Adventure Tourism

Colin Beard, John Swarbrooke, Suzanne Leckie, Gill Pomfret (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

368 Seiten

2015
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-16842-8 (ISBN)

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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.

John Swarbrooke, Colin Beard, Suzanne Leckie, Gill Pomfret

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.

Erscheinungsdatum	12.01.2016
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft
ISBN-10	1-138-16842-4 / 1138168424
ISBN-13	978-1-138-16842-8 / 9781138168428
Zustand	Neuware