Transformational tourism : tourist perspectives / / edited by Yvette Reisinger

• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, Mass., : CAB International, c2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (253 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.4/791
• Soggetto topico: Tourism - Psychological aspects; Environmental psychology
• Altri autori: ReisingerYvette
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Transformation and tourism -- pt. 3. Wellness, retreat, religious and spiritual tourism -- pt. 4. Extreme sports, backpacking and cultural tourism -- pt. 5. WWOOFing and ecotourism -- pt. 6. Volunteer and educational tourism.
• Sommario/riassunto: ""Transformational Tourism"" deals with the important issue of how travel and tourism can change human behavior and have a positive impact on the world. The book focuses on human development in a world dominated by post-9/11 security and political challenges, economic and financial collapses, as well as environmental threats; it identifies various types of tourism that can transform human beings, such as educational, volunteer, survival, community-based, eco, farm, extreme, religious, spiritual, wellness, and mission tourism.
• Titolo autorizzato: Transformational tourism
• ISBN: 1-78064-230-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910626112303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II