Wilderness travel in remote areas is one of the major categories of adventure tourism, and the remote areas traversed may…
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Superimposed on internal tourism trends within the adventure tourism industry itself, there are larger-scale changes in the physical environment and…
David Grant, Stephen Mason, Malcolm Khan and Rob Davis Introduction The travel industry is no stranger to the disruption caused…
A growing number of tourism destinations, at various scales, have begun to market themselves as adventure capitals, offering a range…
This study sought to build upon the 1999 studies on adventure tourism safety in New Zealand (see Bentley et al.,…
SARS and travel are intricately interlinked. Travellers were among those primarily affected in the early stages of the outbreak, and…
Many half-day or single-day adventure tours, particularly high-volume tours at the lower end of the adventure tourism pyramid shown in…
Travel medicine practitioners often constitute the first point of medical contact for ill returning travellers, and nonspecific symptoms such as…
Despite an improved understanding of serious injury and illness during travel, accidents, near accidents, and maladies continue to befall tourists.…
According to the WTO (WTO, 1997; Wilks, 2002), risks to the safety and security of tourists, host communities and tourism…