1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910783966203321

Autore

Hartz Paula

Titolo

Taoism / / by Paula R. Hartz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Facts On File, , 2004

ISBN

1-134-57508-4

0-203-65351-3

1-134-57509-2

1-280-16076-4

0-203-64671-1

Edizione

[Updated edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 p.)

Collana

World religions

Classificazione

11.86

Disciplina

299.5/14

Soggetti

Taoism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-270) and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1 UNDERSTANDING TAOISM; 2 THE CLASSICAL LEGACY; 3 THE COURSE OF THE TAOIST TRADITION; 4 THE SOCIO-POLITICAL MATRIX OF TAOISM; 5 THE CULTIVATED LIFE; CONCLUSION; NOTES; REFERENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX;

Sommario/riassunto

Presents volume thirteen of a fourteen-volume series on World Religions exploring the origins of Taoism in China, its central beliefs and restoration under China's religious freedom clause, rituals, sacred sites, and more.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910627286503321

Titolo

Creating experience value in tourism / / edited by Nina K. Prebensen, Joseph S. Chen, Muzaffer Uysal ; contributors, Levent Altinay [and twenty-nine others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wallingford, England ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : CABI, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-78064-349-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Disciplina

338.4

338.4791

Soggetti

Tourism - Psychological aspects

Tourists - Attitudes

Tourists - Psychology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1. Co-creation of Tourist Experience: Scope, Definition and Structure; 2. Dynamic Drivers of Tourist Experiences; 3. Tourist Experience Value: Tourist Experience and Life Satisfaction; 4. Conceptualization of Value Co-creation in the Tourism Context; 5. Why, Oh Why, Oh Why, Do People Travel Abroad?; 6. Revisiting Self-congruity Theory in Travel and Tourism; 7. Moving People: A Conceptual Framework for Understanding How Visitor Experiences can be enhanced by Mindful Attention to Interest; 8. Co-creation of Experience Value: A Tourist Behaviour Approach

9. Authenticity as a Value Co-creator of Tourism Experiences10. Experience Co-creation Depends on Rapport-building: Training Implications for the Service Frontline; 11. Approaches for the Evaluation of Visitor Experiences at Tourist Attractions; 12. Storytelling in a Co-creation Perspective; 13. Tourist Information Search: A DIY Approach to Creating Experience Value; 14. Co-creation of Value and Social Media: How?; 15. Prices and Value in Co-produced Hospitality and Tourism Experiences; 16. Value Creation: A Tourism Mobilities Perspective



17. Guide Performance: Co-created Experiences for Tourist Immersion18. Value Creation and Co-creation in Tourist Experiences: An East Asian Cultural Knowledge Framework Approach; 19. Challenges and Future Research Directions; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W

Sommario/riassunto

As the field of tourism grows in maturity and scientific sophistication, it is important to fully understand the breadth and depth of vacation experience value. Current research delivers a multitude of approaches to value creation, represented here as a set of definitions, perspectives, and interpretations of how tourists, as customers, create value alone and with others. Providing an analytical and systematic clarification of the approaches, this book suggests an understanding of the differences, offering new and practical knowledge for tourism scholars and professionals to highlight the rele