Travel and learning: a neglected tourism research area

This conceptual paper explores the nexus between travel and learning; an area of\ud investigation long neglected by tourism researchers. Using Aristotle’s concepts of phronesis,\ud techne and episteme a framework for the major areas of literature dealing with touristic learning\ud are considered and opportunities and challenges for expanding the boundaries of\ud knowledge are explored. Key proposals are: learning resulting from tourist experiences is\ud likely to be highly personal and strongly tied to individual interests, motivations and prior\ud knowledge; the nature of learning from a tourist experience only emerges over space and\ud time; and long-term meanings created by tourists are likely to be strongly influenced by\ud their perceptions of how these experiences satisfy identity-related needs and expectations