Adventure Tourism
The new frontier
1st Edition
Published on 2. November 2015
Book
Hardback
368 pages
978-1-138-16842-8 (ISBN)
Description
Looking at the past, present and future of adventure tourism, Adventure Tourism: The New Frontier examines the product, the adventure tourist profile, and issues such as supply, geography and sustainability. International case studies are used to illustrate these issues, including: gorilla watching holidays,trekking on Mount Everest, diving holidays, and Outward Bound packages.
Analysis of the development and nature of adventure tourism accompanies these studies, ensuring that the title is useful both for undergraduate and postgraduate students of tourism and for professionals involved in managing adventure tourism enterprises.
There is also a companion website with additional case studies to aid teaching and learning.
Analysis of the development and nature of adventure tourism accompanies these studies, ensuring that the title is useful both for undergraduate and postgraduate students of tourism and for professionals involved in managing adventure tourism enterprises.
There is also a companion website with additional case studies to aid teaching and learning.
Reviews / Votes
"'Adventure Tourism: The new frontier' is an essential introduction to the adventure tourism sector for both tertiary students of tourism and professionals working in the tourism industry, as it offers a unique analysis of this fast expanding niche sector....The book will prove accessible to its non-academic audience, while providng a useful reference and first port of call for those researching in this sector and a textbook for tourism academics teaching undergraduate or postgraduate courses in this area."-Tim Bentley, Department of International Business Massey, Aukland, New Zealand
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
719 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-16842-8 (9781138168428)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Colin Beard | John Swarbrooke | Suzanne Leckie
Adventure Tourism
E-Book
05/2012
1st Edition
Routledge
€81.99
Available for download
Colin Beard | John Swarbrooke | Suzanne Leckie
Adventure Tourism
E-Book
05/2012
1st Edition
Routledge
€81.99
Available for download
Book
04/2003
1st Edition
Butterworth-Heinemann
€73.15
Shipment within 15-20 days
Persons
John Swarbrooke, Colin Beard, Suzanne Leckie, Gill Pomfret
Content
Introduction; The historical development of adventure tourism; The sources of adventure; The milieu of adventure tourism; Outdoor adventure and management training; Artificial environments for adventure tourism; Mental adventure tourism; The adventure tourist; The supply side of adventure tourism; The geography of adventure tourism; The impacts of adventure tourism; Topical issues and the future of adventure tourism; Case studies.