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Transformative Experience as an agent triggering behavioral change: Transformative experience as triggering behavioural change
Linnaeus University, School of Business and Economics, Department of Marketing and Tourism Studies (MTS). (KEST)ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6812-5860
2023 (English)In: Handbook on Tourism and Behaviour Change / [ed] Haywantee Ramkissoon, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023, p. 36-49Chapter in book (Refereed)
Sustainable development
SDG 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
Abstract [en]

Transformative experiences are meaningful encounters that have the potential to change the attitude and behaviour of the participants. Whilst there is a wide array of theoretical perspectives that have been used to explain the processes and triggering factors of the tourist transformative experience, this chapter proposes a liminality and immersion perspective. This perspective provides a more holistic understanding and shows that transformative experience is an on-going process that extend from the pre-liminal, liminal and post-liminal phase and facilitated by deep engagement in the activities. It is also argued that the experience and transition to the liminal world is largely facilitated by contextual elements such as physical environment; social dynamics and thematization around a story. Likewise, psychological factors such as the tourists’ motivation, level of readiness and openness to learn and personal characteristics of the tourists are vital. Altogether, both the contextual and psychological contribute in triggering change in behaviours.

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Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023. p. 36-49
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Research Handbooks in Tourism series
Keywords [en]
Transformative experience; behavioural change; tourist experience; liminality; immersion; sustainable development
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Economics and Business
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Economy, Business administration; Economy, Marketing
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-120508DOI: 10.4337/9781800372498.00009Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85181390086ISBN: 9781800372481 (print)ISBN: 9781800372498 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-120508DiVA, id: diva2:1754462
Available from: 2023-05-03 Created: 2023-05-03 Last updated: 2024-05-29Bibliographically approved

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