This book calls for positive tourism, principally grounded in theories from positive psychology (the study of what makes life worth living), and the development of a body of knowledge that explains what characterises optimal tourist experiences, what enables host communities to flourish and what encourages workers in tourism to thrive.

Lists of figuresList of tablesList of contributors Foreword Acknowledgements Part I: Positive Tourism What is Positive Tourism? Why Do We Need It?Sebastian Filep, Jennifer Laing and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Part II: Positive Tourist Experiences Meaningful Vacation ExperiencesJan Packer and Chelsea Gill Tourism and Love: How Do Tourist Experiences Affect Romantic Relationships?Jessica de Bloom, Sabine Geurts and Martin Lohmann Tourists’ Accounts of Learning and Positive Emotions Through Sensory ExperiencesXavier Matteucci Dark Tourism and Dark Events: A Journey to Positive Resolution and Well-BeingJennifer Laing and Warwick Frost The Role of Humour in Contributing to Tourism ExperiencesAnja Pabel Employing Hedonia and Eudaimonia to Explore Differences Between Three Groups of Wellness Tourists on the Experiential, the Motivational and the Global LevelCornelia Voigt Why Do We Travel? A Positive Psychological Model for Travel MotivationMihaly Csikszentmihalyi and John Coffey Part III: Positive Host Communities Examining Kindness of Strangers in Tourism: Trail Magic on the Appalachian TrailTroy Glover and Sebastian Filep The Impact of Tourism on the Quality of Life of Local Industry Employees in Ubud, BaliPeita Hillman, Brent D. Moyle, Betty Weiler and Deborah Che Part IV: Positive Tourism Workers Transformative Guiding and Long-Distance WalkingRobert Saunders, Betty Weiler and Jennifer Laing Co-creation and Experience Brokering in Guided Adventure Tours Susan Houge Mackenzie and John Kerr Part V: Conclusions and Future Directions Synthesising Positive TourismSebastian Filep, Jennifer Laing and Mihaly CsikszentmihalyiIndex