The psychology of tourism (Australian studies in tourism)

This book applies the major concepts and research findings from a number of the central areas of psychology to tourism and tourist behaviour.The book is divided into two the first part cover topics such as tourism motivation, personality and tourism, attitudes and tourism, and tourism and the environment. Part 2 focuses on tourism marketing, human resource management and the industry, evaluation and tourism, and the social impacts of tourism.This book represents a contribution to the growing interface between tourism and psychology in both research and practice. While the book presents current findings from a variety of international perspectives, a focus in each chapter is on major applied psychological research as it now advances the boundaries of this tourism and psychology dialogue.