MINDFULNESS IN TOURISM TO DEVELOP RESILIENCE IN POST-COVID-19 FOR SUSTAINABLE TOURISM INDUSTRY

Author (s) : E.M Latha & A.Tamilselvi

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Abstract :
Tourism is an activity reliant on human behaviour, emotions and cognition. Mindfulness is considered as an exercise of metacognition and can be interpreted as an intervention for enhancing an individual’s control of their behaviour and cognition. This depicts a positive association between tourism and mindfulness. Mindfulness emerged as a state of consciousness of the current situation by accepting the feelings and information in an open and non-judgemental manner. It is suggested that for a successful transition towards a sustainable society, it is crucial to stimulate the transformation of the inner dimension of the individual. The inner dimension is a concept linked to consciousness and changes in values and behaviour, thereby manifesting the connection of mindfulness in sustainability. This narrative review paper reviews the existing relevant scientific publications to create an understanding of the conceptual and application level as well linkage between mindfulness and sustainability. The paper then reviewed the literature to relate mindfulness with organisational context and identified that mindfulness was used in organisations to bring sustainability and resilience. The paper finally reviews relevant literature to know the relationship between mindfulness and tourism to reflect the potential of mindfulness to foster sustainability in tourism. Interpreting the reviews made on mindfulness and the three dimensions, sustainability, organisational context and tourism, it is identified that mindfulness intervention in tourism is highly relevant to promoting resilience in tourism. Hence, the review paper concludes that mindfulness in tourism can help promote resilience and foster sustainability in post-COVID19 tourism.

Keywords : Tourism , Mindfulness , Resilience , Sustainability , Organisations , COVID-19.

Conference Date : 30/08/2019

Pages : 280

Paper ID : 19271