Co-Creation and Well-Being in Tourism

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Correia, Antónia (Editor), Kozak, Metin (Editor), Gnoth, Juergen (Editor), Fyall, Alan (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Tourism on the Verge,
• Subjects: Business.; Marketing.; Tourism.; Management.; Medical research.; Quality of life.; Business and Management.; Tourism Management.; Quality of Life Research.

This book offers a wealth of new views and interpretations of well-being in tourism, emphasizing the role that co-creation – the creation or enhancement of value through tourist engagement with tourism providers and other tourists – is increasingly playing in enriching tourist experiences. A combina...

Table of Contents:

• Part I Experience prosumption
• The experience economy logic in the wellness tourism industry
• The Relationship between travel motives and customer value among wellness tourists
• Postmodern museum visitor experience as a leisure activity
• Driving first-time Spectators and repeat spectators to cultural events
• A journey inside tourist souvenirs
• Part II Experience co-production
• From conflict to co-creation: Ski-touring on groomed slopes in Austria
• The importance of quality labels in consumers’ preferences
• Image analysis of a tourist destination
• The influence of information sources on tourist image fragmentation
• Consumer animosity and affective country image
• Part III Co-creation of experience atmospheres
• Comparison between wayfinding direction descriptors of local and tourist preferences
• Well-being of locals, tourist experiences and destination competitiveness
• From emotions to place attachment
• Traits in tourists’ experiences: Senses, emotions and memories.