| Description |
1 online resource (256 pages) |
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Advances in Tourism |
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Advances in Tourism
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| Contents |
Cover; Tourist Experience and Fulfilment; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 Introducing tourist experience and fulfilment research; Part I Happiness and humour; 2 Humour, tourism and positive psychology; 3 Walking the talk: positive effects of work-related travel on tourism academics; 4 Travel as a factor of happiness in Hungary; 5 Tourism, wellness and feeling good: reviewing and studying Asian spa experiences; Part II Meaning and self-actualisation |
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6 Meaning making, life transitional experiences and personal well-being within the contexts of religious and spiritual travel7 Experiencing flamenco: an examination of a spiritual journey; 8 Personal transformation through long-distance walking; 9 The development of self through volunteer tourism; Part III Health and restoration; 10 How does a vacation from work affect tourists' health and well-being?; 11 Anticipating a flourishing future with tourism experiences; 12 Visitors' restorative experiences in museum and botanic garden environments |
| Summary |
What makes life worth living? Many people would argue that it is fulfilling experiences. These experiences are characterised by feelings of joy and pleasure, positive relationships and a sense of engagement, meaning and achievement. Tourism is arguably one of the largest self-initiated commercial interventions to promote well being and happiness on the global scale but yet there is absence in the literature on the topic of fulfilling tourist experiences from psychological perspectives. Drawing on insights and theories from the research field of positive psychology (the study of well |
| Notes |
13 A blueprint for tourist experience and fulfilment researchIndex |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Tourism -- Psychological aspects
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Tourists -- Psychology
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Self-realization.
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography.
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TRAVEL -- Budget.
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TRAVEL -- Hikes & Walks.
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TRAVEL -- Museums, Tours, Points of Interest.
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TRAVEL -- Parks & Campgrounds.
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Self-realization
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Tourism -- Psychological aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Filep, Sebastian
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Pearce, Philip
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| ISBN |
9781136482076 |
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1136482075 |
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