Landscape and well-being: a scoping study on the health-promoting impact of outdoor environments

A Abraham, K Sommerhalder, T Abel - International journal of public health, 2010 - Springer
Objectives The present literature review conceptualises landscape as a health resource that
promotes physical, mental, and social well-being. Different health-promoting landscape …

The state of knowledge of outdoor orientation programs: Current practices, research, and theory

BJ Bell, MA Gass, CS Nafziger… - Journal of Experiential …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Outdoor orientation programs represent a prominent area of experiential education with over
25,000 participants annually. More than 191 outdoor orientation programs currently operate …

Shaping tourists' wellbeing through guided slow adventures

J Farkić, S Filep, S Taylor - Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Against the backdrop of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal 3, good health
and wellbeing, this paper reports on a study that examined how outdoor guides perceive …

Health outcomes of tourism development: A longitudinal study of the impact of tourism arrivals on residents' health

M Godovykh, J Ridderstaat - Journal of Destination Marketing & …, 2020 - Elsevier
This study investigates the influence of the number of tourism arrivals on the physical health
of local people in one of the most-visited destinations in the world. Although the literature …

Changes in emotions and their interactions with personality in a vacation context

Y Lin, D Kerstetter, J Nawijn, O Mitas - Tourism Management, 2014 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study was to examine changes in specific positive and negative
emotions during a vacation, as well as their interactions with personality. Using a …

Understanding sense of community from the athlete's perspective

S Warner, MA Dixon - Journal of Sport Management, 2011 - journals.humankinetics.com
Sport programs are often charged with creating a sense of community (SOC), and it is
thought that doing so will benefit participants on and off the field of play. Since SOC is …

On the fence: Dog parks in the (un) leashing of community and social capital

TM Graham, TD Glover - Leisure Sciences, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Using qualitative data, this article critically explores social processes of human relationship-
building in dog parks and their implications for enhancement of community (or lack thereof) …

Airports as liminal space

WJ Huang, H Xiao, S Wang - Annals of Tourism Research, 2018 - Elsevier
More than a mere transport facility, airports serve as a multifunctional space for social
interactions and individual/personal experiences that break geographical boundaries and …

Jokes build community: Mature tourists' positive emotions

O Mitas, C Yarnal, G Chick - Annals of Tourism Research, 2012 - Elsevier
Studies have suggested that positive emotions may occur in mature adult tourists'
experiences, but the processes linking participants' social contexts and positive emotions …

Transcending emotional community: A qualitative examination of older adults and masters' sports participation

K Lyons, R Dionigi - Leisure Sciences, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
This qualitative study examined meanings of community as they developed among older
adults who participate in Master's sports. Four themes emerged through data analysis that …