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Special interest tourism : concepts, contexts and cases /

Contributor(s): Agarwal, Sheela, 1970- [editor.] | Busby, Graham [editor.] | Huang, Rong (Associate professor) [editor.].
Publisher: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2017Description: xi, 221 pages : colour illustrations ; 25 cm.Content type: text | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9781780645667; 9781780645667:; 178064566X; 9781780645674; 9781786394323; 1780645678; 1786394324.Subject(s): Tourism -- Management | TourismDDC classification: 338.4791
Contents:
Special interest tourism : an introduction / Sheela Agarwal, Graham Busby and Rong Huang -- Social tourism / Lynn Minnaert -- Family tourism / Carol Southall -- Cathedral tourism / Ade Oriade and Harry Cameron -- Islamic tourism / Nazia Ali -- Literary tourism / Graham Busby -- Music tourism / Allan Watson -- Film tourism / W. Glen Croy -- Carnival tourism / Violet Cuffy -- Sports tourism : golf / Claire Humphreys -- Adventure tourism / Ralf Buckley -- Shopping tourism / Dallen J. Timothy -- Food tourism / Rong Huang -- Garden tourism / Richard Benfield -- Transport tourism / Derek Robbins -- Slow tourism / Alison Caffyn -- Conclusion / Sheela Agarwal, Graham Busby and Rong Huang.
Summary: Special interest tourism is growing rapidly, due to a discerning and heterogeneous travel market and the demand for more focused activity or interest-based tourism experiences. This book approaches the topic from the perspective of both supply and demand, and has a clear, user-friendly structure. Covering the practical applications of research and the key emerging issues for royal, dark, festival, sport, gastronomic, slow and pro-poor tourism among others, it includes contributions and case studies by international academics and practitioners.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Special interest tourism : an introduction / Sheela Agarwal, Graham Busby and Rong Huang -- Social tourism / Lynn Minnaert -- Family tourism / Carol Southall -- Cathedral tourism / Ade Oriade and Harry Cameron -- Islamic tourism / Nazia Ali -- Literary tourism / Graham Busby -- Music tourism / Allan Watson -- Film tourism / W. Glen Croy -- Carnival tourism / Violet Cuffy -- Sports tourism : golf / Claire Humphreys -- Adventure tourism / Ralf Buckley -- Shopping tourism / Dallen J. Timothy -- Food tourism / Rong Huang -- Garden tourism / Richard Benfield -- Transport tourism / Derek Robbins -- Slow tourism / Alison Caffyn -- Conclusion / Sheela Agarwal, Graham Busby and Rong Huang.

Special interest tourism is growing rapidly, due to a discerning and heterogeneous travel market and the demand for more focused activity or interest-based tourism experiences. This book approaches the topic from the perspective of both supply and demand, and has a clear, user-friendly structure. Covering the practical applications of research and the key emerging issues for royal, dark, festival, sport, gastronomic, slow and pro-poor tourism among others, it includes contributions and case studies by international academics and practitioners.

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