Travel in my life: queer identity, travel motivation, resilience, life-satisfaction and wellbeing

G Prayag, C Lewis, S Pour - Current Issues in Tourism, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Tourism can enhance the wellbeing of the queer communities. Using identity-based
motivation theory, this study proposes that queer identity and life-satisfaction influence travel …

'A lot of gay energy in the city': An identity-based exploration of leisure travel to domestic cities for rural queer people in Australia

C Lewis, M Mehmet, S McLaren - Journal of Hospitality and Tourism …, 2023 - Elsevier
Using identity-based motivation theory, this study explored the perceived role leisure travel
to domestic cities played for rural queer people in Australia. Eleven semi-structured …

The manifestation of values and identity in travelling: The social engagement of pilgrimage

D Liutikas - Tourism Management Perspectives, 2017 - Elsevier
The paper deals with the significance of values and identity in travelling. Different
conceptions such as pilgrimage, spiritual tourism, personal heritage tourism, holistic tourism …

Women's independent travel experiences in New Zealand

LM Myers - 2010 - sure.sunderland.ac.uk
An ever-increasing number of women worldwide are making the most of their independence
and becoming increasingly motivated to travel more than ever before. Women are grasping …

Tourism and health: using positive psychology principles to maximise participants' wellbeing outcomes–a design concept for charity challenge tourism

A Coghlan - Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
This conceptual paper explores the use of psychology, especially positive psychology, to
inform the design of travel experiences for a specific health outcome–enhanced participant …

Family adventure tourism: Towards hedonic and eudaimonic wellbeing

G Pomfret - Tourism Management Perspectives, 2021 - Elsevier
The study's aim is to explore the motives encouraging individual family members to
participate in adventure tourism activities while on holiday and the benefits they gain from …

Self-expression and play: can religious tourism be hedonistic?

S Lochrie, IWF Baxter, E Collinson… - Tourism Recreation …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Using data collected from 538 Iranian tourists undertaking the religious pilgrimage of Umrah
(ie voluntary travel to the holy city of Mecca at any time throughout the year), this study …

Meaningful travel: Women, independent travel and the search for self and meaning

E Wilson, C Harris - Tourism: An International Interdisciplinary Journal, 2006 - hrcak.srce.hr
Sažetak It is increasingly recognised by researchers that tourism experiences incorporate
more than just physical travel to a place, as they can also involve spiritual elements …

An examination of Chinese gay tourists: motivation, identity, and space

L Qiu, X Li, A Bavik - Tourism Geographies, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Prior studies on gay tourism have focused primarily on Western cultures, and research on
geographically and culturally distant Chinese gay tourism is limited. Using social identity …

Leisure travel as process: understanding the relationship between leisure travel and subjective well-being among older adults

JJ Zhang - Current Issues in Tourism, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This exploratory paper contributes to a theorization of the relationship between leisure
travels and subjective well-being (SWB) among older adults. Although it is generally agreed …