The Tourism Studies
Online ISSN : 2189-7530
Print ISSN : 1342-0208
ISSN-L : 1342-0208
Search
Advanced search
OR
Browse
Search
Volume 23, Issue 2
Displaying 1-10 of 10 articles from this issue
Show all abstracts
    • |<
    • <
    • 1
    • >
    • >|
Peer reviewed paper
  • The structure and determinants of the evaluation of travel experiences : From the viewpoints of companion, destination, and distance
    Yoshifumi HAYASHI, Takehiro FUJIHARA
    Article type: Article
    2012 Volume 23 Issue 2 Pages 3-12
    Published: March 31, 2012
    Released on J-STAGE: April 01, 2017
    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.18979/jitr.23.2_3
    JOURNAL FREE ACCESS
    Show abstractHide abstract
    The study aimed to investigate the structure and determinants of the evaluation of travel experiences. A questionnaire was given to 587 undergraduate students. The main results were as follows, (1) Four evaluations of emotion were obtained: "positive deactivation (PD)," "positive activation (PA)," "negative deactivation (PD)," and "negative activation (NA)." Four evaluations of function were obtained: "self expansion," "strengthening of ties," "knowledge acquirement," and "health restoration." (2) Traveling with a companion enhances PA, and strengthening of ties. Traveling alone enhances ND, NA, and self expansion. (3) Urban destination and theme parks enhance PA, whereas a historic destination enhances PD and knowledge acquirement. A hot spring resort enhances PD and health restoration. On the basis of these results, tourist satisfaction was discussed.
    View full abstract
    Download PDF (1693K)
  • Searching for 'Home'? : Roots Tourism and Chinese Americans
    Naho U. Maruyama
    Article type: Article
    2012 Volume 23 Issue 2 Pages 13-18
    Published: March 31, 2012
    Released on J-STAGE: April 01, 2017
    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.18979/jitr.23.2_13
    JOURNAL FREE ACCESS
    Show abstractHide abstract
    The purpose of this study is to examine ways in which the Chinese American roots tourists reshaped and redefine the concept of who they are and where they belong through visiting China. Based on the interviews with 40 interviewees who visited China, the study revealed that, although they visited China because their imagined tie to the ancestral land, such ties were often contested by an actual encounter with China. After the visitors returned from China, they acknowledged China as their ancestral homeland but also reaffirmed where they belong is the United States.
    View full abstract
    Download PDF (927K)
Other
    • |<
    • <
    • 1
    • >
    • >|
feedback
 Top