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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Main Author: Tan, Poh Ling
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Language:English
Published: 2017
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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
url http://eprints.usm.my/45497/
http://eprints.usm.my/45497/1/TAN%20POH%20LING.pdf