Staycation or holiday? Exploring camping’s contribution to subjective well-being during COVID-19

ABSTRACT

With the COVID-19 pandemic-related travel restrictions, and staycations emerged as a popular alternative to holidays. This study investigated whether there are differential impacts on subjective well-being between staycations and holidays, and identified the factors that influence the acquisition of subjective well-being. The results showed no significant differences in subjective well-being between the two types of activities. Furthermore, the study identified distinct factors that influenced the subjective well-being of each group. These findings have important implications for promoting sustainable and local tourism, and in understanding the effects of spatial urban planning on well-being.

KEYWORDS:

• Staycation
• well-being
• health crisis‌
• constraints
• alternative tourism
• local tourism‌

Acknowledgement

The authors would like to thank Ms. Xuechun Liu for her help in data cellection.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Notes

1 What is Staycation: Discover the Latest Trend In Sustainable Tourism. https://youmatter.world/en/staycation-definition-stay-vacations-sustainable, 2020.

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Funding

This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [Grant Number 42271236, 42201247].