TY - JOUR
T1 - Tourist transformation: an empirical analysis of female and male experiences
AU - Pung, J.M.
AU - Khoo, C.
AU - Del Chiappa, G.
AU - Lee, C.
N1 - Export Date: 07 November 2022; Cited By: 0; Correspondence Address: C. Khoo; Torrens University, Fortitude Valley Campus, Australia; email: [email protected]
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Recent advancements have been made in our understanding of transformative tourism, but the gap between conceptualisations and experiences has yet to be bridged. Using existing theories defining tourist transformation, this study empirically examines male and female travellers’ subjective experiences and identifies types of transformation. A survey of 514 participants was conducted, and the data analysed through an exploratory factor analysis. The results suggest that tourist transformation corresponds to reflection, changing worldviews, existential transformation processes and outcomes, transformative learning outcomes, environmental sustainability awareness, cross-cultural understanding, wellbeing, and behavioural change. Significant differences between women and men’s experiences were only found in two factors, namely reflection and transformative learning outcomes. These results contribute to the theoretical and practical understanding of tourist transformation and indicate that there might be more to ‘the’ transformative travel experience. © 2022 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
AB - Recent advancements have been made in our understanding of transformative tourism, but the gap between conceptualisations and experiences has yet to be bridged. Using existing theories defining tourist transformation, this study empirically examines male and female travellers’ subjective experiences and identifies types of transformation. A survey of 514 participants was conducted, and the data analysed through an exploratory factor analysis. The results suggest that tourist transformation corresponds to reflection, changing worldviews, existential transformation processes and outcomes, transformative learning outcomes, environmental sustainability awareness, cross-cultural understanding, wellbeing, and behavioural change. Significant differences between women and men’s experiences were only found in two factors, namely reflection and transformative learning outcomes. These results contribute to the theoretical and practical understanding of tourist transformation and indicate that there might be more to ‘the’ transformative travel experience. © 2022 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
KW - behavioural change
KW - existential transformation
KW - gender
KW - transformation
KW - transformative learning
KW - Transformative tourism
U2 - 10.1080/02508281.2022.2117353
DO - 10.1080/02508281.2022.2117353
M3 - Article
SN - 0250-8281
JO - Tourism Recreation Research
JF - Tourism Recreation Research
ER -
