Designing experiences in the age of human transformation: An analysis of Burning Man

The importance of food and beverages in wellness experiences: a cross-continental analysis of tourists' perceptions

“…From a methodological point of view, studies on experience design (Neuhofer et al, 2021) point out that the dimensions that characterize experiences must be analyzed via knowledge of the tourist's actual perception. In this perspective, Tussyadiah (2014, p. 553) recognizes the existence of different methodologies "to capture tourists' narratives about their experience", but suggests that they should be "naturalistic inquiries" such as "phenomenology and ethnographic studies".…”

“…From a methodological point of view, studies on experience design (Neuhofer et al. , 2021) point out that the dimensions that characterize experiences must be analyzed via knowledge of the tourist's actual perception.…”

“…In this framework, the experience designer (Neuhofer et al, 2021;Stienmetz et al, 2021;Tussyadiah, 2014) recognizes the need for knowledge of the tourist's real perception (site and time specific), not only in the co-production phase, but also in the design phase. In the theoretical framework of tourism experience design (TED), starting from the distinction between "peak experiences and supporting experiences" (Quan and Wang, 2004), Tussyadiah (2014) suggests that the tourism offer can create an immersive and coherent experiential platform only if it is able to map the real relationships between the sensory stimuli and their perceptions.…”

Transformational marketing and transformational travel

“…In the last two decades, a growing number of studies emerged to reaffirm “transformative travel and tourism” as a mean that has the potential of making the world a better place (Ateljevic, 2020). This shift from the experience economy to the emerging transformation economy has provided a peek into a new economic supply, namely, transformational experiences (Neuhofer et al. , 2021), thus, to Kirilova et al.…”

“…In the last two decades, a growing number of studies emerged to reaffirm "transformative travel and tourism" as a mean that has the potential of making the world a better place (Ateljevic, 2020). This shift from the experience economy to the emerging transformation economy has provided a peek into a new economic supply, namely, transformational experiences (Neuhofer et al, 2021), thus, to Kirilova et al (2017) the transformative potential of tourism is especially valuable considering the evolving of the modern society to the third-generation experience economy (3.0). Therefore, the number of people seeking to engage in experiences that supply emotional value, as well as, a learning process to create long-lasting positive changes, personal growth, inner fulfillment and wellbeing is growing (Ateljevic et al, 2016;Kirilova et al, 2017;Sheldon, 2020).…”