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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821630103321

Titolo

New horizons in tourism : strange experiences and stranger practices / / edited by Tej Vir Singh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : CABI Pub., 2004

ISBN

1-280-90833-5

9786610908332

0-85199-052-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (238 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SinghTejvir <1930->

Disciplina

338.4/791

Soggetti

Adventure and adventurers

Heritage tourism

Tourism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contributors; About the Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Tourism Searching for New Horizons: an Overview; 2 Vacationing in Space: Tourism Seeks 'New Skies'; 3 Tourism in the Forbidden Lands: the Antarctica Experience; 4 Skilled Commercial Adventure: the Edge of Tourism; 5 Tourism Trespasses on the Himalayan Heritage: the Hermit Village, Malana; 6 Thanatourism in the Early 21st Century: Moral Panics, Ulterior Motives and Alterior Desires; 7 Tourism at Borders of Conflict and (De)militarized Zones

8 Tourism and the Heritage of Atrocity: Managing the Heritage of South African Apartheid for Entertainment9 Deep Ecotourism: Seeking Theoretical and Practical Reverence; 10 Against the Wind - Impermanence in Wilderness: the Tasmanian Experience; 11 Health Tourism in the Kyrgyz Republic: the Soviet Salt Mine Experience; 12 Pro-poor Tourism: Benefiting the Poor; 13 Tourism for the Young-old and Old-old; 14 Volunteer Tourism: New Pilgrimages to the Himalayas; 15 Will Travel Vanish? Looking Beyond the Horizon; Index

Sommario/riassunto

New Horizons in Tourism captures the breadth of a new wave of tourism that is becoming more popular world-wide. There is growing demand from tourists for extreme and unusual environments, and



amazing and bizarre experiences, ranging from staying in a hotel made of ice to vacationing in space.