The flourishing positive psychology field has Flow as a core construct. This systematic review of 185 articles examines Flow's concept, to analyse it theoretically, methodologically, empirically, and to provide an agenda for Tourism research. This paper adds to the knowledge in tourism psychology by exploring the Flow framework's core elements, incorporating its drivers, processes and outcomes, as an instrument to improve tourists' experiences. The study suggests the relevance of considering the tourist's characteristics and both the positive and negative outcomes of the Flow experience and other concepts, such as immersion or cognitive stimulation. Extant studies often use the Flow state scale as a measurement tool, but new opportunities are offered by using physiology instruments. Several propositions are put forth to foster the investigation on Flow in the tourism field, and to further the understanding of the tourists' behaviour and experience.

蓬勃发展的积极心理学领域已将Flow作为核心建构。这篇对185篇文章的系统综述考察了Flow的概念，从理论，方法，经验上对它进行了分析，并为旅游业研究提供了议程。本文通过探索Flow框架的核心要素，并结合其驱动因素，过程和结果，以此来改善游客的体验，从而增加了旅游心理学的知识。该研究建议考虑旅游者的特征以及Flow体验和其他概念（如沉浸式或认知刺激）的正面和负面结果的相关性。现有的研究通常使用流量状态量表作为测量工具，但是使用生理仪器会提供新的机会。