Types of Tourism and Ways of Recreation : Elements, Dimensions and Trends
Contents: Preface. Glossary. 1. Introduction to recreation and tourism: issues, types and impact assessment. 2. Sustainable tourism and ecotourism: development, principles and practices. 3. Adventure tourism, wildlife tourism and sports tourism: elements and dimensions. 4. Canyoning tourism, Coastal tourism, nautical tourism and space tourism: main reflections. 5. Mass-tourism, bicycle tourism and experimental tourism: focus on perpetual and free independent traveler. 6. Sex tourism, romance tourism and gay tourism: basic trends and patterns. 7. Cultural tourism, heritage tourism and pilgrim tourism: elementary elements and types. 8. Music tourism, wine tourism, garden tourism, literacy tourism and benefit tourism. 9. Agritourism and medical tourism: an overview. 10. Poverty tourism, disaster tourism, war tourism, dark tourism and accessible tourism. 11. Travel, tour, excursion, tour guiding, tourism technology, tourist trap and apartheid. 12. Hospitality service, hotels, resorts, holiday towns and villages, vacations, couch surfing and day-tripper. 13. World heritage sites, monuments, temples, churches, cities and other destinations. 14. Major global tourism related institutions: an overview. Appendix: Model tourism institution, day, ranking and board. Bibliography and websites/links. Index.
"This publication also highlights elements and dimensions of canyoning tourism, coastal tourism, nautical tourism and space tourism, supported with required illustrations on river trekking, boating, marinas, etc. A list of private spaceflight companies promoting mass space tourism is also provided herein. Popular kinds of tourism, such as, mass tourism, bicycle tourism and experimental tourism are discussed in detail with passing reference to backpacking, perpetual traveller and free independent tourist. Basic trends and dimensions of sex tourism, romance tourism and gay tourism are also analyzed in depth touching upon child-sex tourism and R family vacations in particular. Similarly, the core elements and issues related to cultural tourism, heritage tourism and pilgrim tourism are covered, with reflections on birth tourism, pilgrimage and archeological tourism.
The elements to tombstone tourism are also presented. Accessible tourism for people with disability and the institutions promoting them are also covered. The supporting elements, such as travel tour, excursion, tour guiding, tourism technology, tourist trap and tourism apartheid are also discussed in detail. Similarly, white house tourism and self-guided tour are also talked about. Hospitality service industry\'s major elements are also analyzed, such as, hotels, resorts, holiday towns and villages and vacation sites. Ways of having an eco-friendly vacation are also discussed focus also lies on couch surfing, accommodation exchange and day trippers. Similarly, places of tourism importance are also highlighted, such as, world heritage sites monuments, temples, churches, cities and other destinations like synagogues, cathedrals, shrines, museums, sacred water bodies, monasteries, mountains graves, tombs and sites. Institutions, primarily responsible for promoting global tourism and identifying major trends all also discussed. The popular world tourism attractions are also listed, so are due model tourism institutions, days, ranwings, associations and boards." (jacket)
