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This book is dedicated to the advancement of knowledge about humour in all kinds of tourism settings. It discusses the many ways in which humour can occur during tourism exchanges including guided tours, tourism marketing and promotion and travel narratives. Other themes include the role of humour in enhancing the tourist experience, the benefits of tourism humour, considerations of when humour may appear inappropriate in tourism settings and the development of tourism humour theory. The work includes much original material collected by the authors. The book will be of interest to undergraduate and postgraduate students, researchers of tourism as well as humour scholars from other disciplines.

Tourism --- Holiday industry --- Operators, Tour (Industry) --- Tour operators (Industry) --- Tourism industry --- Tourism operators (Industry) --- Tourist industry --- Tourist trade --- Tourist traffic --- Travel industry --- Visitor industry --- Service industries --- National tourism organizations --- Travel --- Economic aspects --- Tourists --- Wit and humor --- Bons mots --- Facetiae --- Humor --- Jests --- Jokes --- Ludicrous, The --- Ridiculous, The --- Wit and humor, Primitive --- Literature --- Joking --- Laughter --- Sightseers --- Travelers --- Social aspects --- Psychological aspects --- effect of humour on tourist behaviour. --- humour and tourism experiences. --- humour. --- tourism and humour. --- tourism experiences. --- tourism humour theory. --- tourism humour. --- tourism promotion. --- tourism psychology. --- tourist behaviour. --- tourist experience.