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Title: | Exploring the psychological well-being of tourism community members through the lens of self-determination theory : a case study of Queenstown, New Zealand | Authors: | Kondja, A Filep, S Mackenzie, SH Lo, A Vada, S |
Issue Date: | 2024 | Source: | Tourism analysis, 2024, v. 29, no.1, p. 1-16 | Abstract: | Despite a substantial history of research on the well-being of host communities at tourism destinations, the individual psychological well-being of local residents remains an underexplored topic. This study explores the psychological well-being of tourism host community members through a case study of Queenstown, New Zealand. By drawing on the self-determination theory, an innovative focus group analysis approach, microinterlocutor analysis, complemented by thematic analysis, was used to explain the psychological well-being of individual host community members in a nature-based tourism destination. Findings revealed a sense of autonomy, relatedness to people and the natural environment, feelings of competence or mastery, and beneficence-supported psychological well-being. This study extends prior research on the well-being of host communities by identifying key psychological well-being domains explicitly related to host community members. Practical implications of the findings are highlighted with reference to nature-based destinations. | Keywords: | Host community Nature-based tourism Psychological well-being Self-determination theory |
Publisher: | Cognizant Communication Corporation | Journal: | Tourism analysis | ISSN: | 1083-5423 | EISSN: | 1943-3999 | DOI: | 10.3727/108354223X16898473535094 | Rights: | All rights reserved. Copyright © 2024 Cognizant, LLC This article is Open Access under the terms of the Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). The following publication Kondja, A., Filep, S., Mackenzie, S. H., Lo, A., & Vada, S. (2024). Exploring the Psychological Well-Being of Tourism Community Members Through the Lens of Self-Determination Theory: A Case Study of Queenstown, New Zealand. Tourism Analysis, 29(1), 1-16 is available at https://doi.org/10.3727/108354223X16898473535094. |
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