Residential tourism and eudaimonic well-being: A ‘value-adding’ analysis

Fei Hao and Honggen Xiao

Annals of Tourism Research, 2021, vol. 87, issue C

Abstract: This study aims to explore the linkage between residential tourism and eudaimonic well-being. A “value-adding” approach is applied to this analysis with an extended interpretation. Residential tourism involves a prolonged stay in a destination and thus can lead to fundamental changes in environment, lifestyle, social networks, and values. Residential tourist experience is found to have profound impacts on individuals' eudaimonic well-being in the eight aspects of autonomy, environmental mastery, personal growth, purpose in life, the extension of youth, positive relations with others, self-acceptance, and inner peace. This study advances Ryff's (1989) eudaimonic well-being model and contributes to tourism and mobility research. Implications for residential tourists and destination managers are also provided.

Keywords: Residential tourism; Eudaimonic well-being; Value-adding analysis; Positive psychology; Mobility; Destination management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2021.103150

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