Contents

Contributors

Preface

Content Previews

PART I: INTRODUCTION

1 Hopeful Tourism: a Transformational Perspective

PART II: TRANSFORMATION AND TOURISM

2 Transformation and Transformational Learning Theory

3 Connection between Travel, Tourism and Transformation

4 Not ‘On Vacation’: Survival Escapist Travel as an Agent of Transformation

PART III: WELLNESS, RETREAT, RELIGIOUS AND SPIRITUAL TOURISM

5 Transforming Quality of Life through Wellness Tourism

6 Retreat Tourism as a Form of Transformational Tourism

7 Nearer to God – Transformational Experiences of Short-term Mission Travellers

8 The Transformative Power of Yoga Tourism

PART IV: EXTREME SPORTS, BACKPACKING AND CULTURAL TOURISM

9 Extreme Sports as Transformational Tourism

10 Returning Home: Reflections on Lifestyle Transformation Resulting from International Backpacker Travels

11 Finding Themselves in San Blas, Panama

PART V: WWOOFING AND ECOTOURISM

12 WWOOFing Tourists, Beaten Tracks and Transformational Paths

13 The Next Stage of Eco-travel: Facilitating Transformation through Personal Ethics

PART VI: VOLUNTEER AND EDUCATIONAL TOURISM

14 Acculturation, Re-entry and Transformation: the Story of a Volunteer Tourist

15 Travel for Education: a Force for Peace and Cross-cultural Understanding?

16 Doing Good for God’s Sake: the Role of Religion in Altruism. The Case of Volunteer Tourism

Conclusion

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