Tourists, Tourism and the Good Life

by Philip L. Pearce, Glenn F. Ross, Sebastian Filep

Book Overview

Tourism is arguably one of the largest self-initiated commercial interventions to create well-being and happiness on the entire planet. Yet there is a lack of specific attention to the ways in which we can better understand and evaluate the relationship between well-being and travel. The recent surge of scholarly work in positive psychology concerned with human well-being and flourishing represents a contemporary force with the potential to embellish...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415811074
• ISBN13: 9780415811071
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"