Screen LibraryPositive 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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| Group Author: | ; ; |
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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 / |