TY  - BOOK
AU  - Novelli,Marina
TI  - Niche tourism: contemporary issues, trends and cases 
SN  - 075066133X
AV  - G155.A1 N68 2005
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Amsterdam, Boston
PB  - Elsevier
KW  - Travel
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; -- Niche tourism : an introduction; / Mike Robinson and Marina Novelli; -- Photographic tourism : shooting the innocuous, making meaning of tourist photographic behaviour; / Catherine Palmer and Jo-Anne Lester; -- Geotourism : appreciating the deep time of landscapes; / Thomas A. Hose; -- Youth tourism : finally coming of age?; / Greg Richards and Julie Wilson; -- Dark tourism : the appealing "dark" side of tourism and more; / Peter E. Tarlow; -- Genealogy tourism : the Scottish market opportunities; / Moira Birtwistle; -- Gastronomic tourism : comparing food and wine tourism experiences; / C. Michael Hall and Richard Mitchell; -- Transport tourism : travelling through heritage and contemporary recreation; / Derek Hall; -- Tribal tourism "Cannibal Tours" : tribal tourism in hidden places; / Peter M. Burns and Yana Figurova; -- Cultural heritage tourism  : being, not looking : beyond the tourism brochure of Greece; /  Eugenia Wickens; -- Tourism in peripheral regions : discovering the hidden histories of Italy; / Rosalina Grumo and Antoinetta Ivona; -- Research tourism : professional travel for useful discoveries; / Angela Benson; -- Small ship cruising : from muddy rivers to blue lagoons; / Ngaire Douglas and Norman Douglas; -- Sport tourism : small-scale sport event tourism : the changing dynamics of the New Zealand Masters Games; / Brent Ritchie; -- Wildlife tourism : wildlife use vs local gain : trophy hunting in Namibia; / Marina Novelli and Michael N. Humavindu; -- Volunteer tourism : deconstructing volunteer activities within a dynamic environment; / Michelle Callanan and Sarah Thomas; -- Adventure tourism : hard decisions, soft options and home for tea : adventure on the hoof; / Graham Shephard and Sarah Evans; -- Space tourism : small steps, great leaps : space as the destination of the future; / David T. Duval; -- Virtual tourism : a niche in cultural heritage; / David Arnold; -- Ethical tourism : is its future in niche tourism?; / Clare Weeden; -- Niche tourism : a way forward to sustainability?; / Marina Novelli and Angela Benson
N2  - Niche Tourism examines one of the fastest growing areas within the tourism sector. This book provides an integrated picture of speciality/niche tourism as a whole looking at both the 'macro' and 'micro' niche area. It has a comprehensive theoretical framework, and discusses initiatives, policies and strategies adopted internationally. With an emphasis on linking theory to practice, it is underpinned by up-to-date international case studies from around the world. Divided into 3 parts, it covers a variety of aspects under the headings of special interest tourism, tradition and culture base tourism and activity-based tourism. * The only book to provide an integrated picture of speciality/niche tourism as a whole * Examines one of the fastest growing areas of the tourism sector * Looks at a vast array of aspects of tourism from dark tourism, looking at 'ground zero' in the US, gastronomic tourism in the Yarra Valley Australia, to tribal tourism in Africa
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