Revisiting The Mindfulness Framework In Heritage Tourism
It has been propounded that mindful tourists are able to appreciate and act responsibly at heritage sites, as compared to tourists who are mindless. The mindfulness framework suggested by Moscardo (1996, 1999) has been acknowledged as important, however, there are few gaps in the application: lack o...
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| author | Tan, Poh Ling |
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| description | It has been propounded that mindful tourists are able to appreciate and act responsibly at heritage sites, as compared to tourists who are mindless. The mindfulness framework suggested by Moscardo (1996, 1999) has been acknowledged as important, however, there are few gaps in the application: lack of explanation on Visitor Factor in influencing mindfulness and lack of specific measure of mindfulness and interpretive outcome in tourism context. The overall research objective of this study is to enhance the mindfulness framework in explaining tourist interpretative outcome. This research examine the influence of Visitor Factors and Communication Factors on mindfulness. This research is conducted in Penang, a destination listed under the UNESCO World Heritage |
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| spelling | usm-454972019-09-19T07:09:27Z http://eprints.usm.my/45497/ Revisiting The Mindfulness Framework In Heritage Tourism Tan, Poh Ling P87-96 Communication. Mass media It has been propounded that mindful tourists are able to appreciate and act responsibly at heritage sites, as compared to tourists who are mindless. The mindfulness framework suggested by Moscardo (1996, 1999) has been acknowledged as important, however, there are few gaps in the application: lack of explanation on Visitor Factor in influencing mindfulness and lack of specific measure of mindfulness and interpretive outcome in tourism context. The overall research objective of this study is to enhance the mindfulness framework in explaining tourist interpretative outcome. This research examine the influence of Visitor Factors and Communication Factors on mindfulness. This research is conducted in Penang, a destination listed under the UNESCO World Heritage 2017-08 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/45497/1/TAN%20POH%20LING.pdf Tan, Poh Ling (2017) Revisiting The Mindfulness Framework In Heritage Tourism. PhD thesis, Universiti Sains Malaysia. |
| spellingShingle | P87-96 Communication. Mass media Tan, Poh Ling Revisiting The Mindfulness Framework In Heritage Tourism |
| title | Revisiting The Mindfulness Framework In Heritage Tourism |
| title_full | Revisiting The Mindfulness Framework In Heritage Tourism |
| title_fullStr | Revisiting The Mindfulness Framework In Heritage Tourism |
| title_full_unstemmed | Revisiting The Mindfulness Framework In Heritage Tourism |
| title_short | Revisiting The Mindfulness Framework In Heritage Tourism |
| title_sort | revisiting the mindfulness framework in heritage tourism |
| topic | P87-96 Communication. Mass media |
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