Tourists as Experience Collectors: A New Travelling Mind-Set

Kostopoulos, Ioanis; Μαγρίζος, Σόλων; Harris, Lloyd C.

doi:10.1080/01490400.2023.2206401

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“…A smaller number of studies, however, suggest an ideal vacation can be experienced-focused. Kostopoulos et al (2023) write about how much ideal travel is all about experience collection with the desire to add unique and non-tangible items. Examples here include going on safari (Varnajot, 2019), generic 'world' travel (Zascerinska et al, 2022), or something as prosaic as sightseeing, touring or relaxing on a beach (Shields, 2011).…”

Section: Ideal or Dream Vacationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Zascerinska et al (2022) framed their work in the life and death dichotomy and see bucket list trips as a means of managing existential anxieties, noting that a relationship between the bucket list and death and dying might be apparent. Kostopoulos et al (2023) framed their study within a collecting paradigm and suggest ideal trips reflect a part of a wider collecting mentality. Wahlers and Etzel (1985) and Tsai (2007) framed their work using stimulation theory.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Tourists as Experience Collectors: A New Travelling Mind-Set

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A dream vacation typology

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