Cultural encountering as a facilitator for slow tourism experiences: a case in an Amish attraction

Ting-Yen Huang, Ruiping Ren and Joseph S. Chen

Chapter 11 in Handbook of Experience Science, 2024, pp 146-159 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Partaking in a cultural journey often plays a pivotal role in enhancing the tourist experience at destinations. The concept of slowness in tourism portrays a unique tourists’ temptation to slow down their activity tempo while relishing a cultural journey. This chapter intends to further the extant literature by deploying a qualitative study probing the tourists’ slowness experiences at an Amish destination in the USA. Eight in-depth interviews were gathered at an Amish complex, where tourists can taste local foods and go through various cultural-bonding activities and events. From the participants’ perspectives of their encountering experiences at the study site, this chapter recapitulates the slowness sensing as five experience domains, entailing (1) relaxation, (2) authenticity, (3) sustainability, (4) intimacy, and (5) spirituality.

Keywords: Business and Management; Development Studies; Economics and Finance; Environment; Geography; Innovations and Technology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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