Integrating Environmental Anchoring and Interactive Technology Into Health Tourism: Enhancing Embodied Mindfulness Experiences

IF 5.7 3区 管理学 Q1 HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM
Bin Zhu, Lianping Ren, Hangjun Zhang, Hanqin Qiu
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This study explores how interactive technology can enhance mindfulness in health tourism through the HU device—a biofeedback tool that synchronizes vapor with users' breathing. Traditional mindfulness practices often face barriers of accessibility, engagement, and adaptability, especially in tourism contexts. To address this, a qualitative study with 25 participants examined the device's integration into a health retreat. Findings indicate that embodied engagement with vapor, a non-judgmental interaction mode, and seamless technological integration supported deeper focus, emotional resilience, and calmness. Portability further enabled continued use as a travel companion, extending mindfulness beyond retreat settings. Framed within the proposed model of Sensory Experience, Behavioral Reflection, Technological Integration, and Practical Accessibility, the study shows how digital tools can enrich embodied mindful experiences. Rather than distracting, mindful technologies can serve as valuable facilitators of well-being, positioning health tourism as a setting where sustained mindfulness engagement is both accessible and adaptable.

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将环境锚定与互动技术融入健康旅游:提升具身正念体验
本研究探讨互动科技如何透过HU装置(一种让蒸气与使用者呼吸同步的生物回馈工具),提升健康旅游中的正念。传统的正念练习往往面临可及性、参与度和适应性方面的障碍,尤其是在旅游环境中。为了解决这个问题,一项有25名参与者的定性研究检查了该设备与健康疗养的结合。研究结果表明,与蒸汽的具体接触、非评判的互动模式和无缝的技术集成支持更深层次的专注、情绪弹性和冷静。便携性进一步使其成为旅行伴侣,将专注力扩展到静修环境之外。在提出的感官体验、行为反思、技术整合和实用可及性模型框架内,该研究显示了数字工具如何丰富具体化的正念体验。正念技术不会让人分心,而是可以作为有价值的幸福感促进者,将健康旅游定位为一个既可获得又可适应持续正念参与的环境。
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International Journal of Tourism Research
International Journal of Tourism Research HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM-
CiteScore
9.00
自引率
4.30%
发文量
60
期刊介绍: International Journal of Tourism Research promotes and enhances research developments in the field of tourism. The journal provides an international platform for debate and dissemination of research findings whilst also facilitating the discussion of new research areas and techniques. IJTR continues to add a vibrant and exciting channel for those interested in tourism and hospitality research developments. The scope of the journal is international and welcomes research that makes original contributions to theories and methodologies. It continues to publish high quality research papers in any area of tourism, including empirical papers on tourism issues. The journal welcomes submissions based upon both primary research and reviews including papers in areas that may not directly be tourism based but concern a topic that is of interest to researchers in the field of tourism, such as economics, marketing, sociology and statistics. All papers are subject to strict double-blind (or triple-blind) peer review by the international research community.
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