Designing a tourist experience for numen seekers

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Bideci, M. and Bideci, C. 2021. Designing a tourist experience for numen seekers. Qualitative Market Research. https://doi.org/10.1108/QMR-12-2020-0147

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Authors	Bideci, M. and Bideci, C.
Abstract	Although tourist experience has been considerably studied, there is a dearth of research on spiritual cognitive stages in tourism literature. Therefore, this paper aims to reveal the dimensions of the tourist experience based on numinosity context. A qualitative method is used by the etic and emic approach with an ethnographic background. After observation and active participation in the field, data collected from 44 participants with semi-structured interviews to reveal their numinous experiences dimensions. The results show that numinous experience in three categories (mysterium, tremendum and fascinans) can be evaluated in seven dimensions including history, story, awe, reverence, atmosphere, place-based and nature-based dimensions. This study provides managerial and practical implications for tourism stakeholders to be aware of numinous experiences and to better manage sacred places. This paper offers a novel tourist experience design in the numinous context to the best of the authors' knowledge.
Keywords	Numinous experience; Tourism; Emic-etic approach; Virgin Mary House
Year	2021
Journal	Qualitative Market Research
Publisher	Emerald Insight
ISSN	1352-2752
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)	https://doi.org/10.1108/QMR-12-2020-0147
Official URL	https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/QMR-12-2020-0147/full/html
Print	27 Sep 2021
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Accepted	31 Aug 2021
Deposited	11 Oct 2021
Accepted author manuscript	Manuscript.pdf License CC BY-NC 4.0
Output status	Published

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