Tourist experience and fulfilment : insights from positive psychology

Tourist experience and fulfilment : insights from positive psychology / edited by Sebastian Filep and Philip Pearce.

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 in...

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Other Authors: Filep, Sebastian, Pearce, Philip
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, ©2014.
Series:Advances in Tourism.
Subjects:
Tourism > Psychological aspects.
Tourists > Psychology.
Self-realization.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geography.
TRAVEL > Budget.
TRAVEL > Hikes & Walks.
TRAVEL > Museums, Tours, Points of Interest.
TRAVEL > Parks & Campgrounds.
Self-realization
Tourism > Psychological aspects
Online Access:Click for online access
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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.
Item Description:13 A blueprint for tourist experience and fulfilment researchIndex.
Physical Description:1 online resource (256 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781136482076
1136482075
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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