Leisure is a key life domain and a core ingredient for overall well-being. Yet, within positive
psychology, its definition and the psychological pathways by which it evokes happiness are …

Tourism has been widely regarded as a mentally and physically healthy pursuit. Thus,
recent studies in tourism have paid more attention to the benefits of travel experiences …

The current study provides and tests an integrated model that examines two relationship
quality constructs (overall customer satisfaction, customer-company identification) as …

How well-being changes over the course of a vacation is unclear. Particular understudied
areas include the eudaimonic dimension of well-being, the comparison between …

Tourism, Tourists and Society provides a broad introduction to the inter-relationship between
tourism and society, making complex sociological concepts and themes accessible to …

Novelty, conceptualized as the experience of something new and different from the
everyday, is widely believed to be what defines tourism experiences and makes them …

The overall purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between emotional
involvement and recall of memorable tourism experiences during the four tourists' travel …

The purpose of this study is to develop a research model demonstrating tourists' value-
seeking processes through the tourism services and travel experiences of a destination. The …

This volume seeks to review and stimulate interest in emerging and fresh topics in
contemporary tourist behaviour and experience. Topics explored include the effects of …

The emotions of 39 American and Dutch vacationers were investigated. Their emotions were
tracked daily during their vacation using a diary. Findings indicated that fluctuations in …