Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Title
Leisure Studies
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
School
School of Business and Law
RAS ID
60330
Funders
National Social Science Fund of China, NSSFC, (22FGLB103)
Abstract
This study examines travel motivations and constraints of rural migrant workers in China as a socially disadvantaged group. Through 20 in-depth interviews, the study identified 21 motivations in three categories: personal seeking, interpersonal seeking and personal escaping. Nine travel constraint factors were also identified. The identified motivations and constraints were interpreted through the Escaping-Seeking tourism motivation framework and the Hierarchical Constraint Model. The study concludes that personal seeking motivations predominate rural migrant workers’ travel motivations, whereas structural constraints are more influential than intrapersonal and interpersonal constraints. Social context was found to be a significant confounding factor in determining travel motivations and constraints of this social group. This study contributes to the theories of travel motivations and constraints. © 2023 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
DOI
10.1080/02614367.2023.2249259
Comments
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in LEISURE STUDIES on 23/08/2023, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/02614367.2023.2249259.
Qiao, G., Huang, S., & Vorobjovas-Pinta, O. (2023). Seeking tourism in a social context: An examination of Chinese rural migrant workers’ travel motivations and constraints. Leisure Studies. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/02614367.2023.2249259