Taking tourism to the limits : issues, concepts and managerial perspectives /

• Ryan, Chris, 1945-
• Page, Stephen, 1963-
• Aicken, Michelle.

• Tourism
• Tourism -- Management

• Elsevier,

• Advances in tourism research

• 0080446442 (hbk)

• Includes index.
• Bibliography: p. 275-297.
• Introduction conceptualizing the limit(C. Ryan, M. Aicken). Section One: Tourism Planning and Management. Tourism Planning and Management. (S.J. Page). The Muskwa-Kechika Management Area the Failed; Planning and Management of the Serengeti of the North. (P. Mitchell-Banks). Monitoring visitor patterns of use in natural tourist destinations. (C. Arrowsmith, D. Zanon, P. Chhetri). The Use of Strategic Visioning to Enhance Local Tourism Planning in Periphery Communities. (L. Ruhanen, C. Cooper). The Development of a Regional Identity for the Macarthur Region. (S. Kemp). Section Two: Nature Based Tourism. Nature-based Tourism. (S.J. Page). Making Ecotourism Work: An Assessment of the Value of an Environmental Education Programme on a Marine Mammal Tour in New Zealand. (M. Orams, A. Taylor). The Politics of Ecotourism. (R. Duffy). African Wilderness(R) Pty Ltd: An Authentic Encounter with the Big Five, Death and the Meaning of Life(c). (M. Draper). The Limits of Tourism in Parks and Protected Areas: Managing carrying capacity in the U.S. National Parks. (R. Manning). Section Three: Adventure and Sport Tourism. Adventure Tourism and Sport an introduction. (C. Ryan, B. Trauer). Acquiring status through the consumption of adventure tourism. (S. Ferguson, S. Todd). Looking the part: The relationship between adventure tourism and the outdoor fashion industry. (C. Cater). Getting into the Spirit: Using Internet Information Search to Heighten Emotions in Anticipation of the Sport Tourism Experience. (T. Harrison-Hill). Adventurism: Singapore Adventure Tourists in Soft Capitalism. (Ong Chin Ee). Section Four: Dark Tourism. Dark Tourism an introduction. (C. Ryan). Motivations of Participants in Dark Tourism: A Port Arthur Example. (T. Preece, G. Price). Presentation of Dark Tourism: Te Wairoa, The Buried Village. (N. Smith, W.G. Croy). Travels to the edge of darkness: towards a typology of dark tourism. (R. Sharpley). Section Five: The Accommodation Sector.

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• future of cruising boom or bust A worldwide analysis to 2015
• Adventure tourism
• global theme park industry
• Adventure tourism the new frontier
• tourist experience
• Dark tourism
• Special interest tourism context and cases
• Tourism business frontiers consumers products and industry
• Niche tourism contemporary issues trends and cases
• development of sustainable tourism
• Event management & event tourism
• Olympic tourism
• Event management for tourism cultural business and sporting events
• experience economy work is theatre & every business a stage
• Event risk management and safety
• Events management
• Festival and events management an international arts and culture perspective
• Event management for tourism cultural business and sporting events
• Event marketing how to successfully promote events festivals conventions and expositions
• Successful event management a practical handbook
• Events design and experience
• Event studies theory research and policy for planned events
• Consumer behaviour in tourism
• Tourism principles and practice
• Tourism principles and practice
• Hospitality management and organisational behaviour
• Principles of marketing
• Competitive advantage creating and sustaining superior performance