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Motorhome and vanlife travel as serious leisure: a positive sociology approach

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dc.contributor.authorAnica Claro Rodrigues, Teresa Isabel
dc.contributor.authorMarques, João Filipe
dc.date.accessioned2025-04-10T09:16:43Z
dc.date.available2025-04-10T09:16:43Z
dc.date.issued2025-03-22
dc.description.abstractDespite travel and tourism sometimes being mentioned in the literature as 'casual leisure' activities, they are practically absent from the 'serious leisure perspective'. However, a significant number of studies have argued that some modes of travelling and touring can indeed be framed from the serious leisure perspective. The main objective of this article is to demonstrate, through empirical evidence and the theoretical lens of positive sociology, that motorhome tourism and 'vanlife' travel possess the six qualities of serious leisure identified by Stebbins: perseverance, career, effort, durable benefits, unique ethos and identity. Not only can motorhome and van touring induce experiences of hedonic pleasure (as casual leisure), but they can also promote states of eudaemonic well-being and flow (as serious leisure), which are more challenging to achieve but much more lasting and transformative. Considering the blend of hedonic and eudaimonic experiences lived by motorhome travellers, it can be argued that, with this way of travelling, they achieve an 'optimal leisure lifestyle'. The empirical research took place in the Algarve region (Southern Portugal) and resorted to a 'mobile methodology': an ethnographic approach that included participant and non-participant observations and a series of semi-structured interviews through the use of a rented motorhome.eng
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/02614367.2025.2481561
dc.identifier.eissn1466-4496
dc.identifier.issn0261-4367
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/26999
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherTaylor and Francis Group
dc.relationResearch Centre for Tourism, Sustainability and Well-being
dc.relation.ispartofLeisure Studies
dc.rights.uriN/A
dc.subjectCasual leisure
dc.subjectFlow
dc.subjectMotorhome
dc.subjectPositive sociology
dc.subjectSerious leisure
dc.subjectVanlife
dc.titleMotorhome and vanlife travel as serious leisure: a positive sociology approacheng
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.awardTitleResearch Centre for Tourism, Sustainability and Well-being
oaire.awardURIinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/6817 - DCRRNI ID/UIDB%2F04020%2F2020/PT
oaire.citation.titleLeisure Studies
oaire.fundingStream6817 - DCRRNI ID
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person.familyNameAnica Claro Rodrigues
person.familyNameMarques
person.givenNameTeresa Isabel
person.givenNameJoão Filipe
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project.funder.identifierhttp://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871
project.funder.nameFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
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