Positive tourism
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Positive tourism
(Routledge advances in tourism, 38)
Routledge, 2019
- : pbk
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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"First published 2017 by Routledge"--T.p.verso
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
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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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