Adventure Tourism

ISBN-13: 9780750651868 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 368 str.

John Swarthbrooke; John Swarbrooke; Colin Beard

Opis

The area of adventure tourism has increased rapidly over the past decade to become one of the leading areas of income and interest in the tourism industry today. Looking at the past, present and future of adventure tourism, this text examines the product and its variances, the adventure tourist and issues such as supply, geography and sustainability. International case studies are used to illustrate these issues, for example: gorilla watching holidays; trekking on Mount Everest; diving holidays; outward bound; and the Adventure Island, Singapore. Analysis of the development and nature of adventure tourism accompanies these studies, so that the title should be useful for both undergraduate and postgraduate students of tourism and for professionals involved in managing adventure tourism enterprises.

Recenzje

"'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

Spis treści

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.

O autorze

John Swarbrooke, Colin Beard, Suzanne Leckie, Gill Pomfret