New horizons in tourism : strange experiences and stranger practices / edited by Tej Vir Singh.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Singh, Tejvir, 1930-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adventure and adventurers.

Heritage tourism.

Tourism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (238 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : CABI Pub., 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-280-90833-5

9786610908332

0-85199-052-5

OCLC:

476080785