Explorer Travellers and Adventure Tourism

Explorer Travellers and Adventure Tourism
ISBN-10
1845414608
ISBN-13
9781845414603
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
264
Language
English
Published
2014-08-01
Publisher
Channel View Publications
Authors
Jennifer Laing, Warwick Frost

Description

This book examines the nexus between exploring and tourism and argues that exploration travel – based heavily on explorer narratives and the promises of personal challenges and change – is a major trend in future tourism. In particular, it analyses how romanticised myths of explorers form a foundation for how modern day tourists view travel and themselves. Its scope ranges from the 'Golden Age' of imperial explorers in the 19th and early 20th centuries, through the growth of adventure and extreme tourism, to possible future trends including space travel. The volume should appeal to researchers and students across a variety of disciplines, including tourism studies, sociology, geography and history.

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