Contributors .................................................. vii
Preface ....................................................... xii
Content Previews ............................................... xv
PART I INTRODUCTION ............................................. 1
1 Hopeful Tourism: a Transformational Perspective .............. 3
Annette Pritchard and Nigel Morgan
PART II TRANSFORMATION AND TOURISM ............................. 15
2 Transformation and Transformational Learning Theory ......... 17
Yvette Reisinger
3 Connection between Travel, Tourism and Transformation ....... 27
Yvette Reisinger
4 Not 'On Vacation': Survival Escapist Travel as an Agent
of Transformation ........................................... 33
Kylie Radel and Wendy Hillman
PART III WELLNESS, RETREAT, RELIGIOUS AND SPIRITUAL TOURISM .... 53
5 Transforming Quality of Life through Wellness Tourism ....... 55
Melanie Smith
6 Retreat Tourism as a Form of Transformational Tourism ....... 68
Paul Heintzman
7 Nearer to God - Transformational Experiences of Short-term
Mission Travellers .......................................... 82
Yoon Jung Lee and Ulrike Gretzel
8 The Transformative Power of Yoga Tourism .................... 98
Lauren M. Ponder and Patrick J. Holladay
PART IV EXTREME SPORTS, BACKPACKING AND CULTURAL TOURISM ...... 109
9 Extreme Sports as Transformational Tourism ................. 111
Eric Biymer
10 Returning Home: Reflections on Lifestyle Transformation
Resulting from International Backpacker Travels ............ 125
Mark Kanning
11 Finding Themselves in San Bias, Panama ..................... 136
Amy Sauerter
PART V WWOOFING AND ECOTOURISM ............................... 149
12 WWOOFing Tourists, Beaten Tracks and Transformational
Paths ...................................................... 151
Adrian Deville and Stephen Wearing
13 The Next Stage of Eco-travel: Facilitating Transformation
through Personal Ethics .................................... 169
Agnes M.K. Nowaczek
PART VI VOLUNTEER AND EDUCATIONAL TOURISM ..................... 181
14 Acculturation, Re-entry and Transformation: the Story
of a Volunteer Tourist ..................................... 183
Simone Grabowski
15 Travel for Education: a Force for Peace and Cross-
cultural Understanding? .................................... 199
Lorraine Brown
16 Doing Good for God's Sake: the Role of Religion in
Altruism. The Case of Volunteer Tourism .................... 212
Jennifer L. Erdely
Conclusion .................................................... 223
Yvette Reisinger
Index ......................................................... 229
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