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This chapter seeks to highlight mountain environments, which play host to tourism activities, as morally resonant spaces - spaces in which different meanings and values are asserted, contested, negotiated and resisted. It begins by exploring issues of representation in mountain tourism marketing,...
This chapter provides an overview of the commercial white-water tourism sector as it currently operates worldwide, picking out particular features that distinguish it from other forms of river tourism. White-water tourism activities, industry structure, operations and equipment, and experience are...
This chapter describes the structure of the seakayaking adventure sector and presents case studies from Canada, Norway, Alaska, Fiji, Australia, New Zealand, and Thailand. For each of the seven case studies, the place, operator, activity, equipment, accommodation, statistics, access, community,...
This chapter describes the structure of the whitewater adventure sector and examines case studies where the emphasis is on a multi-day journey down a remote river, typically using both rafts and kayaks. These case studies are from China, Russia, Nepal, Australia and Brazil. For each of the six case ...
This chapter presents whitewater adventure case studies where the focus is on kayaking, and the tour operators aim to provide equipment, logistic support, local knowledge and expert guiding for experienced whitewater kayakers. The case studies are from Chile, Costa Rica, New Zealand, USA, Australia ...
Drawing from some of the adventure tourism case studies presented in this book, this chapter presents cross-case comparisons that examine similarities and differences in: (1) safety procedures for heliskiing and heliboarding; (2) environmental management for rafting and river journeys; (3) safety...
The distinctive features of marine ecotourism are highlighted, while setting it into an overall context. Various forms of marine ecotourism (scuba-diving, whale-watching, sea kayaking, and underwater observation) are examined for their key attributes of sustainability across various dimensions....