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The Lure of the Countryside: The Spiritual Dimension of Rural Spaces of Leisure

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Landscapes of Leisure

Part of the book series: Leisure Studies in a Global Era ((LSGE))

Abstract

The human search for spiritual fulfilment and transcendence, as a dominant contemporary theme, is increasingly evidenced in the area of tourism and leisure pursuits (Heintzman, 2009; Narayanan and Macbeth, 2009; Norman, 2011; Satpathy and Mahalik, 2010; Schmidt, 2005; Sharpley and Jepson, 2011). Tourism is inextricably tied to the concept of leisure places and the nature of tourists’ engagement with place, in particular their emotional/spiritual engagement, is fundamental to our understanding of tourist behaviour and motivations. In exploring landscapes of leisure, the emergent fascination for rural landscapes, particularly seen as the antithesis to city life, has been a principal factor in the development of tourism and leisure in the countryside (Aitchison, Macleod and Shaw, 2000).

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Jepson, D. (2015). The Lure of the Countryside: The Spiritual Dimension of Rural Spaces of Leisure. In: Gammon, S., Elkington, S. (eds) Landscapes of Leisure. Leisure Studies in a Global Era. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137428530_15

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