The Adventure Tourist: Being, Knowing, Becoming responds to the requirements of the outdoor adventure industry today and considers how engagement with theory can inform, challenge and support real-world scenarios in this sector.
This significant volume is written by leading academics in the area, and will be valuable reading for all those interested in Adventure Tourism.
This book is a cohesive and comprehensive look at this multi-million dollar industry sector from a variety of perspectives relevant to the teaching of tourism.
Adventure tourism is a new, rapidly growing area at both practical and academic levels.
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.
Surfing has now become a global brand and lifestyle, with icons such as Kelly Slater and Laird Hamilton epitomizing the success and popularity of the sport. Kelly Slater is perhaps the best-known star of the professional surfing circuit ...
The Book Highlights The Wide Scope Of Adventure Tourism And Sports And Describes The Adventure Activities On Mountains, Deserts, Valleys, Rivers, Waters, Snow, Air, And Space In A Very Interesting, Effective, Enjoying, Recreational And ...
Harlow: Pearson Education. Sabuhoro, E., Wright, B., Munanura, I. E., Nyakabwa, I.N., & Nibigira, C. (2017). The potential of ecotourism opportunities to generate support for mountain gorilla conservation among local communities ...
A Hand Book Of Adventure Tourism
Using Pearson's (1979) classification, surfing can be described as a play sport or an athletic sport (that is, either amateur or ... As a subculture and way of life, surfing has its own mores and codes of conduct (Pearson, 1979).
For fans of Cheryl Strayed, the gripping story of a biologist's human-powered journey from the Pacific Northwest to the Arctic to rediscover her love of birds, nature, and adventure.