Transformational tourism : tourist perspectives / edited by Yvette Reisinger, Gulf University for Science and Technology, Kuwait.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Reisinger, Yvette, editor.

C.A.B. International.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tourism.

Tourism--Social aspects.

Tourism--Psychological aspects.

Environmental psychology.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 237 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Wallingford, Oxfordshire : CABI, [2013]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"Transformational Tourism" deals with the important issue of how travel and tourism can change human behavior and have a positive impact on the world. The book focuses on human development in a world dominated by post-9/11 security and political challenges, economic and financial collapses, as well as environmental threats; it identifies various types of tourism that can transform human beings, such as educational, volunteer, survival, community-based, eco, farm, extreme, religious, spiritual, wellness, and mission tourism.

Contents:

Hopeful tourism: a transformational perspective / Annette Pritchard and Nigel Morgan

Transformation and transformational learning theory / Yvette Reisinger

Connection between travel, tourism and transformation / Yvette Reisinger

Not 'on vacation': survival escapist travel as an agent of transformation / Kylie Radel and Wendy Hillman

Transforming quality of life through wellness tourism / Melanie Smith

Retreat tourism as a form of transformational tourism / Paul Heintzman

Nearer to God - transformational experiences of short-term mission travellers / Yoon Jung Lee and Ulrike Gretzel

The transformative power of yoga tourism / Lauren M. Ponder and Patrick J. Holladay

Extreme sports as transformational tourism / Eric Brymer

Returning home: reflections on lifestyle transformation resulting from international backpacker travels / Mark Kanning

Finding themselves in San Blas, Panama / Amy Savener

WWOOFing tourists: beaten tracks and transformational paths / Adrian Deville and Stephen Wearing

The next stage of eco-travel: facilitating transformation through personal ethics / Agnes M.K. Nowaczek

Acculturation, re-entry and transformation: the story of a volunteer tourist / Simone Grabowski

Travel for education: a force for peace and cross-cultural understanding? / Lorraine Brown

Doing good for God's sake: the role of religion in altruism. The case of volunteer tourism / Jennifer L. Erdely

Conclusion / Yvette Reisinger.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Reisinger, Yvette. Transformational tourism.

ISBN:

178064230X

9781780642307

OCLC:

842142884

Access Restriction:

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