Mindful tourist experiences: A Buddhist perspective

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Title:	Mindful tourist experiences: A Buddhist perspective
Authors:	Chen, Lynn I-Ling;Scott, Noel;Benckendorff, Pierre
Keywords:	Awareness;Meditative mindfulness;Memory;Mental ease;Tourist experience
Date:	2017-02-24
Issue Date:	2017-03-16 02:10:29 (UTC+8)
Publisher:	Pergamon
Abstract:	This paper distinguishes between the concepts of socio-cognitive mindfulness applied in a number of tourism studies and meditative mindfulness derived from a Buddhist philosophy. An operational definition of meditative mindful tourist experiences is proposed based on forty-three semi-structured interviews involving 77 episodes of meditative mindful experiences. The paper also proposes a framework of meditative mindfulness in tourism. The framework identifies a number of antecedents to meditative mindful experience episodes and reveals several psychological and physical benefits including mental ease and response flexibility. This is the first paper to examine meditative mindful tourist experiences in tourism contexts and to explore their antecedents and consequences.
Relation:	Annals of Tourism Research 64, pp.1-12
DOI:	10.1016/j.annals.2017.01.013
Appears in Collections:	[Department of International Tourism management] Journal Article

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