Can digital-free tourism build character strengths?

Jing Li, Philip L. Pearce and Hera Oktadiana

Annals of Tourism Research, 2020, vol. 85, issue C

Abstract: The perception of digital-free tourism for developing character strengths was explored. A golden evidence triangle fusing the views of three respondent groups was established to assess trustworthy digital-free tourism-character strength linkages. Nine strengths were commonly acknowledged. They were distributed across a three-layer tiered model according to their relative importance. The strengths developed in digital-free tourism include: self-regulation, appreciation of beauty and excellence, social intelligence and open-mindedness for the core layer; vitality, love and perspective for the secondary layer; spirituality and creativity for the peripheral layer. The roles of each verified strength and the mechanisms for developing character strengths in digital-free tourism were captured in a three-stage travel narrative.

Keywords: Digital-free tourism (DFT); Character strengths; Tourist experience; Positive psychology; Self-growth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2020.103037

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