A review and prospect of phenomenological tourism research
Phenomenology is an important philosophical movement in the 20th century,which has broadened the horizons of tourism research in terms of philosophical concepts and research methods.Based on the initial description of the philosophical concepts and basic research paradigms of phenomenology,this paper reviews the main topics of phenomenological tourism research,such as the tourist being,tourist experience and tourism experience,and tries to point out the problems and challenges faced by current phenomenological tourism research.This study concludes that:(1)How to define tourist'activities and the way of existence within the phenomenological perspective,"the here and now way of tourist existence or tourist being"should become a priority in phenomenological tourism research.This is because it involves defining the essential attributes of tourism on a philosophical level.(2)In answering the priority question of"tourist being",phenomenological tourism research should not only deepen the existing research topics such as emotional,cognitive,and behavioral"tourist experience",but also broaden the future topics such as sensory,perceptual,and conceptual"tourism experience".(3)Phenomenological tourism research should follow the principles,concepts,paradigms and methods of phenomenology,so as to avoid various research deviations,such as the relative non-compliance of research materials,the relative implausibility of the objective restoration of subjective experience,and the relative insufficiency of thematic analysis.Overall,phenomenology inspires tourism scholars'self-confidence,guiding scholars to answer the"essence of tourism"from the philosophical level,"tourism as a way of human being",rather than an industrial activity.
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