Touristic quest for existential authenticity.

By Hyounggon Kim, Tazim B. Jamal. 2007

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Subfields: Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Extending the theory of planned behaviour: testing the effects of authentic perception and environmental concerns on the slow-tourist decision-making process (2016, background): “Kim and Jamal (2007) investigated renaissance festivals, indicating that repeat festivalgoers take their participation with a high sense of authentic experience.”
Tourist loyalty to a local cultural event: The case of Turkmen handicrafts festival (2016, unknown): “In fact, objective and constructive authenticities are objectrelated, whereas existential authenticity is experience-related (Cast eran & Roederer, 2013; Kim & Jamal, 2007; Robinson & Clifford, 2012).”
Tourism and Existential Transformation: An Empirical Investigation (2017, background): “Kim and Jamal (2007) illustrate this point in their account of Texas Renaissance festival attendees.”
Perceived authenticity of traditional branded restaurants (China): impacts on perceived quality, perceived value, and behavioural intentions (2020, background): “Authenticity is viewed as a critical factor in examining the quality and value of tourism products and experience (Akhoondnejad, 2016; Kim & Jamal, 2007).”
Heritage Tourism in Singapore Chinatown: A Perceived Value Approach to Authenticity and Satisfaction (2016, background): “Proponents of the existential approach to authenticity view it as a key deciding factor for tourists when selecting a destination (see for example Kim & Jamal, 2007; Steiner & Reisinger, 2006; Wang, 1999).”
The Authenticity of Heritage Sites, Tourists’ Quest for Existential Authenticity, and Destination Loyalty (2017, methodology): “, Steiner and Reisinger 2006; Kim and Jamal 2007), the present study enriches the existing literature by demonstrating that existential authenticity can be empirically examined from the perspectives of intrapersonal and interpersonal authenticity. Recent empirical studies of existential authenticity”