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Typologies of spiritual tourists in relation to their spirituality intention and experience. Adapted from McKercher and du Cros's Cultural Tourism Typology (2003).
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The objective of this study is to investigate the extent of spirituality in various types of tourism, and to test the hypothesis of the existence of common spiritual experiences among all types of tourists. McKercher's typology of cultural tourists and Norman's (2012) typology of tourists' spiritual experiences were applied to classify various grou...
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... a serendipitous spiritual tourist, personal spiritual growth had no element of influence on decision process, but this tourist has a deep spiritual experience after his/her journey by chance (Haq & Jackson, 2006). Typologies of spiritual tourists in relation to their spirituality intention and experience can be conceptualized as in Figure 2. ...
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