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.
| Translated title of the contribution | 中国年轻女性的闺蜜出游:来自虚拟社区的研究 |
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| Original language | English |
| Pages (from-to) | 230-248 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| Journal | Journal of China Tourism Research |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2021 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Guimi holiday
- friendship travel
- grounded theory
- travel blogs
- young Chinese women