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