Adventure Tourism

Colin Beard author John Swarbrooke author Suzanne Leckie author Gill Pomfret author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:7th Apr '03

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Adventure Tourism cover

* International case studies, including wilderness tourism in Siberia, rock-climbing based tourism in Spain and mountain tourism in Greece * Unique treatment of the subject * A respected team of authors

Looking at the adventure tourism, this book examines the product, the adventure tourist profile, and issues such as supply, geography and sustainability. It uses international case studies to illustrate these issues, including Gorilla watching holidays, Trekking on Mount Everest, Diving holidays, and Outward Bound packages.

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.

"'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

ISBN: 9780750651868

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 680g

368 pages