Yeni Bir Dönüştürücü Turizm Trendi Olarak “Ye-Dua Et-Sev Turizmi”: Kuramsal Bir Model Önerisi

Abstract

This study is based on the book “Eat Pray Love”, which was published as a book in 2006 and reached a sales volume of more than 8 million, then was released as a movie in 2010 and sold more than 10 million. The book, in which the writer Elizabeth Gilbert wrote about her travels to Italy, India and Indonesia and her inner journey she experienced during this trip, has been shown among the tourism trends of 2022, based on the gastronomic and touristic experiences she has revealed. In this study, the emergence of the philosophy of “Eat-Pray-Love”, its place in touristic travels and its future in terms of tourism researches are discussed, based on the method of systematic literature review. In this context, a new theoretical model proposal for future tourism oriented academic research has been suggested based on the transformative tourism approach, which constitutes the conceptual infrastructure of the “Eat-Pray-Love” tourism trend. As a result, a model has been proposed in which the theoretical and operational outputs of liminality (Eat), peak experience (Pray) and behavioral change (Love) can be discussed in the context of gastronomic experience, transformative tourism experience and well-being variables.