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

Other author Singh, Tejvir, 1930-
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge, MA : CABI Pub., ©2004.
Descriptionxv, 221 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
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Subjects

Contents Tourism searching for new horizons : an overview / Tej Vir Singh -- Vacationing in space : tourism seeks 'new skies' / Jennifer Laing and Geoffrey I. Crouch -- Tourism in the forbidden lands : the Antarctica experience / John Splettstoesser, Denise Landau and R.K. Headland -- Skilled commercial adventure : the edge of tourism / Ralf Buckley -- Tourism trespasses on the Himalayan heritage : the hermit village, Malana / Tej Vir Singh, Purnima Chauhan and Shalini Singh -- Thanatourism in the early 21st century : moral panics, ulterior motives and alterior desires / A.V. Seaton and J.J. Lennon --Tourism at the borders of conflict and (de)militarized zones / Dallen J. Timothy, Bruce Prideaux and Samuel Seongseop-Kim -- Tourism and the heritage of atrocity : managing the heritage of South African apartheid for entertainment / G.J. Ashworth -- Deep ecotourism : seeking theoretical and practical reverence / David A. Fennell -- Against the wind : impermanence in wilderness : the Tasmanian experience / Trevor H.B. Sofield -- Health tourism in Kyrgyz Republic : the Soviet salt mine experience / Peter Schofield -- Pro-poor tourism : benefiting the poor / Dilys Roe, Harold Goodwin and Caroline Ashley -- Tourism for the young-old and old-old / Megan Cleaver Sellick and Thomas E. Muller -- Volunteer tourism : new pilgrimages to the Himalayas / Shalini Singh and Tej Vir Singh -- Will travel vanish? Looking beyond the horizon / Julio R. Aramberri.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
LCCN 2004004676
ISBN0851998631 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780851998633 (alk. paper)

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