About this Research Topic
Tourism, hospitality, and events play a significant role in providing transformative experiences that have the potential to positively impact the well-being of individuals and communities. These transformative experiences lead to profound changes in individuals' worldviews, values, and behaviors, promoting personal growth and contributing to a more sustainable society. However, without proper management, these experiences can also result in challenges and negative outcomes.
Despite their significance, research linking transformative experiences, behavior change and the well-being of stakeholders in tourism, hospitality, and events is still limited but emerging.
Understanding the implications for practice has become increasingly relevant, given the Tourism, Hospitality and Events industry's operation within the socio-political and economic landscape. The design, creation, and management of transformative experiences can play an important role in all stakeholders’ well-being.
This Research Topic invites original research papers, conceptual studies, empirical investigations, review papers, case studies, and methodological papers that provide new insights into the potential impact of transformative experiences on the well-being of all Tourism, Hospitality and Events stakeholders, and how these are studied. We also seek to identify best practices for responsibly and sustainably designing, co-creating, and managing these experiences. By bringing together scholars and practitioners from diverse fields, this topic aims to advance knowledge and foster dialogue on this increasingly important subject within the tourism, hospitality, and events industries.
We welcome contributions that address the following areas:
• Conceptualizing transformative experiences in Tourism, Hospitality and Events
• Measuring transformative experiences and their impacts on Tourism, Hospitality and Events stakeholders
• Methodological contributions in Transformative experiences and well-being in Tourism, Hospitality and Events
• Triggers and effects of transformative experiences
• Nexus between transformative experiences and well-being
• Transformative service research (TSR) applied to Tourism, Hospitality and Events
• Well-being as an outcome of transformative experiences
• Transformative experiences for Tourism, Hospitality and Events customers, providers, workers, and communities
• Transformative experiences and community wellbeing
• Understanding the long-term effects of transformative experiences on Tourism, Hospitality and Events stakeholders
• Examining Tourism, Hospitality and Events stakeholders’ well-being
• Exploring the role of transformative experiences in promoting mental health, personal growth, and self-actualization from Tourism, Hospitality and Events stakeholders.
• Practices that promote Tourism, Hospitality and Events stakeholders’ behavior change and wellbeing
• Workplace experiences for Tourism, Hospitality and Events stakeholders wellbeing
• Wellness and transformative behaviors in Tourism, Hospitality and Events
• Co-creating transformative experiences for Tourism, Hospitality and Events stakeholders’ well-being
• Designing tools for Tourism, Hospitality and Events stakeholders’ behavior change
• Psychology of transformative experiences in Tourism, Hospitality and Events
• Marketing transformative experiences in Tourism, Hospitality and Events
• Metaverse and transformative behaviors of Tourism, Hospitality and Events stakeholders
Despite their significance, research linking transformative experiences, behavior change and the well-being of stakeholders in tourism, hospitality, and events is still limited but emerging.
Understanding the implications for practice has become increasingly relevant, given the Tourism, Hospitality and Events industry's operation within the socio-political and economic landscape. The design, creation, and management of transformative experiences can play an important role in all stakeholders’ well-being.
This Research Topic invites original research papers, conceptual studies, empirical investigations, review papers, case studies, and methodological papers that provide new insights into the potential impact of transformative experiences on the well-being of all Tourism, Hospitality and Events stakeholders, and how these are studied. We also seek to identify best practices for responsibly and sustainably designing, co-creating, and managing these experiences. By bringing together scholars and practitioners from diverse fields, this topic aims to advance knowledge and foster dialogue on this increasingly important subject within the tourism, hospitality, and events industries.
We welcome contributions that address the following areas:
• Conceptualizing transformative experiences in Tourism, Hospitality and Events
• Measuring transformative experiences and their impacts on Tourism, Hospitality and Events stakeholders
• Methodological contributions in Transformative experiences and well-being in Tourism, Hospitality and Events
• Triggers and effects of transformative experiences
• Nexus between transformative experiences and well-being
• Transformative service research (TSR) applied to Tourism, Hospitality and Events
• Well-being as an outcome of transformative experiences
• Transformative experiences for Tourism, Hospitality and Events customers, providers, workers, and communities
• Transformative experiences and community wellbeing
• Understanding the long-term effects of transformative experiences on Tourism, Hospitality and Events stakeholders
• Examining Tourism, Hospitality and Events stakeholders’ well-being
• Exploring the role of transformative experiences in promoting mental health, personal growth, and self-actualization from Tourism, Hospitality and Events stakeholders.
• Practices that promote Tourism, Hospitality and Events stakeholders’ behavior change and wellbeing
• Workplace experiences for Tourism, Hospitality and Events stakeholders wellbeing
• Wellness and transformative behaviors in Tourism, Hospitality and Events
• Co-creating transformative experiences for Tourism, Hospitality and Events stakeholders’ well-being
• Designing tools for Tourism, Hospitality and Events stakeholders’ behavior change
• Psychology of transformative experiences in Tourism, Hospitality and Events
• Marketing transformative experiences in Tourism, Hospitality and Events
• Metaverse and transformative behaviors of Tourism, Hospitality and Events stakeholders
Keywords: Transformative experiences, Well-being, Tourism, Hospitality & Events stakeholders, Positive psychology, Transformative Service Research
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