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Building on key ideas about the value of savoring to understand the importance of holiday memories, the researchers asked a sample of Iranians to write a long paragraph (one page) which described a particularly important, happy, and enjoyable holiday occasion. The answers were coded using five categories developed from savoring studies. By benchmarking the scores with data from well-matched samples from other countries (specifically a European sample from Austria, and Chinese and Japanese respondents), the Iranian tourists were shown to be especially appreciative of holidays in terms of being grateful, marvelling, luxuriating and having a strong sense of the status value of their time. For Iranians, holidays provide powerful, evocative highlights for their lives.

Children have the ability to contribute to sustainable tourism research. A great deal of research on nature holiday has been conducted. However, it is unclear how this travel might serve as a good motivator for children to engage in environmentally responsible behaviour. To address this research gap, 72 drawings of children aged nine to 12 from Tehran, Iran, accompanied with the stories of their holiday were collected. Thematic analysis was done to assess their experience in nature and their cognitive state of environmental responsible behaviour. According to the finding, children are significantly concerned about nature, and they mostly perceived their best holidays in the natural environment. Children displayed a profound awareness of environmental responsible behaviour themes through their encounters with nature. Their experiences are classified into five levels: sensory, emotive, cognitive, behavioural, and relationship. Each of these stages of experience may be used as a guideline for encouraging and training youngsters to be responsible.