New horizons in tourism : strange experiences and stranger practices / / edited by Tej Vir Singh
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| Titolo: |
New horizons in tourism : strange experiences and stranger practices / / edited by Tej Vir Singh
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| Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, MA, : CABI Pub., 2004 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (238 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 338.4/791 |
| Soggetto topico: | Adventure and adventurers |
| Heritage tourism | |
| Tourism | |
| Altri autori: |
SinghTejvir <1930->
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| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | New horizons in tourism |
| ISBN: | 1-280-90833-5 |
| 9786610908332 | |
| 0-85199-052-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910821630103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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