Adventure Tourism
1st Edition
Published on 16. May 2012
368 pages
978-1-136-43063-3 (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 cases, which can be found at www.bh/com/companions/0750651865.
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 cases, which can be found at www.bh/com/companions/0750651865.
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
File size
1,76 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-136-43063-3 (9781136430633)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
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11/2015
1st Edition
Routledge
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04/2003
1st Edition
Butterworth-Heinemann
€73.15
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Persons
John Swarbrooke, Colin Beard, Suzanne Leckie, Gill Pomfret
Content
Part 1 Setting the context; Chapter 1 Introduction, definitions and typologies; Chapter 2 Historical themes in adventure tourism; Part 2 The demand side; Chapter 3 The adventure tourist; Chapter 4 The adventure tourism market; Part 3 The supply side; Chapter 5 Destinations and venues; Chapter 6 The adventure tourism industry; Part 4 The management of T adventure tourism; Chapter 7 Marketing; Chapter 8 Risk management; Chapter 9 Ethical issues in adventure tourism; Part 5 Key sectors of adventure tourism; Chapter 10 Wildlife tourism; Chapter 11 Artificial environment Art adventure; Part 6 The future of adventure tourism; Chapter 12 Adventure tourism in the future: the new frontier; Part 7 Case studies; Chapter 13 Case studies;
