Description
Adventure tourism is a new, rapidly growing area at both practical and academic levels. Written at an introductory level, Adventure Tourism provides a basic background and covers commercial adventure tourism products across a range of adventure tourism sectors.
Table of contents
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Adventure recreation research
- 3: Case study approach
- 4: River journeys
- 5: Whitewater kayaking
- 6: Whitewater rafting
- 7: Seakayaking
- 8: Sailing
- 9: Expedition cruises
- 10: Diving
- 11: Surfing
- 12: Heliski and snowboard
- 13: Cross-country skiing
- 14: Ice climbing, J Johnson and I Godwin both at Montana State University, USA
- 15: Mountaineering, R Hales, International Centre for Ecotourism Research, Griffith University, Australia
- 16: Hiking and bushwalking
- 17: Horse riding, C Ollenburg, International Centre for Ecotourism Research, Griffith University, Australia
- 18: Mountain biking, J Schaefers, USDA Forest Service, Golden Colorado, USA
- 19: Off-road safaris
- 20: Wildlife
- 21: Aerial adventures
- 22: Other sectors and issues
- 23: Adventure destinations
- 24: World adventure capital, C Carter, International Centre for Ecotourism Research, Griffith University, Australia
- 25: Cross-case analyses
- 26: Product patterns
- 27: Conclusions
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