Philip Pearce, Sebastian Filep, Glenn Ross

Tourists, Tourism and the Good Life

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The recent surge in positive psychology has tremendous potential to augment current tourism study. This book examines the linkages between tourists, tourism and positive psychology and will interest those who study and practise tourism as well as scholars in a range of disciplines such as psychology, business and sociology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 331g
• ISBN-13: 9780415811071
• ISBN-10: 0415811074
• Artikelnr.: 36812790

Autorenporträt

Philip Pearce is a Foundation Professor of Tourism at James Cook University in Townsville, Australia and was appointed the First Professor of Tourism in Australia. Sebastian Filep is a Research Fellow in Travel and Wellbeing at the Centre for Tourism and Services Research of Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia. Glenn Ross is an Adjunct Professor of Tourism at James Cook University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction to Chapter One 1. Scholarship in Psychology and Tourism
Section 1: Introduction to Section 1 - Principally About Individuals 2.
Flow and Tourist Satisfaction 3. Time, Tourism, Host Communities and
Positive Psychology 4. Ethics, Tourism and Wellbeing Section 2:
Introduction to Section 2 - Individuals and Tourism Contexts 5. Materialism
in Tourism and its Alleviation Through Good Values 6. Lifestyle Businesses
and Their Community Effects 7. Spa and Wellness Tourism and Positive
Psychology 8. Summary, Synthesis and Future Directions.