Abstract
The phrase ‘guimi holiday’ usually refers to shared travel among female best friends. This study provides insight into guimi holiday (闺蜜游) experiences among young Chinese women. These women were mainly born in China between the 1980s and 2000s, reared under the one-child policy. Aided partly by the diffusion of the internet and guimi-related TV shows and movies, the guimi holiday has flourished in China. For this study, a qualitative methodology was employed to analyze travel blogs of guimi holidays from popular Chinese online travel communities, which revealed several elements of this holiday experience: the guimi style of bonding, pursuing ‘me and my’ authentic time, and social support. This paper concludes with some implications and recommendations for the marketing of the guimi holiday experience in the tourism industry.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 230 - 248 |
| Journal | Journal of China Tourism Research |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jun 2021 |
Keywords
- friendship travel
- grounded theory
- Guimi holiday
- travel blogs
- young Chinese women
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Cultural Studies
- Language and Linguistics
- Linguistics and Language
- Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management