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OverviewThis 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Philip L. PearcePublisher: Channel View Publications Ltd Imprint: Channel View Publications Volume: 51 Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.445kg ISBN: 9781845412227ISBN 10: 1845412222 Pages: 200 Publication Date: 06 October 2011 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsPhilip Pearce has once again offered us a remarkably broad and in-depth treatment of the issues shaping the world of tourism today. In this book you will find a concise and integrated summary of what we know, as well as what we need to know on a whole range of topics. The book is a must-read for tourism researchers in assessing new and emerging research streams that will make a difference. John C. Crotts, College of Charleston, USAThis is an important book on many levels. It addresses fascinating issues related to contemporary tourist behavior in a very accessible and yet rigorous manner. It will enlighten many audiences from researchers and students to more general readers. From the first excellent Chapter on research approaches to the intriguing journey through the remaining Chapters, the author gently and yet powerfully guides his readers to deeper understandings of important shifts in tourist behavior.Pauline Sheldon, University of Hawaii, USAThe field of tourism studies has grown to the extent that researchers are seeking new topics, models, and approaches. This concise volume attempts to fill this role. Pearce (tourism, James Cook Univ., Australia) provides a broad-ranging survey and discussion of understudied topics in the field of tourism research. The author writes from a multidisciplinary perspective, but his background in psychology comes through with topics such as tourist motivations, emotional reactions, behaviors, satisfaction, and learning. As a handbook for researchers and students, the volume works well by including a breadth of topics: the effects of newer technologies on the tourist experience, tourist safety, patterns of tourist movement, volunteer tourism, tourist ecological footprint, slow tourism, and more.C. R. Yano, University of Hawai'I, USA in CHOICE, May 2012 Vol. 49 No. 09 Philip Pearce has once again offered us a remarkably broad and in-depth treatment of the issues shaping the world of tourism today. In this book you will find a concise and integrated summary of what we know, as well as what we need to know on a whole range of topics. The book is a must-read for tourism researchers in assessing new and emerging research streams that will make a difference. John C. Crotts, College of Charleston, USA This is an important book on many levels. It addresses fascinating issues related to contemporary tourist behavior in a very accessible and yet rigorous manner. It will enlighten many audiences from researchers and students to more general readers. From the first excellent chapter on research approaches to the intriguing journey through the remaining chapters, the author gently and yet powerfully guides his readers to deeper understandings of important shifts in tourist behavior. Pauline Sheldon, University of Hawaii, USA Author InformationPhilip 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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