An existential conceptualization of the vacation cycle

Ksenia Kirillova and Xinran Lehto

Annals of Tourism Research, 2015, vol. 55, issue C, 110-123

Abstract: Utilizing the notions of existential authenticity and normal anxiety, we propose the five-phase model of vacation cycle and elucidate mechanisms behind vacation and fade-out effects. Departing from a purely philosophical view on existential authenticity, we focus on its understanding via the existential psychology lenses, arguing that existential authenticity is a relative, dynamic, and four-dimensional concept. Supported by the current empirical evidences and theoretical advancements in existential psychology, this study posits that, accompanied by anxiety fluctuations, authenticity varies during a vacation across four dimensions of human existence: Umwelt, Mitwelt, Eigenwelt, and Uberwelt. We suggest that these changes are associated with vacation (when evoked by liminality and awe) and fade-out effects (when prompted by the lack of existential courage and anxiety tranquilization).

Keywords: Existential authenticity; Existential anxiety; Vacation; Fade-out effect; Wellness tourism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2015.09.003

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