Hermeneutic Phenomenological Understanding of the Inner Journey of Templestay

Jiyoung Hwang and Hyo-Yeun Park
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Jiyoung Hwang: Department of Convention Management, College of Hotel and Tourism Management, Kyung Hee University, 26 Kyungheedae-ro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 02447, Korea
Hyo-Yeun Park: Department of Tourism Management, Korea Tourism College, 197-93, Ijang-ro 311, Icheon-si 17306, Korea

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 15, 1-18

Abstract: This study delineated the templestay experience in the context of the authenticity of tourism. To understand the phenomenon of templestay experience, the study applied the hermeneutic phenomenology method. Furthermore, the researcher tried to approach the experience with an open perspective in observing essential meanings and lived phenomena. From the hermeneutic guide, the study discovered “structure of perceptions (situation, emotion, thought, action),” “perceptual experiences (rational experience, sentimental experience, judgmental experience, experimental experience),” and “experiential authenticity (superficial authenticity, situational authenticity, relational authenticity, space-time authenticity, existential authenticity)” from the lived templestay experience and developed a “descriptive model of the integrative phenomenon of templestay experience.” This study suggests the possibility of discovering new phenomena by expanding the boundaries of the perceptions of the authentic experience of tourism.

Keywords: Korean Buddhism; experiential authenticity; perceptual experiences; healing; phenomenology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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