Exploring pandemic holiday practices: Meaning, experience and aspiration

During Covid-19 holiday travel became shorter in distance and more surface-based, presenting an unusual opportunity to explore people's experiences of less carbon-intensive holiday travel. In this paper, survey and interview data are used to investigate pandemic holiday practices, exploring how...

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Published in:Annals of tourism research empirical insights 2024-11, Vol.5 (2), p.100135, Article 100135
Main Authors: Skarp, Sara, Hoolohan, Claire
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Annan samhällsvetenskap
Aviation
Covid-19
Low-carbon lifestyles
Mobility
Other Social Sciences
Samhällsvetenskap
Social Sciences
Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
Sustainable consumption
Tvärvetenskapliga studier inom samhällsvetenskap
Vacation
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Summary:During Covid-19 holiday travel became shorter in distance and more surface-based, presenting an unusual opportunity to explore people's experiences of less carbon-intensive holiday travel. In this paper, survey and interview data are used to investigate pandemic holiday practices, exploring how meanings and aspirations relate to travel distance and mode. The findings illustrate the complexity of modal shift and air travel reductions. Despite showing that many people gained experience in surface-based travelling during Covid-19, we also show that what is a satisfying holiday experience can be achieved to differing degrees with short-distance or flight-free travel. Therefore, changing travel demand requires exploring how ‘proper’ holiday experiences could be provided domestically, and how shared ideas about what a holiday entails can be altered. •Mixed method investigation of Covid-19 travel practices and future aspirations.•Holidaying during Covid-19 reveals the complexity of modal shift for decarbonisation.•Familiarity of short distance surface travel increased, aspirations more varied.•Changing travel demand requires improvements in local tourism provision.•Shifting and avoiding travel depends on shared ideas about what holidays are for.
ISSN:2666-9579
2666-9579
DOI:10.1016/j.annale.2024.100135