Tourism, meditation, sustainability

dc.contributor.authorLengyel, Attila
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-28T11:15:52Z
dc.date.available2021-06-28T11:15:52Z
dc.date.issued2016-03-31
dc.description.abstractThe 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.en
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dc.identifier.citationApplied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce, Vol. 10 No. 1 (2016) , 81-91
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.19041/APSTRACT/2016/1/11
dc.identifier.eissn1789-7874
dc.identifier.issn1789-221X
dc.identifier.issue1
dc.identifier.jatitleAPSTRACT
dc.identifier.jtitleApplied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2437/317770en
dc.identifier.volume10
dc.languageen
dc.relationhttps://ojs.lib.unideb.hu/apstract/article/view/6852
dc.rights.accessOpen Access
dc.rights.ownerUniversity of Debrecen, Faculty of Economics and Business, Hungary
dc.subjecttourismen
dc.subjectmeditationen
dc.subjectsustainabilityen
dc.subjectopenness to experienceen
dc.subjecttrendsen
dc.titleTourism, meditation, sustainabilityen
dc.typefolyóiratcikkhu
dc.typearticleen
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