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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Adventure Tourism"”.
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Perceived risk in adventure tourism
… try to minimise in their lives, the concept of adventure tourism presents an interesting set of circumstances in that tourists actually seek, or at the very least accept, the risk of sustaining physical injury during the adventure tourism experience. This makes adventure tourism unique when …
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Adventure tourism operators and snowmobilers : managing interactions
… indicates that conflict exists between Adventure Tourism Operators (ATOs) and snowmobilers in the backcountry of British Columbia. Focusing on the Sea-to-Sky Corridor, a survey was conducted among winter ATOs to determine the extent of the conflict, the role of land management policies …
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Hospitality in Adventure Tourism:: Being, dwelling, guiding
… together two broad areas of academic inquiry – adventure tourism and hospitality studies. Building on existentialist propositions of dwelling as a way of being in the world, more-than-human sociology and a poststructuralist philosophy of fluidity and flux, it aims to advance outdoor adventure …
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An exploration of adventure tourism participation and consumption
Growing demand for and supply of adventure tourism activities, particularly packaged adventure holidays, means there is a need to understand adventure tourists. At the start of my research journey, the embryonic nature of adventure tourism research and the limited extant literature about adventure …
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Co-producing the nature-based adventure tourism experience: tourist, environment and management contributions
… of the satisfaction research in marketing, tourism, and recreation found that the existing satisfaction models were based on the performance of product or service or destination attributes, which are managerial or environmental determinants. This research proposed and empirically tested …
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The consumer's perception of the accreditation of adventure tour operators
… of accreditation is relatively new to the tourism industry yet industry leaders consider it a high priority in their attempts for continuous improvement and delivery of quality products. In developing current accreditation programs the industry has consulted with key players and a number of …
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The anatomy of a magic moment on a guided, all-inclusive, multiday adventure in New Zealand from a guide's perspective
… a guide’s perspective in New Zealand’s multi-day adventure tourism industry. While much of the existing tourism literature focuses on visitors, their emotions, memories, and experiences, this study shifts the focus to the people who make those moments possible: the guides. Guided by an …
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Bringing long-haul destinations closer: the role of music in destination promotional videos
… destination was perceived as dangerous and for adventure tourism, whereas with the pop song the destination was described as a destination for party and fun. ▪ The most effective musical stimulus was traditional music. Because it drew the most attention, it was the most pleasant, the most …
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The middle of nowhere: the photographic search for an unknown landscape
… continues through literature, advertising, tourism and the adventure travel industry, personal journeys, and photography. Through analysis of the historical conventions of landscape photography and contemporary visual culture, the “middle of nowhere” reveals itself as a visual metaphor for …
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A quality of life framework for an adventure-based sport
… that throughout human history, the spirit of adventure and the need for survival, to explore the unknown and to push the limits of our being have propelled us forward constantly. If it were not for those adventure seekers who came before us, we would not have achieved the marvels of today. …