Healing the mind and soul through meditation pilgrimage: Understanding recreation specialization, attention restoration, and emotion regulation

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作者
Leong, Aliana Man Wai [1 ]
Lin, Zhiwei [2 ,3 ]
Zhou, Yiting [4 ]
Wong, IpKin Anthony [5 ]
机构
[1] Macau Univ Sci & Technol, Sch Liberal Arts, Ave Wai Long, Taipa, Macau, Peoples R China
[2] Sun Yat Sen Univ, Sch Tourism Management, Tangzhou Rd 1, Zhuhai, Peoples R China
[3] City Univ Macau, Fac Int Tourism & Management, Ave Padre Tomas Pereira, Taipa, Macau, Peoples R China
[4] Guangzhou Coll Commerce, Sch Management, Jiulong Rd 206, Guangzhou, Peoples R China
[5] Univ Macau, Fac Business Adm, Ave Univ, Taipa, Macau, Peoples R China
关键词
Meditation; Recreation specialization; Attention restoration; Emotion regulation; Flow; SCENIC BEAUTY; TOURISM; EXPERIENCE; LEISURE; FLOW; MINDFULNESS; PREFERENCE; RESPONSES; TRAVEL;
D O I
10.1016/j.tmp.2023.101202
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
Meditation has largely been associated with its religious connotation in the tourism literature. The present research steers away from that tradition to focus on meditative practices as a leisure activity. It addresses the literature void by conducting a survey study on meditation tourists who participated in a 7-day meditation excursion. Based on attention restoration theory and the two-factor theory of emotion, this research contributes to the literature by underscoring a theoretical synthesis of the transformative potential of meditation on tourists' psychological and emotional wellness. It moves beyond the religiously grounded meditation retreat to offer a more generalizable travel phenomenon for body-soul self-improvement. It opens a new avenue for meditation travel by attention restoration through an arousal-cognition perspective. This wellness-related tourism has great potential to gain further popularity for those who have suffered mental and physical stress from the pandemic and other life adversities.
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