{"title":"Family travel as an educational experience: Revealing multi-level Parents' perceived value through a family systems approach","authors":"Zhuxian (Zoey) Li , Yi Yang , Xiaoming Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.tmp.2024.101301","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Family travel has experienced significant growth in recent years, with an increasing emphasis on its educational benefits for children. However, limited research comprehensively reveals these benefits from the perspective of perceived value, considering children's diverse roles in various social contexts. Employing a family systems approach, this study interviewed 35 parents to investigate their perceived educational value of family travel for their children across three levels: the individual level (children's roles as individuals), the family level (children's roles within the family), and the societal level (children's roles within social contexts outside the family). Employing a hybrid thematic analysis, this study uncovers six overarching themes across these three levels. It is concluded that family travel holds significant personal and interpersonal educational value for children, which is both transferable and developmental in nature. This study contributes to a multi-level understanding of the educational value of family travel for children, offering insights for developing educational family travel products.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48141,"journal":{"name":"Tourism Management Perspectives","volume":"53 ","pages":"Article 101301"},"PeriodicalIF":7.3000,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Tourism Management Perspectives","FirstCategoryId":"91","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211973624000849","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Family travel has experienced significant growth in recent years, with an increasing emphasis on its educational benefits for children. However, limited research comprehensively reveals these benefits from the perspective of perceived value, considering children's diverse roles in various social contexts. Employing a family systems approach, this study interviewed 35 parents to investigate their perceived educational value of family travel for their children across three levels: the individual level (children's roles as individuals), the family level (children's roles within the family), and the societal level (children's roles within social contexts outside the family). Employing a hybrid thematic analysis, this study uncovers six overarching themes across these three levels. It is concluded that family travel holds significant personal and interpersonal educational value for children, which is both transferable and developmental in nature. This study contributes to a multi-level understanding of the educational value of family travel for children, offering insights for developing educational family travel products.
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Tourism Management Perspectives is an interdisciplinary journal that focuses on the planning and management of travel and tourism. It covers topics such as tourist experiences, their consequences for communities, economies, and environments, the creation of image, the shaping of tourist experiences and perceptions, and the management of tourist organizations and destinations. The journal's editorial board consists of experienced international professionals and it shares the board with Tourism Management. The journal covers socio-cultural, technological, planning, and policy aspects of international, national, and regional tourism, as well as specific management studies. It encourages papers that introduce new research methods and critique existing ones in the context of tourism research. The journal publishes empirical research articles and high-quality review articles on important topics and emerging themes that enhance the theoretical and conceptual understanding of key areas within travel and tourism management.