Adventure tourism management /
By: Buckley, Ralf.
Publisher: Amsterdam ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann/Elsevier, 2010Description: xvii, 268 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.Content type: text | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 185617834X; 9781856178341:; 9781856178341.Subject(s): Adventure travel | Adventure travel -- Management | Tourism -- Management![](/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/images/filefind.png)
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Global Overview -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Trends and Patterns -- 3. Economics -- Product Patterns -- 4. Geography -- 5. Products and Prices -- 6. Marketing -- 7. Guiding -- 8. Communications -- 9. Experience and Motivations -- Subsectors -- 10. Subsectors -- 11. Wildlife -- 12. Marine -- 13. Helitourism -- 14. Boardsports -- Key Issues -- 15. Amenity Migration -- 16. Environmental Management -- 17. Risk Management -- 18. Climate Change -- 19. Conclusions.
The academic study of adventure tourism is rapidly increasing in popularity, with research beginning to focus on it heavily. 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.