Role Leisure and Tourism Plays in Human Happiness Medicine Essay (Essay Sample)

Role Leisure and Tourism Plays in Human Happiness
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Table of Contents TOC \o "1-3" \h \z \u 1.0 Introduction PAGEREF _Toc349860279 \h 32.0 Stimulation theory PAGEREF _Toc349860280 \h 33.0 Flow theory PAGEREF _Toc349860281 \h 44.0 How stimulation theory and concept of flow relate to human happiness and the leisure and tourism industry PAGEREF _Toc349860282 \h 65.0 Inner directedness'and if this is affecting the demand for leisure and tourism in the U.K PAGEREF _Toc349860283 \h 86.0 Whether the role leisure and tourism have in human happiness is a global human need or culturally based PAGEREF _Toc349860284 \h 107.0 Conclusion PAGEREF _Toc349860285 \h 11References PAGEREF _Toc349860286 \h 13
1.0 Introduction
Happiness is necessary for each person. Supposing a person makes a judgment on the basis of the numerous self-help books published each year, he will concluded that happiness is extremely important element of people’s lives. Indeed, reflection about happiness started many centuries ago. The ancient Greeks had much interest in happiness, promoting philosophers such as Aristotle to think of happiness as, arising from “living according to reason” (Rojek, 2000). Since then people have to explain and experience happiness in different ways. With the need to discover more, the marvel of the unknown began to gain more interest with the development of feeling of sophistication , with which, people began to believe that indeed, happiness cannot be achieved from external world, but rather, can be achieved from inside, and therefore, the external world can offer the require glow. Indeed, the mere fact from earlier times people selected isolated location for mediation, proves this concept in humans. Maybe, it is during that time of understanding the idea of leisure and tourism that people envisioned the view that happiness is state that can only be created by an individual himself (Seligman, et al., 2005), Connecting this concept with the sense of artistic and inner satisfaction. Following that train of thought, it can be stated that leisure and tourism industry can act as the link between people and their pursuit of creating happiness from the amazing scenes of the world. Consequently, this present paper explores the role leisure and tourism plays in human happiness.