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Why We Love to Tour: Gazing from the Serious Leisure Perspective offers a fresh and nuanced exploration of tourism, distinct from traditional industry-focused narratives. Stebbins delves into tourism as a rich tapestry of leisure activities that provide personal satisfaction and self-fulfilment, framed within the social worlds and lifestyles that accompany these pursuits. This book expands and enriches the gaze, tracing leisure experiences across serious pursuits in art, science, sports, and entertainment; casual leisure in activities like sightseeing and nature exploration; and project-based leisure through unique, one-time adventures such as climbing Mount Fuji, visiting Paris, or swimming with dolphins.
Why We Love to Tour thus complements and extends the understanding of the tourist gaze, making it a valuable resource for academics as a monograph, for upper-division undergraduate and graduate students as supplementary reading, and for professionals within the tourism industry seeking deeper insights into the motivations driving modern tourists.
Contents
Chapter 1. The Serious Leisure Perspective
Chapter 2. The Casual Touring Gaze for Relaxation and Sensory Stimulation
Chapter 3. Casual Touring for Entertainment
Chapter 4. Touring in the Serious Pursuits in Art and Entertainment
Chapter 5. The Hobbyist Tourist Gaze
Chapter 6. Tourist Volunteering
Chapter 7. Tourism and Project-Based Leisure
Chapter 8. Conclusion
