Travel and Learning: A Neglected Tourism Research Area

Falk, John H.; Ballantyne, Roy; Packer, Jan; Benckendorff, Pierre

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“…La relación entre el aprendizaje y los viajes no es nueva, aunque no ha sido tan ampliamente explorada como otras implicaciones del turismo (Falk, 2012). En el siglo XVII y XVIII era frecuente que los jóvenes pertenecientes a la aristocracia o la alta burguesía británica realizaran un viaje que se denominaba Grand Tour (Brodsky-Porges, 1981).…”

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Una aproximación a las relaciones entre el turismo mochilero y la cultura corporativa global

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AN APPROACH TO THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN BACKPACKER TOURISM AND GLOBAL CORPORATIVE CULTUREEste artículo trata de explorar las relaciones que existen entre una de las subculturas juveniles globales más extendidas: los mochileros, y la cultura de las grandes corporaciones globales encarnada en el colectivo de los trabajadores expatriados. Para ello, en primer lugar, se revisarán los estudios sobre los mochileros para describir su perfil sociodemográfico más habitual y las características de su cultura. Posteriormente, se recogerán los estudios que analizan las competencias que adquieren los mochileros durante sus viajes. En tercer lugar, se describirán las características de la cultura de los expatriados corporativos. Finalmente, se discutirá la relación entre el viaje mochilero, la adquisición de competencias y la inclusión en el mundo de los expatriados corporativos. Se pretende, en definitiva, construir un discurso crítico en el cual las subculturas de los mochileros y de los expatriados corporativos son vistas como variaciones de una cultura capitalista transnacional. This paper tries to explore the relationship between one of the most widespread global youth subcultures: backpackers, and the culture of global corporations represented by expatriate workers. To do this, first, the article reviews studies on backpackers in order to describe its most common social and demographic profile and the characteristics of their culture. Subsequently, it collected the studies which examining the skills acquired by backpackers while traveling. Third, the characteristics of the culture of corporate expatriates will be described. Finally, the paper discusses the relationship between backpacking, the acquisition of skills and the backpacker inclusion in the world of corporate expatriates. In short, the main goal is to build a critical discourse in which backpacker and corporate expatriate subcultures are seen as variations of a transnational capitalist culture.

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Una aproximación a las relaciones entre el turismo mochilero y la cultura corporativa global

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“…In recent years, tourism has gradually gained recognition as a learning path (Coghlan & Gooch, 2011;Falk, Ballantyne, Packer, & Benckendorff, 2012;Knollenberg, McGehee, Boley, & Clemmons, 2014;Wearing & McGehee, 2013). Therefore, based on the concept of transformative learning, this study investigates how involvement in volunteer tourism can change participants' attitudes and actions toward removing invasive species and, with the involvement of community volunteers, produce a model of citizen action that integrates human resources from inside and outside the community for joint participation in the removal of invasive species.…”

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“…When compared with ordinary learning processes, tourism usually involves recreational features, although Packer and Ballantyne's (2004) research shows that, during the process of leisure activity, recreation and education are not mutually exclusive or contradictory for ordinary people. However, learning tourism requires a complementary relationship between education and recreation creating a synergistic effect (Falk et al, 2012). Therefore, the use of transformative learning theory in volunteer tourism activity design and planning is essential for initiating valuable experiences.…”

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“…In fact, tourism is an excellent channel for lifelong learning (Broomhall, Pitman, Majocha, & Mcewan, 2010). A large number of studies have shown that learning is an important motivator for tourism (e.g., Falk et al, 2012;Knollenberg et al, 2014;Wearing & McGehee, 2013). The three main components of transformative learning-self-reflection, engaging in dialogue with others, and intercultural experiences (Taylor, 2008)-occur during the process of tourism, meaning that the use of transformative learning theory to explain and operationalize the relationship between tourism and learning is appropriate.…”

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Using Transformative Learning Theory to Explore the Mechanisms of Citizen Participation for Environmental Education on the Removal of Invasive Species: The Case of Green Island, Taiwan

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2017

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The purpose of this study is to investigate the process of participation in the transformative learning process for invasive species by community volunteers and voluntourists. The results show that children play an important role in motivating adults to accept new ideas, and for both community volunteers and voluntourists, "dialogue" has an important influence on the relationship between self-reflection and new roles. In addition, during the operation of volunteer tourism, the platform provided by local intermediary organizations functioned to link stakeholders in volunteer tourism and promote transformative learning.

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“…While travelling, people are away from their normal environment, separate from family, friends and colleagues, so that travellers are free to think and feel, and behave in ways that they would not ordinarily consider (Kottler, 2002). It can transform travellers' views as well as alter their mind, while they have an attitude of acceptance to face changes on an affective level (Currie, 2000;Falk, Ballantyne, Packer, & Benckendorff, 2012;Kottler, 1998Kottler, , 2002. Tourists accrue experiences from travel according to their actions and manners which are regulated by their perceptions of others as well as by their own self-reflection (Rojek, 1997).…”

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An exploration of mindfulness and its experiential benefits: Taiwanese backpackers in Australia

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Stress in everyday life is common in our postmodern society leading some people to seek relief and fulfilment from a range of leisure and lifestyle activities such as travel experiences. Travel in itself, even adventurous or unstructured travel does not guarantee that travellers will receive positive benefits from their experiences. However, the notion of mindfulness may play an important role in producing positive consequences from different experiences. Thus, this study explores the nature and experiential benefits of 'meditative mindful' tourist experiences that can be experienced during travel.Mindfulness is a mental state that may facilitate positive experiences. Understanding the importance of mindfulness is becoming a mainstream field of academic study in many therapeutic settings.However, there has been little discussion of mindfulness theory as it might be applied to tourism studies. Previous research in tourism has mainly focused on socio-cognitive mindfulness related to visitor learning rather than meditative mindfulness experiences. These include contexts such as tourist-wildlife encounters, appreciation of scenery, or through interaction with other people. The conceptual framework in this thesis is based on the Eastern notion of meditative mindfulness and has been used in Western therapeutic studies. In the past decade, evidence of the effectiveness and application of meditative mindfulness has grown dramatically due to a developing dialogue between Buddhist traditions and Western clinical psychology. There is a growing interest in whether meditative mindful experiences can occur outside of formal therapeutic settings, including travel.However, it is not clear how meditative mindful tourism experiences might be defined or whether they occur at all during travel. Furthermore, few studies have investigated the antecedents and consequences of meditative mindful experiences in tourism contexts.This thesis presents an exploratory study of the occurrence as well as the antecedents and consequences of the meditative mindfulness phenomenon in a tourism context. A qualitative methodology based on an interpretive constructivist paradigm was adopted for the data collection.Taiwanese backpackers in Australia were selected as respondents and snowball sampling was used to recruit participants. In total, 43 semi-structured interviews were completed, and a total of 77 instances of meditative mindful experiences were identified. The semi-structured interviews were conducted in Brisbane (at backpacker hostels) and at Uluru (Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park), as these two main sites provided the best opportunities to meet Taiwanese backpackers. Two interview protocols were used in screening and extended interviews for qualifying and exploring the three research objectives. The interviews were transcribed and analysed using thematic analysis. NVivo 10 qualitative analysis software was used to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the data analysis process.iii The findings indicated that meditative mindful ...

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Travel and Learning: A Neglected Tourism Research Area

Cited by 240 publications

References 61 publications

Una aproximación a las relaciones entre el turismo mochilero y la cultura corporativa global

Una aproximación a las relaciones entre el turismo mochilero y la cultura corporativa global

Using Transformative Learning Theory to Explore the Mechanisms of Citizen Participation for Environmental Education on the Removal of Invasive Species: The Case of Green Island, Taiwan

An exploration of mindfulness and its experiential benefits: Taiwanese backpackers in Australia

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