Understanding tourist encounters with nature: a thematic framework

Hill, Jennifer; Curtin, Susanna; Gough, Georgina

doi:10.1080/14616688.2013.851265

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“…Jennifer Hill, Susanna Curtin and Georgie Gough [43] identified a number of experiences of embodied encounters with nature. These include sensory interaction (visitors articulated an ecological gaze), affective/emotional response which was manifested in five oppositions: wonder and awe, empathy/anthropomorphism, immersion versus alienation, security versus vulnerability and calm versus excited.…”

Section: Tourist Experiences In Natural Areasmentioning

confidence: 99%

Experiencing Nature: Physical Activity, Beauty and Tension in Tatra National Park—Analysis of TripAdvisor Reviews

Niezgoda

Nowacki

2020

Sustainability

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The aim of this article is to analyse the experiences gained by tourists visiting one of the most visited protected areas in Poland—the Tatra National Park (TNP). The authors focused on the following question: does the natural heritage of the national park affect visitors’ unique experiences or is environmentally valuable area not important for their experiences? This article uses mixed quantitative (Text Mining, co-occurrence network analysis) and qualitative (narratives research) methods. Data for analysis—revives posted by users between April 2011 and September 2019—were downloaded from TripAdvisor.co.uk. Reviews on TripAdvisor indicate that the most important for visiting tourists were the experiences of physical activity. This confirms the trend of maintaining health and the desire to regenerate physical strength. The group of reviews related to connection to nature experiences is extremely small, which indicates that tourists probably did not come to TNP as a result of a preference for experiences related to ecological awareness. Some tourists felt tension, which indicates that the carrying capacity was exceeded. There is a doubt as to whether tourists who want to engage in physical activity must necessarily visit the area with the highest degree of nature protection.

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Section: Tourist Experiences In Natural Areasmentioning

confidence: 99%

Experiencing Nature: Physical Activity, Beauty and Tension in Tatra National Park—Analysis of TripAdvisor Reviews

Niezgoda

Nowacki

2020

Sustainability

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“…In addition to these historical archetypes, major influences in the formation of the global consciousness of an individual or group come through the institutions they grow up with, including their educational systems and the media outlets that inform them of the world out there. Travel offers a distinct perspective from these information sources through its emphasis on a fully embodied experience of people and places (Hill, Curtin, & Gough, 2013;Swain, 2009).…”

Section: Individual and Global Consciousnessmentioning

confidence: 99%

Why travel? – travel, tourism, and global consciousness

Lew

2018

Tourism Geographies

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Why travel? For tourism scholars, this has been a question that has enlivened, haunted, and otherwise driven our desire to understand human mobility and the travel and tourism phenomenon. Why do people travel? Why do not they just stay home? A good portion of the sustainability challenges that the world faces today could be avoided if everyone would just stay home (Houser, 2017; Miles, 2017). There would be no 'overtourism', there would be no (or less) airplane and cruise ship induced climate change, and there would be less placelessness and more of a sense of place in communities worldwide (Tourtellot, 2017). I am, of course, speculating on these things because it is hard to imagine what the world would be like if there was no leisure-based travel and tourism. All we can say is that it would be a different world. We do not know if it would be a better world. The benefits of the travel experience have long been a part of the cultural iconography of the western world. Mark Twain (1869b) famously wrote in The Innocents Abroad, Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men [sic] and things cannot be acquired by vegetation in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.

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“…(Domestic visitor 4) In this reflection, Mount Pinatubo is shown to be anthropomorphised. This may occur when individuals express deeper emotional attachment to the visited destination (Hill et al, 2014). Also, for this to emerge, individuals need to not only engage themselves with the visual of the landscapes but also further intimately situate themselves in, connect to and be enchanted by the aesthetic of the sublime (Benediktsson, 2007).…”

Section: Natural Dimensionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Unearthing the geotourism experience: Geotourist perspectives at Mount Pinatubo, Philippines

2017

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This study aims to explore the geotourism experience by undertaking a qualitative inquiry of the narratives of geotourists to Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines. This study proposes that the geotourism experience is created onsite through the tourists' visual, performative and social aspects of gazing and produced in the tourists' minds through their perception, imagination and selfreflection. Semi-structured interviews were carried out with 12 purposefully selected geotourists. Thematic analysis procedures reveal 11 experiential themes that illustrate varying perspectives on the geotourism experience, categorised into three dimensions: 'natural', 'recreational' and 'sociocultural'. The findings indicate that apart from the expected leisure, hedonic and adventurous experiences, deeper outcomes such as a sense of awe, personal reflections and spiritual outcomes are apparent in the geotourism experience, as a result of individuals' negotiations with Mount Pinatubo's natural landscape and touristic environment. More meaningful and transformative experiences are also discovered from geotourists' engagement with the landform's cultural landscape, particularly from their social interaction with the indigenous people who live at Mount Pinatubo. These outcomes suggest the gaining of a holistic view of the Earth and its inhabitants through geotourism. This article thus provides some understanding of the experiential aspects of geotourism. Tourist Studies 18(1) Article

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Understanding tourist encounters with nature: a thematic framework

Cited by 35 publications

References 39 publications

Experiencing Nature: Physical Activity, Beauty and Tension in Tatra National Park—Analysis of TripAdvisor Reviews

Experiencing Nature: Physical Activity, Beauty and Tension in Tatra National Park—Analysis of TripAdvisor Reviews

Why travel? – travel, tourism, and global consciousness

Unearthing the geotourism experience: Geotourist perspectives at Mount Pinatubo, Philippines

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