism destinations, choosing less-known tourism destinations, and preferring regional travels. Solitary travel experiences such as camping in remote areas ( Bhalla et al, 2021 ) and travel centered on retreat experience ( Wang et al, 2021 ) are likely to continue to gain popularity after the pandemic. Solo travels that are unconstrained by interpersonal decision making and motivated by solitary experience are on the rise as well ( Shin et al, 2022 ).…”

Section: Post-pandemic and Post-traumatic Tourism Behaviormentioning

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“…The authors preferred studying the travel experiences of urbanites travelling to the Himalayan region and their motivations. These urban metropolitan people prefer nature-based destinations, mountains and wilderness or remote locations for travelling to get relief from excessive pressure and stress and to break the monotony of the hectic schedule of urban areas (Bhalla et al, 2021;Birch et al, 2020;Pesonen and Komppula, 2010;Sheldon, 2020;Wolsko and Hoyt, 2012). The increasing number of tourists in the destinations of the Himalayan region is evidence of the most sought-after choice of metropolitan tourists.…”

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Green workers of Himalayas: evidence of transformation induced regeneration

Bhalla

Chowdhary

2022

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PurposeThe investigation of the relationship between the future of humanity and the future of ecology is a pertinent issue. In this context, the study aimed to explore people's travel experience in the Himalayan region of India for transformation and well-being and how transformation induces their involvement in regenerative practices. The authors investigated if transformations contribute to the well-being of all living beings and the environment and induce involvement in regenerative practices?Design/methodology/approachThe authors preferred qualitative research design and selected narrative inquiry as a research approach to bring individuals' life stories to the centre stage for examination. Accordingly, diachronic data was collected, and a paradigmatic type of narrative inquiry was applied that uses paradigmatic analytical procedures to produce thematic categories and taxonomies from the database.FindingsNine themes were identified and discussed in the light of existing literature. Transformational tourism promotes well-being and reduces mental health anomalies. The study participants used words like calm, compose, stress-free, and compassion, indicating enhanced consciousness. They also reported satisfaction and induced environmentally friendly behaviour after serving the community and environment at tourist destinations situated in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and the Union territory of Ladakh of the Himalayan region of India.Originality/valueThe paper collates evidence to establish a correlation between transformation and regeneration. There is a suggestion that transformative travel leads to participation in regenerative activities. The paper is based on people's experiences described as green workers of the Indian Himalayas and provides empirical conclusions that support the argument of transformational induced regenerative tourism.

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“…Moreover, ever since the detection of the COVID-19, this disease has considerably affected human mobility [ 7 ]. COVID-19 had a huge adverse effect on the tourism sector [ 1 , 8 ]. Particularly, the international tourism industry has been massively reduced due to border closing, lockdowns, and bans on traveling [ 3 , 5 ].…”

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“…In China, there have been 3283 confirmed cases of COVID-19 [ 10 ]. Most overseas travelers have inevitably restrained themselves from visiting international tourism destinations until the pandemic is entirely under control [ 1 , 8 ]. COVID-19 has also blocked international tourists’ visit to China.…”

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Facilitators and Reducers of Korean Travelers’ Avoidance/Hesitation Behaviors toward China in the Case of COVID-19

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Che

Lee

2021

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Given that little is known about overseas travelers’ responses and behaviors toward China after the outbreak of COVID-19, this study aimed to uncover risk perception factors and investigate its role in Korean travelers’ avoidance/hesitation behaviors toward China as an international tourism destination in the case of the COVID-19 pandemic. To explore the relationship with risk perception, anticipated emotion and avoidance/hesitation behavior, a quantitative method along with an online survey was employed. This focus was on Korean tourists who had traveled to China at least once. Findings revealed that risk perception and negative anticipated emotion are vital facilitators of avoidance/hesitation behaviors, and that positive anticipated emotion reduces such behaviors. The efficacy of a higher-order structure of risk perception, which encompasses six dimensions, was also demonstrated. In addition, destination attachment lowered the influence of risk perception on the formation of avoidance/hesitation behaviors. Overall, our results will help tourism researchers and practitioners understand what factors drive and reduce international travelers’ avoidance/hesitation behaviors toward China in the post-pandemic world. Implications for theory and practice are offered.

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Spiritual tourism for psychotherapeutic healing post COVID-19

Cited by 32 publications

References 48 publications

Post-pandemic and post-traumatic tourism behavior

Post-pandemic and post-traumatic tourism behavior

Green workers of Himalayas: evidence of transformation induced regeneration

Facilitators and Reducers of Korean Travelers’ Avoidance/Hesitation Behaviors toward China in the Case of COVID-19

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