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A Research Agenda for Tourism and Wellbeing
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.
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Elgar 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 well-being 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.
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 well-being 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.
Critical Acclaim
''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 well-being, 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
– 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 well-being, 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
Contributors
Contributors include: Fanny Aapio, Marcel Bastiaansen, Jerram Bateman, Adiyukh Berbekova, J.A. (Tony) Binns, Daumantas Bočkus, Larry Dwyer, Jelena Farkić, Sebastian Filep, Susan Gordon, Miia Grénman, Gorana Isailović, Catherine Kelly, Raija Komppula, Henna Konu, Xinran Lehto, Xavier Matteucci, Ondrej Mitas, Scott McCabe, Dušan Perić, Emma Pope, Juulia Räikkönen, Melanie Kay Smith, Muzaffer Uysal, Elli Vento
Contents
Contents:
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
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
