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UNINA9910821630103321 |
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Titolo |
New horizons in tourism : strange experiences and stranger practices / / edited by Tej Vir Singh |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Cambridge, MA, : CABI Pub., 2004 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-90833-5 |
9786610908332 |
0-85199-052-5 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (238 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Adventure and adventurers |
Heritage tourism |
Tourism |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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