Tourism, meditation, sustainability
Applied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce March 31, 2016 DOI: 10.19041/apstract/2016/1/11 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or conceptual paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Meditation |
| Keywords | Tourism Sustainability Marketing Population Value mathematics Consumption sociology Product mathematics Openness to experience Service business Psychotherapist Social science Environmental health |
| Citations | 20 |
| Key points | Argues that tourists' elevated openness to experience and a trend toward spiritual experiences create synergy for tourism providers to offer meditation-based services, which are portable and cost-effective. Proposes that meditation could improve Hungarians' health and that mindfulness correlates with sustainable behavior, giving tourism a role in sustainability. |
Abstract
The economic value of meditation based services is clearly demonstrated by a growing number of companies using such services. In the USA one quarter of the companies offer in-house meditation training to their employees. On the otherhand,the number of those who think that the western consumption paradigm in its present form is unsustainable is also increasing. In addition to its business value, meditation and its most popular western form mindfulness is a practical tool that can catalyze a change in our world view and value system. A basic precondition for learning meditation techniques is to have an open, receptive, feminine attitude. As it is revealed in the present research, tourists poses a significantly elevated level of openness to new experience. This increased openness together with an upward trend for spiritual experiences can create a synergy for certain destinations, accommodation types, tourism locations to expand their service portfolio with meditation based services. While favourable physical and psychological effects of traditional tourism services fade within a few weeks, meditation is a portable tourism product which can be taken home and practiced regularly in a virtually cost-free way. By learning and practicing meditation the extremely poor physical and psychological condition of the Hungarian population could be improved in a preventive and cost-effective way. As the level of mindfulness is positively correlated with sustainable behaviour by offering meditation services tourism might take on a new level of significance in the battle for sustainability.
Comparable studies
Other theoretical and historical papers on meditation, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mindfulness: A proposed operational definition. | 2004 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Mechanisms of mindfulness | 2005 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| How Does Mindfulness Meditation Work? Proposing Mechanisms of Action From a Conceptual and Neural Perspective | 2011 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for depression | 2006 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Self-awareness, self-regulation, and self-transcendence (S-ART): a framework for understanding the neurobiological mechanisms of mindfulness | 2012 | Theoretical or philosophical paper |
Citations in the library
Cites 6
- Mindfulness training as a clinical intervention: A conceptual and empirical review. Clinical Psychology Science and Practice 2003
- Meditation promotes insightful problem-solving by keeping people in a mindful and alert conscious state Science China Life Sciences October 1, 2011
- Randomized controlled trial of mindfulness-based stress reduction for prehypertension. Psychosomatic Medicine October 1, 2013
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- Meditation, mindfulness and executive control: the importance of emotional acceptance and brain-based performance monitoring. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience April 15, 2012
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