Embodied generating mechanisms of tourist well-being in river and lake scenarios
Achieving a sense of well-being for tourists contributes to the social well-being of river and lake tourism destinations.Adopting the constructive grounded theory,this paper explores the elements of tourist well-being in river and lake scenarios and its embodied generating mechanisms.The study finds that:(1)Tourist well-being in the river and lake scenarios consists of positive emotion,immersion,social connection,accomplishment,and self-discovery,of which positive emotion,immersion,and social connection are mainly hedonic well-being.In contrast,accomplishment and self-discovery are mainly eudaimonic well-being.(2)The generation of tourists well-being in river and lake scenarios is the result of the dynamic interaction ofthe presence and absence of tourist's body with the scenarios.The tourists'present body generates well-being through embodied experiences(multisensory perceptions,body movements or behaviors,situational interactions,memories and associations)in river and lake tourism scenarios.The tourists'absent body generates well-being expecta-tions and well-being precipitations through interaction with daily and tourist scenarios.(3)There is a bidirectional constructive relationship between the river and lake tourists'embodied experience and the sense of well-being.The well-being generated by the tourists will prompt the body to interact with the scenarios again to gain embodied experience,which in turn generates a sense of well-being again.The findings of the study have theoretical and practical value for enhancing tourist well-being in the river and lake tourism scenarios.
river and lake tourismtourist well-beingembodied experiencegenerating mecha-nism