ABSTRACT

Adventure tourism is an increasingly widespread phenomenon, appealing to an expanding proportion of the population who seek new destinations and new experiences.

This timely, edited volume offers new theoretical perspectives of this emerging subset of Tourism. it uses philosophical and cutting edge empirically grounded research to challenge existing thinking and develop the conceptual framework underpinning definitions of adventure, interrogating the adventure tourism experience and further building upon recent advances in adventure education. The book brings together adventure literature from range of disciplines and applies it to focused study of Adventure Tourism. By doing so it significantly furthers understanding and moves forward this development of this area of Tourism.

This significant volume is written by leading academics in the area, and will be valuable reading for all those interested in Adventure Tourism.

chapter |3 pages

Introduction

part |56 pages

The meaning of adventure

chapter |12 pages

The meaning of adventure

chapter |14 pages

The adventure enigma

Patterns of participation in mountain-based adventure tourism in Britain

chapter |14 pages

Discovering what matters in a perfect day

A study of well-being of adventure tourists

chapter |14 pages

Pushing life to the edge of life

The ability of adventure to take the individual into the world

part |52 pages

Delivering the adventure experience

chapter |14 pages

The semiotics of slow adventure

Narrative and identity

chapter |8 pages

Eat, play, shop

The Disneyization of adventure

chapter |14 pages

How was it for you?

Assessing the quality of the adventure experience

part |48 pages

Adventure learning and education

chapter |14 pages

Structured feedback in outdoor adventure education

What are we accomplishing?

chapter |13 pages

Learning outcomes of young people on a Greenland expedition

Assessing the educational value of adventure tourism