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" Adventure tourism management "
Ralf Buckley.
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BL
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684813
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b507002
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Buckley, Ralf.
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Adventure tourism management\ Ralf Buckley.
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1st ed.
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Amsterdam ;Boston :: Butterworth-Heinemann/Elsevier,, 2010.
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185617834X
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: 9781856178341
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CONTENTS -- 0. Preface -- 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.
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The academic study of the 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. Ideal for the undergraduate student taking Adventure Tourism as a single subject degree, or as part of their Tourism Management studies, this book documents, analyses and offers insight into the latest research in the area. Includes analysis of products, trends, climate change, risk management and environmental management and many others. The Subsectors section within the book offers an overview of the 20 or more definable sectors within the adventure tourism industry considering their origins and history, latest trends and demographic groups. The author then goes on to look in more detail at: Wildlife Tourism, Marine Tourism, Helitourism, and Boardsports.
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Adventure travel.
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Tourism-- Management.
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ScienceDirect (Online service)
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