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Tourist Experiences Chris Ryan

Tourist Experiences By Chris Ryan

Tourist Experiences by Chris Ryan


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This book explores the application of psychological theories to tourist behaviour and experience. It offers new insights and provides final year and postgraduate students with an understanding of core psychological perspectives and an accessible resource within one volume for those researching tourist behaviour and consumer experiences.

Tourist Experiences Summary

Tourist Experiences: Insights from Psychology by Chris Ryan

This book explores the application of psychological theories to tourist behaviour and experiences. It traces the evolution of those theories and how they have changed in response to broader social and economic changes. Among those changes have been the development of tourism, which reflects those social changes and contributes to them. In doing so, tourism theories also contribute to and gain insights from emergent psychological theories including those derived from the neurosciences. The book provides both undergraduate and postgraduate students with an understanding of core psychological perspectives derived from both humanistic and empirical psychology and their application to tourist behaviours and experiences.

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Ryan and Zhangs book offers a contemporary examination of tourist experiences considering recent advances in the neuropsychology field. As well as revisiting factors and classical theories imbuing tourist psychology, they also highlight the complexity and nuances. Indeed, tourists have different roles to play but these must demonstrate responsibility toward environment and society. * Girish Prayag, University of Canterbury, New Zealand *
This is a great work of very high academic value in tourism research. The authors have analyzed and researched important concepts and classic theories with a spirit of innovation, diligent summarization, courage to challenge and meticulous thinking. The book greatly expands and enriches the field of global tourism research, reinforcing its theoretical foundation. It reflects the highest level of scholarly inquiry that will promote the further development of academic research into tourism. * Bin (Devin) Zhou, Ningbo University, China *

About Chris Ryan

Chris Ryan is Professor, BUU China-New Zealand Tourism Research Unit, University of Waikato Management School, New Zealand. His research interests include tourist behaviour, intention and perception.

Xiaoyu (Nancy) Zhang is an Associate Professor at the College of Tourism, Beijing Union University, China. Her research interests include tourist behaviour, as well as film and literary tourism.

Table of Contents

Tables and Figures

Preface

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Motivations Push and Pull

Chapter 3. Expectations and Gap Analysis

Chapter 4. Flow Theory and its Applications to Tourism

Chapter 5. The Concept of the Travel Career

Chapter 6. The Roles Tourists Play

Chapter 7. Authenticity: Types and Roles

Chapter 8. Making the Unfamiliar Familiar: Place Attachment

Chapter 9. Experiencing Holiday Time

Chapter 10. Coda

References

Index

Additional information

NGR9781845419240
9781845419240
1845419243
Tourist Experiences: Insights from Psychology by Chris Ryan
New
Hardback
Channel View Publications Ltd
2024-03-12
288
N/A
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