An existential conceptualization of the vacation cycle |
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| Affiliation: | 1. School of Hotel and Tourism Management, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 17 Science Museum Rd., TST East, Kowloon, Hong Kong;2. School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Purdue University, 900 West State St., Marriott Hall, Room 257, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA;1. Department of Marketing, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand;2. Department of Management, Marketing and Entrepreneurship, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand;1. School of Community Resources & Development, Arizona State University, United States;2. Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies, California State University, Long Beach, United States |
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| Abstract: | Utilizing the notions of existential authenticity and normal anxiety, we propose the five-phase model of vacation cycle and elucidate mechanisms behind vacation and fade-out effects. Departing from a purely philosophical view on existential authenticity, we focus on its understanding via the existential psychology lenses, arguing that existential authenticity is a relative, dynamic, and four-dimensional concept. Supported by the current empirical evidences and theoretical advancements in existential psychology, this study posits that, accompanied by anxiety fluctuations, authenticity varies during a vacation across four dimensions of human existence: Umwelt, Mitwelt, Eigenwelt, and Uberwelt. We suggest that these changes are associated with vacation (when evoked by liminality and awe) and fade-out effects (when prompted by the lack of existential courage and anxiety tranquilization). |
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| Keywords: | Existential authenticity Existential anxiety Vacation Fade-out effect Wellness tourism |
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