Tourism and extraordinary ordinary life
This study examines how nature-based tourism and everyday life intertwine to shape meaning and personal transformation. Drawing on constructivist grounded theory and evidence from observations in four protected areas alongside thirty-eight interviews with Chinese tourists, it identifies a four-stage...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2026 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya) |
| Repositorio: | Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:recercat.cat:10256/28259 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10256/28259 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Turisme espiritual -- Xina Spiritual tourism -- China Espais naturals protegits Protected areas Ecoturisme Ecotourism Turisme -- Filosofia Tourism -- Filosofia |
| Sumario: | This study examines how nature-based tourism and everyday life intertwine to shape meaning and personal transformation. Drawing on constructivist grounded theory and evidence from observations in four protected areas alongside thirty-eight interviews with Chinese tourists, it identifies a four-stage process of becoming: departing, encountering, returning, and transforming. Informed by Deleuzian philosophy, tourism is reimagined as an immanent and open-ended force embedded within the rhythms of everyday life rather than a temporary escape or quest for authenticity. Findings challenge binaries between the ordinary and the extraordinary, showing how subtle affective encounters can profoundly reshape self and world. The study proposes a more inclusive and ontologically grounded understanding of tourism, while questioning modernist, class-based assumptions |
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