Psychology of Travel

Why do we travel? Are holidays good for our health? What are the social and psychological factors that drive us to move?.

List of contents

1. Departure: Towards a Psychology of Travel  2. Directions of travel: Cognition, Wayfinding and how to avoid getting lost  3. Influencers and trip advisors: A Social Psychology of travel  4. Travel fever: A worrying World of Fear, Phobia, and Anxiety  5. Hedonism and Self -Improvement: How does Travel make us Happier?  6. Unforgettable journeys: Nostaglia, Homesickness and other Travel Memories  7. Culture Shocks and Border Crossings; Travel and Intercultural Encounter  8. Detour: Psychogeography and the Art of Slow Travel  9. Where do we go from here? Travel in an Age of Eco-Anxiety  Further Reading  References

About the author

Andrew Stevenson is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Manchester Metropolitan University. He is a Cultural Psychologist, with a particular interested in Social and Visual Anthropology and Cultural Geography, which he has explored through ethnographic documentary films and soundscapes. He is the author of Cultural Issues in Psychology (Routledge, 2020).

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Stevenson, Andrew (Manchester Metropolitan Univers Stevenson, Andrew (Manchester Metropolitan University and Aquinas College Stevenson
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.05.2023
• EAN: 9781032104843
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3210484-3
• No. of pages: 152
• Series: The Psychology of Everything
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; TRAVEL / Special Interest / Ecotourism, Hospitality industry, TRAVEL / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Holidays (non-religious), Migration, immigration & emigration, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Social, group or collective psychology, Migration, immigration and emigration, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Human Geography, Tourism industry, Hospitality, sports, leisure and tourism industries