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Tourist experience and fulfilment : insights from positive psychology /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
©2014.
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| Colección: | Advances in Tourism.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.
- 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.