Tourist Experience and Fulfilment - 9781138081925

Name: Tourist Experience and Fulfilment - 9781138081925
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Tourist Experience and FulfilmentInsights from Positive Psychology\nAuthor(s): Sebastian Filep, Philip Pearce\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138081925, 978-1138081925\nSynopsis\nWhat 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.\n\nDrawing on insights and theories from the research field of positive psychology (the study of well being), this is the first edited book to evaluate tourist experiences from positive psychology perspectives. The volume addresses the important topic of.