Adventure Tourism Management

Description: Adventure Tourism Management [Paperback] Buckley, Ralf Product Overview 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. Ideal for the undergraduate student taking adventure tourism as a single subject degree or as part of their tourism management studies, this book documents, analyzes and offers insight into the latest research in the area. It 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 twenty 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. Each chapter will include seven pedagogical elements:introduction – what the chapter does and doesn't cover plain-language review of the chapter topic with minimal referencing – essentially like lecture notes concluding paragraph to the review section explaining how it leads to the next chapter(s)review of recent research, condensed into tables where possible revision notes – a few pages of bullet points summarizing the review and research a sample set of assignment questions, three to six per chapter in some casesreadings on relevant topics, condensed from previous publications. Read more Details Publisher ‏ : ‎ Routledge; 1st edition (October 30, 2009) Language ‏ : ‎ English Paperback ‏ : ‎ 286 pages ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 185617834X ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 41 Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.25 pounds Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.44 x 0.65 x 9.69 inches Best Sellers Rank: #5,512,240 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #253 in Sea Kayaking #6,034 in Hospitality, Travel & Tourism (Books) #40,640 in Business & Finance #253 in Sea Kayaking #6,034 in Hospitality, Travel & Tourism (Books) We have been selling used books since 2012, and we've learned that the most important thing is doing good business. Honesty is our policy. Free Shipping We ship worldwide. We have multiple warehouses around the world, so please note the extended handling time on certain listings.

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