The Tourism and Leisure Experience

Introduction - Michael Morgan, Peter Lugosi, and J.R. Brent Ritchie

Section 1: Understanding the Consumer Experience in Tourism and Leisure: Concepts and Issues

1 The Dimensions of the Tourist Experience - Sarah Quinlan Cutler and Barbara Carmichael

2 Searching for Escape, Authenticity and Identity: Experiences of 'Lifestyle Travellers' - Scott Cohen

3 The Shaping of Tourist Experience: The Importance of Stories and Themes - Gianna Moscardo

4 The Role and Meaning of Place in Cultural Festival Visitor Experiences - Kelley McClinchey and Barbara Carmichael

Section 2: Researching the Experience

5 Research Processes for Evaluating Quality Experiences: Reflections from the "Experiences" Field(s) - Gayle Jennings

6 Researching Visual Culture: Approaches for the Understanding of Tourism and Leisure Experiences - Ian Gilhespy and David Harris

7 "Been There, Done That": Embracing our Post-trip Experiential Recollections Through the Social Construction and Subjective Consumption of Personal Narratives - Richard Wright

8 Capturing Sensory Experiences Through Semi-Structured Elicitation Questions - Ulrike Gretzel and Daniel R. Fesenmaier

Section 3: Managing the Experience

9 Delivering Quality Experiences For Sustainable Tourism Development: Harnessing A Sense Of Place In Monmouthshire - Claire Haven-Tang and Eleri Jones

10 Theatre in Restaurants: Constructing the Experience - Darryl Gibbs and Caroline Ritchie

11 Tourism Memorabilia and the Tourism Experience - Nicole Ferdinand and Nigel L. Williams

12 The Experience Economy Ten Years on: Where Next for Experience Management? - Michael Morgan