What triggers transformative tourism experiences?

Kirillova, Ksenia; Lehto, Xinran; Cai, Liping A.

doi:10.1080/02508281.2017.1342349

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“…Experiences are an area of strong academic and practical interest (Kim, 2010;Tung and Ritchie, 2011a;Volo, 2013;Kirillova et al, 2017). Tourists' seek memorable tourism experiences (MTEs) (Scott et al, 2017), which have the propensity to generate destination loyalty (Chen and Rahman, 2018;Zhang H. et al, 2018), increase satisfaction (Kim, 2018) and promote emotional engagement (Michalkó et al, 2015).…”

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The Experience of Novelty and the Novelty of Experience

2020

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In cognitive psychology novelty is an antecedent of attention, emotion, memory, and behavior. However, the relationship between novelty and experience memorability remains conceptually underdeveloped in tourism. This research applies cognitive appraisal theory (CAT) to explore the contribution of novelty and emotion to memorable tourism experiences (MTEs). Seventy-five novel travel episodes were identified through semi-structured interviews. Analysis focused on the antecedent and consequent conditions of novelty. Novel experiences, whether positive or negative, were identified as critical to experience memorability. Novelty could be segmented into trip-related and event-related dimensions. Novelty contributes to how spatial, temporal, and contextual details of tourism experiences are remembered and reconstructed due to the elicitation of intense emotions. Analysis revealed negative experiences deemed as novel were found to be re-evaluated and often remembered as a positive experience. A conceptual model titled "cognitive appraisal of novelty in memorable tourism experiences" is presented for consideration in future research. By applying a retrospective and prospective approach the conceptual model explores the role of novelty through the process of cognitive appraisal, identifying goals, attention, and prior experiences as central for the experience of novelty. Future research should consider the application of recent advance in CAT to advance inquiry on tourism experiences as a psychological phenomenon.

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The Experience of Novelty and the Novelty of Experience

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“…As a result, a paradigm shift for post-COVID-19 tourism will replace the market share approach with one based on value sharing and where the marketing of tourism companies has to be oriented to listen to what they want and what people are passionate about in order to share and satisfy those desires [38]. This transition advocates transformative tourism [39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46] based on regenerative growth [47] and which can be summarized in the following points: first, a greater commitment between the guest and the host; second, a commitment to the administration of the natural resources on which tourism depends; third, an approach between what the community wants to share and what the visitor values; and fourth, greater participation of the local community leading to greater creativity, collaboration and resilience of the destinations themselves.…”

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Differences between Women and Men in terms of Safety Measures to Prevent COVID-19 Pandemic in the Hotel Sector

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The tourism sector in general and the hotelier in particular face the challenge of managing appropriate measures to deal with the covid-19 pandemic. In this sense it is useful to know what the measures are most demanded by the clientele. This research, by analyzing the variance (ANOVA) of a factor concluded that women are more demanding than men in terms of the level of demand in relation to the measures to be taken in hotels. This, as a practical application, allows to know more accurately the expectations, demands and demands of the client segmented by sex, in order to satisfy and improve the tourist experiences.

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“…Meanwhile, the systematic eclecticism (a subtype of integrative eclecticism) accommodated the selection of the most relevant components of existing theories and research outcomes for the specific research problem and methodological architecture ( Norcross and Goldfried, 2005 ; Dattilio and Norcross, 2006 ). The inspection of theoretical, review articles, and qualitative and quantitative studies focused on (a) experience of transoceanic sailing ( Kuhn, 2001 ; Jirásek, 2015 ; Jirásek and Hurych, 2019 ), (b) the connection between nature and well-being ( Yalom, 1980 ; Wong, 2009 ; Passmore and Howell, 2014 ), and (c) transformative tourism experience ( Kirillova et al, 2017a , b ).…”

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“…The constructed framework included three general dimensions – dynamics, context, and content of experience, namely, the temporal features (the process of the journey), spatial context (sailboat crossing the ocean), and psychological underpinnings of the journey. To elaborate, the dynamics of experience was conceived as the time dimension incorporating the process of the journey, eventually starting long before the actual journey, engagement in activities “here and now,” lack of essential reflection on existential given, episodes of sailing encouraging deeper reflection, and vision of self and world at the end of travel ( Kirillova et al, 2017a , b ). Spatial or environmental context emanated in the categories of natural beauty, the encounter with wildlife, and social connections among the crew ( Jirásek and Hurych, 2019 ).…”

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“…The content of psychological experience was constructed using systematic eclecticism – integrating existentialism, existential humanism, and humanistic/transpersonal psychology. Elicited from the literature review, the categories of the meaning of life, spiritual transcendence (connection with something grand), and authentic mode of existence can be connected with the strand of existentialism ( Kirillova et al, 2017a , b ; Jirásek and Hurych, 2019 ); the categories of isolation, freedom, and death relate to the existential psychology ( Yalom, 1980 ; Passmore and Howell, 2014 ), whereas self-actualization, self-representation (identity), and happiness (different aspects of well-being) represent the integration of positive psychology and humanistic/transpersonal psychology ( Kuhn, 2001 ; Passmore and Howell, 2014 ).…”

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Sailing Across the Atlantic: An Exploration of the Psychological Experience Using Arts-Based Research

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The reported study pursues the bidimensional objective, namely, (1) to grasp the essence of the psychological experience of a transatlantic journey and (2) to observe the potential of arts-based research for the enhancement of the well-being of sailors. The sample consisted of three males and one female – Latvian citizens, aged 36–68 years, with higher education and different sailing experience. In the context of a case study grounded on arts-based research methods, the freehand drawings of self-portraits or something important during the day were obtained using individual diaries containing daily reports on the sailing experience. After the journey, individual drawings prompted interviews organized for each participant. The results were triangulated with data from the logbook. In their drawings, participants focused more on the environment rather than on self-representation, that is, telling the story about “here and now” in terms of specific time (journey), place (boat), and their relationship with nature, as well as dealing with problems during the trip. The psychological experience of transoceanic sailing matched the three general dimensions (dynamics, context, and content of experience) of the conceptual framework constructed for this study. The three dimensions of experience were equivalently represented in research data; however, only dynamics and context were fully delineated in all theoretical subcategories. As to the potential of arts-based research for the enhancement of sailors’ well-being, the findings show both direct and indirect evidence concerning their psychological and existential well-being. Further research is still needed to confirm the findings on a broader scale and in other contexts.

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What triggers transformative tourism experiences?

Cited by 128 publications

References 39 publications

The Experience of Novelty and the Novelty of Experience

The Experience of Novelty and the Novelty of Experience

Differences between Women and Men in terms of Safety Measures to Prevent COVID-19 Pandemic in the Hotel Sector

Sailing Across the Atlantic: An Exploration of the Psychological Experience Using Arts-Based Research

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