Title of Paper
HOLIDAY SYNDROME: EXPLORING TOURISTS’ STRESS IN PLEASURE TRAVEL
Abstract (150 Words)
Leisure travel can mediate our daily stress, but also can provoke stress. This study is aimed to explore what types of stress tourists encounter during their travel experience. Using semi-structured interviews and participant observation, study findings revealed tourists encountered four major types of stress (e.g., service-provider-related stress, traveler-related stress) during their vacations. These findings not only contribute to tourism research by documenting specific types of stress in the travel context and exploring new insights into ways of coping with stress, but also provide a glimpse into how tourism and hospitality professionals should modify programs/experiences in response to tourists’ stress and needs of coping with stress during the travel experiences.
HOLIDAY SYNDROME: EXPLORING TOURISTS’ STRESS IN PLEASURE TRAVEL
Leisure travel can mediate our daily stress, but also can provoke stress. This study is aimed to explore what types of stress tourists encounter during their travel experience. Using semi-structured interviews and participant observation, study findings revealed tourists encountered four major types of stress (e.g., service-provider-related stress, traveler-related stress) during their vacations. These findings not only contribute to tourism research by documenting specific types of stress in the travel context and exploring new insights into ways of coping with stress, but also provide a glimpse into how tourism and hospitality professionals should modify programs/experiences in response to tourists’ stress and needs of coping with stress during the travel experiences.