Positive tourism /
"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...
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Published: |
Routledge,
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Publisher Address: | Abingdon, Oxon : |
Publication Dates: | 2017. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Series: |
Routledge advances in tourism ;
38 |
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Summary: |
"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, |
Carrier Form: | xii, 218 pages : illustrations, forms ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9781138900653 (hardback) : 1138900656 (hardback) |
Index Number: | G155 |
CLC: | F590 |
Call Number: | F590/P855 |
Contents: |
What is positive tourism? Why do we need it? / Meaningful vacation experiences / Tourism and love : how do tourist experiences affect romantic relationships? / Tourists' accounts of learning and positive emotions through sensory experiences / Dark tourism and dark events : a journey to positive resolution and well-being / |