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Revisiting Tourism Experience in the Experience Economy: Sociological and Psychological Perspectives

The following work seeks to unveil a holistic image of the tourism experience phenomenon by bringing up new perspectives in the research and complementing it with the postmodern angle in order to increase its relevance. The article integrates two fundamental streams of tourism experience research – psychological and sociological – with four perspectives of experience economy realms (aesthetics, escapism, entertainment, and education) described by Pine and Gilmore (1999). Delving into these unique perspectives contributes to a theoretical research of the experience concept while providing real-world applications of the theoretical concepts into the industry supplement a more practical side of the current tourism research. To achieve the complex and ambitious goals of the article, the meta-ethnographic approach was adopted to combine and synthesize the various standpoints into one cohesive study. Therefore, the article extensively adds to the body of literature by offering a unique perspective on experience economy realms, as studied from psychological and sociological standpoints, to create a more holistic picture of what constitutes the nature of experiences. Based on a comprehensive literature review and after a discussion of the main findings of the work, the article provides a future research agenda for further inquiries into the tourism experience studies.