ABSTRACT
Introduction Going on a holiday or visiting a tourism attraction with family and friends is considered by most people a pleasant activity. There are many tourism businesses that are already using humour and fun as part of their experience offerings for reasons of entertainment and enjoyment. The theme parks of Disney World are a good example of a global tourism business that uses fun and entertainment for its many audiences (Ritzer, 1999). Csikszentmihalyi (in Filep & Pearce, 2014) stated that it is diffi cult to understand why tourism research does not have a stronger presence in positive psychology since it is an intervention that can add so much to people’s quality of life.
