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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary.
Interdisciplinary and multidimensional in its approach, this insightful Research Agenda critically analyses the principal issues that have emerged in recent years from tourism and wellbeing studies. It provides a detailed analysis of definitions and key concepts and explores the research agenda related to product and service development, motivation, segmentation and management using established as well as experimental methodologies.
Enlightening contributions from leading scholars detail the role, indicators, and measurement of wellbeing in tourism economics, expertly examining issues of individual wellbeing and how experiences of wellbeing can be facilitated for both employees and tourists. The various impacts of tourism on wellbeing are analysed from a diverse range of perspectives, including collective experiences of social and diasporic tourism and individual experiences of wellbeing and transformation.
Succinct and cutting-edge, A Research Agenda for Tourism and Wellbeing will appeal to students, academics, and researchers in tourism, sociology, economics, business, psychology, and human geography. It will also prove insightful to practitioners involved in product and service development, tourism and destination, marketing and human resources management sectors.
Trade Review'This book, edited by two highly qualified experts, satisfies the increasing interest in health and wellness tourism. It offers a fresh and important addition to the literature, covering the key issues of individual, economic, social, and environmental wellbeing, and includes a persuasive agenda for developing theory and practice. Highly recommended.’ -- John Tribe, York St. John University, UK
‘Human wellbeing on a planet in crisis demands our attention. This excellent volume gives attention to the rich and poignant relationship between tourism and wellbeing. The contributions provide meaningful and timely insights into the interplay of the two domains. It is positioned to become a seminal volume in this dynamic field.’ -- Pauline J. Sheldon, University of Hawai’i, US
‘Discussions on how wellbeing, quality of life, happiness and life satisfaction relate to one another are very topical everywhere. The way tourism is linked to people's wellbeing and quality of life has been studied for years, but so far no book has been published on the subject as comprehensive, systematic and engaging as this one. A much-needed publication for tourism professionals, teachers and students!’ -- Heli Tooman, University of Tartu Pärnu College, Estonia
Table of ContentsContents: 1 Progress in tourism and wellbeing research 1 Melanie Kay Smith and Henna Konu PART I ECONOMICS AND MEASUREMENT OF WELLBEING IN TOURISM 2 Addressing the wellbeing gap in tourism economics 21 Larry Dwyer 3 Indicators of quality of life in tourism: the perspective of demand and supply interaction 39 Adiyukh Berbekova and Muzaffer Uysal PART II INDIVIDUAL WELLBEING IN TOURISM 4 Healthy hotels: contribution of employee wellness programs 57 Susan E. Gordon and Xinran Lehto 5 Tourist idleness and eudaimonic wellbeing: an exploratory study 77 Jelena Farkić, Gorana Isailovic and Dušan Perić 6 Nature as a contributor to wellbeing and future tourism: Finnish Gen Zers seeking happiness and meaning in life 99 Miia Grénman, Juulia Räikkönen and Fanny Aapio PART III FACILITATING WELLBEING EXPERIENCES IN TOURISM 7 Nature connection and wellbeing in tourism experiences 119 Emma Pope and Henna Konu 8 Why blue spaces and wellbeing matter for tourism and leisure businesses 137 Catherine Kelly 9 Cross-national analysis of wellness tourism concepts, tourists’ motivations, and service preferences 155 Daumantas Bočkus, Elli Vento and Raija Komppula PART IV EFFECTS OF TOURISM ON WELLBEING 10 Wellbeing outcomes of social tourism: evidence from Finland 177 Elli Vento, Scott McCabe and Raija Komppula 11 African diaspora tourists’ experiences of wellbeing 195 Xavier Matteucci, Sebastian Filep, Jerram Bateman and Tony Binns 12 Smells like my vacation: attenuating the fadeout effect 211 Ondrej Mitas and Marcel Bastiaansen 13 Future directions of tourism and wellbeing 231 Henna Konu and Melanie Kay Smith Index
