Tourists, Tourism and the Good Life

Pearce, Philip, Filep, Sebastian, and Ross, Glenn (2011) Tourists, Tourism and the Good Life. Routledge Advances in Tourism, 20 . Routledge, New York, NY, USA.

[img]
Preview
Image (JPEG) (Book Cover)
18Kb
[img]PDF (Front Pages) - Requires a PDF viewer such as GSview, Xpdf or Adobe Acrobat Reader
291Kb
[img]PDF (Back Pages) - Requires a PDF viewer such as GSview, Xpdf or Adobe Acrobat Reader
726Kb

View at Publisher Website: http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9...

Abstract

Tourism is arguably one of the largest self-initiated commercial interventions to create well-being and happiness on the entire planet. Yet there is a lack of specific attention to the ways in which we can better understand and evaluate the relationship between well-being and travel. The recent surge of scholarly work in positive psychology concerned with human well-being and flourishing represents a contemporary force with the potential to embellish and augment much current tourism study. This book maps out the field and then draws links between tourists, tourism and positive psychology. It discusses topics such as the issue of excess materialism and its fragile relationship with well-being, the value of positive psychology to lifestyle businesses, and the insights of the research field to spa and wellness tourism. This volume will interest those who study and practise tourism as well as scholars and graduate students in a range of disciplines such as psychology, sociology, business and leisure.

ID Code:20246
Item Type:Book (Research - A1)
Keywords:wellbeing, positive psychology, satisfaction, motivation, self-esteem, tourist experience
ISBN:978-0-415-99329-6
FoR Codes:15 COMMERCE, MANAGEMENT, TOURISM AND SERVICES > 1506 Tourism > 150606 Tourist Behaviour and Visitor Experience @ 100%
SEO Codes:90 COMMERCIAL SERVICES AND TOURISM > 9003 Tourism > 900302 Socio-Cultural Issues in Tourism @ 100%
Deposited On:07 Mar 2012 13:51
Last Modified:07 Mar 2012 18:03
Downloads:Total: 223
Last 12 Months: 183
Statistics:More Statistics

Repository Staff Only: item control page