| Tourist Behaviour and the Contemporary World Contributor(s): Pearce, Philip L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1845412214 ISBN-13: 9781845412210 Publisher: Channel View Publications OUR PRICE: $37.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Industries - Hospitality, Travel & Tourism - Psychology | Movements - Behaviorism |
| Dewey: 306.481 |
| LCCN: 2011027892 |
| Series: Aspects of Tourism (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.7" W x 8.7" (0.65 lbs) 200 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume seeks to review and stimulate interest in a number of emerging and fresh topics in contemporary tourist behaviour and experience. Topics explored include the effects of newer technologies on tourists' behaviour and experience, tourists' experience of scams, safety and personal responsibility, individual perspectives on sustainability, and some dimensions of tourists' personal growth, relationships and altruism. The topics are bound together by an integrative approach to conceptualising experience which is seen as an ensemble of orchestrated sensory inputs; affective reactions; cognitive mechanisms used to think about and understand the setting; actions undertaken and the relevant relationships which define the participants' world. A special emphasis is placed on tourists' stories as a pathway to access the nature of tourists' experience. Potential research directions in the field are indicated throughout. |
Contributor Bio(s): Pearce, Philip L.: - Philip L. Pearce is Foundation Professor of Tourism at James Cook University, Australia. His research focuses on tourist behaviour, notably tourist motivation and experience, tourism and communities and tourism education and research. |
