Journal
TOURISM MANAGEMENT
Volume 79, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2020.104098
Keywords
Digital free tourism; Motivations; Digital detox; Wellbeing; Etourism; Smart tourism
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The problem of technology overuse - and related mental health and addiction issues - has spilled over into the tourism context. Recent literature has also suggested that heavy use of technology while travelling could potentially have negative impacts on the overall tourist experience; and that tourists might search for disconnection while travelling. As a result, this study focuses on the recently emerged and scarcely understood phenomenon of digital free tourism (DFT), exploring participants' motivations for voluntarily abstaining from, or limiting their use of, technology on their travels. The findings aid relevant theory by identifying four main factors that motivate tourists to participate in DFT - escape, personal growth, health and well-being, relationships - and highlight several exploratory subthemes underlying these motivators. Considering DFT not as an inconvenience but a travel choice, this study can finally aid practitioners to better promote DFT as a tourism product; maximizing the participants' related benefits and positive experiences.
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