2022
Babymoon Tourism: Co-Creating Well-Being for Traveling Mothers
Abstract: This article aims to provide insight into how babymoon tourism can contribute to well-being by using a multimethod approach, combining autoethnography and netnography. The findings show that mothers-to-be experience well-being derived from co-creation and meaning. Participation in activities and everyday-like events at the destination can lead to happiness and improved quality of life. Self-development, empowerment, interpersonal interactions, and engagement with local culture all inspire well-being. In contra…
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“…The analytical approach allows autoethnographers to be a part of research of communities, inform researcher’s self and use analytical reflexivity to contribute to theoretical propositions, while the evocative approach draws the line that distances autoethnographers from research settings and focus on storytelling in an in-depth and enriched description to deal with intrapersonally intimate, taboo, or sensitive subjects. For example, using an analytical approach to viewing the co-creation of well-being through a cultural interaction lens, Vespestad (2022) provided enriched insights and suggestions of an untapped potential for babymoon tourism from her lifetime travel experience. In another study, Shepherd et al (2020) used evocative collaborative autoethnography to contemplate the relational and personal differences of contested heritage space in the context of Israeli-Palestinian relations.…”
Section: Strengths Of Autoethnography In Empowering Voices Of People ...mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The analytical approach allows autoethnographers to be a part of research of communities, inform researcher’s self and use analytical reflexivity to contribute to theoretical propositions, while the evocative approach draws the line that distances autoethnographers from research settings and focus on storytelling in an in-depth and enriched description to deal with intrapersonally intimate, taboo, or sensitive subjects. For example, using an analytical approach to viewing the co-creation of well-being through a cultural interaction lens, Vespestad (2022) provided enriched insights and suggestions of an untapped potential for babymoon tourism from her lifetime travel experience. In another study, Shepherd et al (2020) used evocative collaborative autoethnography to contemplate the relational and personal differences of contested heritage space in the context of Israeli-Palestinian relations.…”
Section: Strengths Of Autoethnography In Empowering Voices Of People ...mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Ahn et al, 2019;Houge Mackenzie & Hodge, 2020;Vada et al, 2023) 1. Autonomy: manifested as tourist empowerment (Gupta et al, 2023;Vespestad, 2023) and active engagement (Coghlan, 2015) including engagement with local culture (Vespestad, 2023).…”
Section: Mechanisms Underpinningmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…2. Relatedness: manifested as facilitating tourists' social contributions and connections (Coghlan, 2015;Vespestad, 2023), including strengthening their bonds with closed others (Durko & Petrick, 2013;Jepson et al, 2019).…”
Section: Mechanisms Underpinningmentioning
confidence: 99%
