Adventure tourism : meaning, experience and learning /

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Imprint:Abingdon, Oxon : New York : Routledge, c2013.
Description:xiv, 192 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Contemporary geographies of leisure, tourism, and mobility ; 36
Routledge/contemporary geographies of leisure, tourism, and mobility ; 36.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9035855
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Other authors / contributors:Taylor, Steve.
Varley, Peter, 1960-
Johnson, Tony.
ISBN:9780415524834 (hbk : alk. paper)
0415524830 (hbk : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Section 1. The Meaning of Adventure
  • 1. The Meaning of Adventure
  • 2. The Adventure Enigma: An Analysis of Mountain Based Adventure Tourism in Britain
  • 3. Capturing Meaning as well as Pleasure: A Happiness Study with Adventure Tourists
  • 4. Pushing Life to the Edge: The Ability of Adventure to Take the Individual into the World
  • Section 2. The Adventure Experience
  • 5. Recovering the Forgotten Ground: Narratives of Slow Adventure
  • 6. The Disneyization of Adventure
  • 7. Profiling Adventure Tourists in Pretoria: A Comparative Analysis
  • 8. How was it for you? Assessing the Quality of the Adventure Experience
  • Section 3. Adventure Learning
  • 9. The Demise of the Outdoor Apprenticeship
  • 10. Structured Feedback in Outdoor Adventure Education
  • 11. Learning through Adventure