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Explorer travellers and adventure tourism /

This book examines the nexus between exploring and tourism and argues that exploration travel - based heavily on explorer narratives and the promises of personal challenges and change - is a major trend in future tourism. In particular, it analyses how romanticised myths of explorers form a foundati...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Laing, Jennifer, 1967-
Otros Autores: Frost, Warwick
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol ; Buffalo : Channel View Publications, 2014.
Colección:Tourism and cultural change ; 40.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This book examines the nexus between exploring and tourism and argues that exploration travel - based heavily on explorer narratives and the promises of personal challenges and change - is a major trend in future tourism. In particular, it analyses how romanticised myths of explorers form a foundation for how modern day tourists view travel and themselves. Its scope ranges from the 'Golden Age' of imperial explorers in the 19th and early 20th centuries, through the growth of adventure and extreme tourism, to possible future trends including space travel. The volume should appeal to researchers.
Descripción Física:1 online resource : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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