Understanding temporal rhythms and travel behaviour at destinations : potential ways to achieve more sustainable travel

Dickinson, JE; Filimonau, V; Cherrett, T; Davies, N; Norgate, SH; Speed, C; Winstanley, C

Abstract

Rapid technological advancements are enhancing tourists’ space-time
capabilities resulting in access to more immediate and personalised
information relative to destination travel opportunities. This offers new
affordances for travel behaviour. Given that time is traditionally seen as a
significant factor shaping travel behaviour and that time frames the tourist
experience, this points to a need to examine more closely the temporal
issues in a destination travel context. This paper analyses the role played
by time in destination based travel behaviour. Data were captured using a
diary-photography, diary-interview method with tourists at a rural
destination. In addition, spatial and temporal patterns of participants were
captured using a purpose built smartphone app. The analysis indicates a
variety of temporal issues influence travel behaviour. Tourists experience
tensions with clock-time and encounter multiple competing forms of time
that lead to less sustainable travel choices. As our temporal capabilities are
extended by mobile media, time is an issue that needs to be taken into
account in order to bring about more sustainable mobility.

Citation

Dickinson, J., Filimonau, V., Cherrett, T., Davies, N., Norgate, S., Speed, C., & Winstanley, C. (2013). Understanding temporal rhythms and travel behaviour at destinations : potential ways to achieve more sustainable travel. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 21(7), 1070-1090. https://doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2013.802328

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Apr 29, 2013
• Online Publication Date: Jun 17, 2013
• Publication Date: Jun 17, 2013
• Deposit Date: Apr 5, 2013
• Publicly Available Date: Dec 17, 2019
• Journal: Journal of Sustainable Tourism
• Print ISSN: 0966-9582
• Electronic ISSN: 1747-7646
• Publisher: Routledge
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 21
• Issue: 7
• Pages: 1070-1090
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2013.802328
• Keywords: Space-time, Mobile media, Behavioural studies, Place rhythms, Car travel
• Publisher URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2013.802328
• Related Public URLs: http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rsus20/current
• Additional Information: Additional Information : Originally submitted under the title: 'Temporal rhythms and destination travel behaviour: The potential for sustainable travel'