Beard, C: Adventure Tourism

1. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-0-7506-5186-8
Verlag: Elsevier LTD, Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 368 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 680 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Senior undergraduate students taking electives in Adventure Tourism as part of Tourism and Leisure degrees.<br>Postgraduate programmes in ecotourism and adventure tourism courses.<br>Professionals involved in managing adventure tourism enterprises.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Beard, Colin

Swarbrooke, John

Leckie, Suzanne

Pomfret, Gill

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Tourismus & Reise Tourismus & Reise: Ökonomie, Ökologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Dienstleistungssektor & Branchen Tourismuswirtschaft, Gastgewerbe

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

John Swarbrooke, Colin Beard, Suzanne Leckie, Gill Pomfret