| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 302 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Advances in tourism research |
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Advances in tourism research series.
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| Contents |
Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Maps -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Conceptualising "the Limit" -- Tourism Planning and Management -- The Muskwa-Kechika Management Area- -- Monitoring Visitor Patterns of Use in Natural -- The Use of Strategic Visioning to Enhance Local Tourism Planning in Periphery -- The Development of a Regional Identity for the Macarthur Region -- Nature-Based Tourism -- Making EcotourismWork: An Assessment of the Value of an Environmental Education Programme on a Marine Mammal Tour in New Zealand -- The Politics of Ecotourism -- AfricanWilderness® Pty Ltd: An Authentic Encounter with the Big Five, Death and the Meaning of Life -- The Limits of Tourism in Parks and Protected Areas: Managing Carrying Capacity in the U.S. National Parks -- Adventure Tourism and Sport -- An Introduction -- Acquiring Status Through the Consumption of Adventure Tourism -- Looking the Part: The Relationship Between Adventure Tourism and the Outdoor Fashion Industry -- Getting into the Spirit: Using Internet Information Search to Heighten Emotions in Anticipation of the Sport Tourism Experience -- Adventurism: Singapore Adventure Tourists in "Soft" Capitalism -- Dark Tourism- An Introduction -- Motivations of Participants in Dark Tourism: A Case Study of Port Arthur, Tasmania, Australia -- Presentation of Dark Tourism: TeWairoa, The Buried Village -- Travels to the Edge of Darkness: Towards a Typology of "Dark Tourism" -- Trends in the Accommodation Sector- An Introduction -- Organisation Culture as a Method of Shaping and Planning Behaviour in a Hospitality Organisation -- The Role of Innovation in Enhancing Sustainability: A Case Study on the Motel Sector -- Accommodation -- The New Entertainment Centre -- References -- Subject Index -- Last Page |
| Summary |
After identifying a number of ways in which limits might be defined, this book explores concepts and challenges facing contemporary tourism in five main sections, namely in tourism planning and management, nature based tourism, dark tourism, adventure and sport tourism, and the accommodation industry |
| Analysis |
Hospitality |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Tourism.
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Tourism -- Management
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tourism.
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TRAVEL -- Museums, Tours, Points of Interest.
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TRAVEL -- Hikes & Walks.
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TRAVEL -- Budget.
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TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Ecotourism.
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TRAVEL -- Parks & Campgrounds.
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TRAVEL -- Reference.
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TRAVEL -- Road Travel.
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TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Adventure.
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Tourism
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Tourism -- Management
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Management
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Tourismus
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| Genre/Form |
Hamilton (Neuseeland, 2003)
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Kongress.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ryan, Chris, 1945-
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Page, Stephen, 1963-
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Aicken, Michelle
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| LC no. |
2005040634 |
| ISBN |
9780080459479 |
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0080459471 |
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1280630205 |
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9781280630200 |
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9786610630202 |
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6610630208 |
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