Tourism and Humour

This book is dedicated to the advancement of knowledge about humour in all kinds of tourism settings. It discusses the many ways in which humour can occur during tourism exchanges including guided tours, tourism marketing and promotion and travel narratives.

About the author

Philip L. Pearce is the Foundation Professor of Tourism and a Distinguished Professor at James Cook University, Australia. He has written and edited 18 tourism books and has around 300 publications. His long-standing interests are studies in tourist behaviour and experience. He is well known for his work on travel motivation, and approaches to tourists' experience as well as special topics including humour stemming from positive psychology. He works with his PhD students and international colleagues using a variety of methods and approaches. Most studies are done in settings in Asia, Australia and Europe.

Summary

This book is dedicated to the advancement of knowledge about humour in all kinds of tourism settings. It discusses the many ways in which humour can occur during tourism exchanges including guided tours, tourism marketing and promotion and travel narratives.

Product details

• Authors: Anja Pabel, Philip L Pearce, Philip L. Pearce
• Publisher: Channel View Publications
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.06.2015
• EAN: 9781845415099
• ISBN: 978-1-84541-509-9
• No. of pages: 184
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 236 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Series: Aspects of Tourism; Aspects of Tourism (Hardcover); Aspects of Tourism
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches