Culture, Tourism and Leisure Behavior
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Tourism, Culture, and Heritage".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2023) | Viewed by 39160
Special Issue Editor
Interests: leisure and culture; leisure and health; leisure and sport tourism
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Dear Colleagues,
In the 1970s, tourism researchers indicated that culture is a determinant of the attractiveness of a tourist destination. Among many scholars who explored the nature of culture and how it relates to tourism, Ritchie and Zins adopted an anthropological version of the construct as a “historically created system of explicit and implicit designs for living, which tends to be shared by all or specifically designated members of a group at a specified point in time.” Later, Ritchie and Zins claimed that the definition “focused on the explicit components of culture which are readily visible to the traveler”.
While culture is an essential concept for tourism research, it has been neglected in recent years. Research on culture conflict, culture shock, cultural brokers, and cultural tourism are often seen in tourism literature. However, such studies are frequently either not supported by any definition of culture or by a vague and unmeasurable cultural dimension. Tourists see the behavior and artifacts of others when they visit tourist destinations; these are the manifestations of culture which are connected to tourists’ leisure behaviors when they are in the host community. Futhermore, during the COVID-19 pandemic, social distancing became a new norm which influences tourists’ leisure behaviors. Therefore, this special issue will focus on three areas: (1) how culture is measured and defined as it relates to tourism; (2) how both visitor and host cultures influence tourism behavior; and (3) as a new norm, how social distancing has influenced both host and tourists’ behaviors since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Studies addressing other aspects of culture, tourism, and leisure behavior are also welcome.
Prof. Dr. Erwei Dong
Guest Editor
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