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Travel experience and being-toward-death

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  • Xiong, Wei
  • Huang, Meijiao
  • Okumus, Bendegul
  • Fan, Fang

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The unity of travel, life, and death needs deeper exploration. This study introduces Heidegger's notion of being-toward-death to cast light on the underlying travel experiences of cancer patients. A total of 98 travel experience narratives of cancer patients from digital mini-blogs were collected and analyzed, and a framework was proposed to structure the mechanism. This study found that the meaning of travel is reflected in two pillars of being-toward-death: structure of care and way of dwelling. The two main travel experiences—hedonic and contemplative—were embedded in being-toward-death, and contemplative experiences included meaning, equilibrium, mystery, and poetry. This study enriches achievement in the area of travel experience and also offers practical significance for cancer care.

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  • Xiong, Wei & Huang, Meijiao & Okumus, Bendegul & Fan, Fang, 2023. "Travel experience and being-toward-death," Annals of Tourism Research, Elsevier, vol. 102(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:anture:v:102:y:2023:i:c:s016073832300097x
    DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2023.103624
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