Positive tourism

Author(s)

• Filep, Sebastian
• Laing, Jennifer
• Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly

Bibliographic Information

Positive tourism

edited by Sebastian Filep, Jennifer Laing and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

（Routledge advances in tourism, 38）

Routledge, 2017

• : hbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Tourism affects millions of individuals, numerous societies and environments in multiple, nuanced and overlapping ways. While it can be viewed as a frivolous leisure pursuit or simply a large industry, with potentially destructive impacts, it might also be understood in terms of its effects on human fulfilment, the good life and greater well-being. This book calls for positive tourism, principally grounded in theories from positive psychology (the study of what makes life worth living), and the development of a body of knowledge that explains what characterises optimal tourist experiences, what enables host communities to flourish and what encourages workers in tourism to thrive. Through original research studies reported in this international volume we aim to further develop this knowledge. The intersections between ongoing and traditionally inspired applications of psychology in tourism and this new thrust in psychological inquiry promise to refresh and challenge tourism research. This book will appeal to researchers and academics in tourism, leisure, positive psychology, management and related fields as well as graduate students, professionals and policy makers.

Table of Contents

Lists of figures List of tables List of contributors Foreword Acknowledgements Part I: Positive Tourism What is Positive Tourism? Why Do We Need It? Sebastian Filep, Jennifer Laing and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Part II: Positive Tourist Experiences Meaningful Vacation Experiences Jan Packer and Chelsea Gill Tourism and Love: How Do Tourist Experiences Affect Romantic Relationships? Jessica de Bloom, Sabine Geurts and Martin Lohmann Tourists' Accounts of Learning and Positive Emotions Through Sensory Experiences Xavier Matteucci Dark Tourism and Dark Events: A Journey to Positive Resolution and Well-Being Jennifer Laing and Warwick Frost The Role of Humour in Contributing to Tourism Experiences Anja Pabel Employing Hedonia and Eudaimonia to Explore Differences Between Three Groups of Wellness Tourists on the Experiential, the Motivational and the Global Level Cornelia Voigt Why Do We Travel? A Positive Psychological Model for Travel Motivation Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and John Coffey Part III: Positive Host Communities Examining Kindness of Strangers in Tourism: Trail Magic on the Appalachian Trail Troy Glover and Sebastian Filep The Impact of Tourism on the Quality of Life of Local Industry Employees in Ubud, Bali Peita Hillman, Brent D. Moyle, Betty Weiler and Deborah Che Part IV: Positive Tourism Workers Transformative Guiding and Long-Distance Walking Robert Saunders, Betty Weiler and Jennifer Laing Co-creation and Experience Brokering in Guided Adventure Tours Susan Houge Mackenzie and John Kerr Part V: Conclusions and Future Directions Synthesising Positive Tourism Sebastian Filep, Jennifer Laing and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Index

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Details

• NCID: BB22657473
• ISBN:
  • 9781138900653
• LCCN: 2016020675
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 218 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : G155.A1
  • DC23 : 338.4/791
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Tourism
  • LCSH : Tourism -- Social aspects
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA28921894