Adventure tourism /

• Main Author: Buckley, Ralf, (Author)
• Other Authors: Cater, Carl, (Contributor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2006.
• Subjects: Tourism.; Adventure travel.; Sport and Recreational Activities, (New March 2000); Tourism and Travel.; Bicycling.; Boating.; Case studies.; Climbing.; Cruises.; Diving.; Hiking.; Horse riding.; Outdoor recreation.; Rafting.; Skiing.; Snowboarding.; Water recreation.; Winter sports.; Electronic books.
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This volume provides an introduction and review of adventure tourism from both theoretical and practical perspectives. It includes technical analyses of over 100 real-life retail adventure tourism products from around the globe, in a wide variety of outdoor activity sectors, including: river journey...

Table of Contents:

• Adventure recreation research
• Case study approach
• River journeys
• Whitewater kayaking
• Whitewater rafting
• Seakayaking
• Sailing
• Expedition cruises
• Diving
• Surfing
• Heliski and snowboard
• Cross-country skiing
• Ice climbing
• Mountaineering
• Hiking and bushwalking
• Horse riding
• Mountain biking
• Off-road safaris
• Wildlife
• Aerial adventures
• Other sectors and issues
• Adventure destinations
• World adventure capital
• Cross-case analyses
• Product patterns.