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Transformative experience as triggering behavioural change
University of Borås, Faculty of Textiles, Engineering and Business. (The Service and Retailing Research Group)
2023 (English)In: Handbook on Tourism and Behaviour Change / [ed] Haywantee Ramkissoon, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023, 1, p. 36-49Chapter in book (Refereed)
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Transformative experiences are meaningful encounters that have the potential to change the attitude and behaviour of the participants. Whilst, there is a wide array of theoretical perspectives that have been used to explain the processes and triggering factors of the tourist transformative experience, this chapter proposes a liminality and immersion perspective. This perspective provide a more holistic understanding and shows that transformative experience is an on-going process that extend from the pre-liminal, liminal and post-liminal phase and facilitated by deep engagement in the activities. It is also argued that the experience and transition to the liminal world is largely facilitated by contextual elements such as; physical environment; social dynamics and thematization around a story. Likewise, psychological factors such as the tourists’ motivation, level of readiness and openness to learn and personal characteristics of the tourists are vital. Altogether, both the contextual and psychological contribute in triggering change in behaviours.

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United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023, 1. p. 36-49
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-32582ISBN: 978 1 80037 248 1 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hb-32582DiVA, id: diva2:1899721
Available from: 2024-09-20 Created: 2024-09-20 Last updated: 2025-09-24Bibliographically approved

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