New horizons in tourism : strange experiences and stranger practices /

This book illustrates the tremendous outreach of tourism in search of extraordinary, spectacular and bizarre experiences. It covers tourism in out-of-the-ordinary environments (space tourism, Antarctic tourism, and adventure/heritage tourism in remote areas); dark tourism; other unconventional forms...

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Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2004.
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245 0 0 |a New horizons in tourism :  |b strange experiences and stranger practices /  |c edited by Tej Vir Singh, Centre for Tourism Research and Development, A-965/6 Indira Nagar, Lucknow 226016, India. 
264 # 1 |a Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK :  |b CABI,  |c 2004. 
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505 0 # |a Tourism Searching for New Horizons : an Overview / Tej Vir Singh -- Vacationing in Space : Tourism Seeks 'New Skies' / Jennifer Laing and Geoffrey I. Crouch -- Tourism in the Forbidden Lands : the Antarctica Experience / John Splettstoesser, Denise Landau and R.K. Headland -- Skilled Commercial Adventure : the Edge of Tourism / Ralf Buckley -- Tourism Trespasses on the Himalayan Heritage : the Hermit Village, Malana / Tej Vir Singh, Purnima Chauhan and Shalini Singh -- Thanatourism in the Early 21st Century : Moral Panics, Ulterior Motives and Alterior Desires / A.V. Seaton and J.J. Lennon -- Tourism at the Borders of Conflict and (De)militarized Zones / Dallen J. Timothy, Bruce Prideaux and Samuel Seongseop-Kim -- Tourism and the Heritage of Atrocity : Managing the Heritage of South African Apartheid for Entertainment / G.J. Ashworth -- Deep Ecotourism : Seeking Theoretical and Practical Reverence / David A. Fennell -- Against the Wind : Impermanence in Wilderness : the Tasmanian Experience / Trevor H.B. Sofield -- Health Tourism in Kyrgyz Republic : the Soviet Salt Mine Experience / Peter Schofield -- Pro-poor Tourism : Benefiting the Poor / Dilys Roe, Harold Goodwin and Caroline Ashley -- Tourism for the Young-old and Old-old / Megan Cleaver Sellick and Thomas E. Muller -- Volunteer Tourism : New Pilgrimages to the Himalayas / Shalini Singh and Tej Vir Singh -- Will Travel Vanish? Looking Beyond the Horizon / Julio R. Aramberri. 
506 # # |a Access limited to subscribing institution. 
520 3 # |a This book illustrates the tremendous outreach of tourism in search of extraordinary, spectacular and bizarre experiences. It covers tourism in out-of-the-ordinary environments (space tourism, Antarctic tourism, and adventure/heritage tourism in remote areas); dark tourism; other unconventional forms of tourism such as deep ecotourism and health tourism in salt mines; and other special-interest forms such as pro-poor tourism, senior tourism, and volunteer tourism. The book has 15 chapters and a subject index. 
530 # # |a Also available in print format. 
588 # # |a Title from PDF title page (viewed August 13, 2013). 
650 # 0 |a Adventure and adventurers. 
650 # 0 |a Tourism. 
650 # 0 |a Heritage tourism. 
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650 # 7 |a Alternative tourism.  |2 cabt 
650 # 7 |a Dark tourism.  |2 cabt 
650 # 7 |a Ecotourism.  |2 cabt 
650 # 7 |a Elderly.  |2 cabt 
650 # 7 |a Health tourism.  |2 cabt 
650 # 7 |a Heritage tourism.  |2 cabt 
650 # 7 |a Space tourism.  |2 cabt 
650 # 7 |a Special interest holidays.  |2 cabt 
650 # 7 |a Volunteers.  |2 cabt 
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