Errant Journeys Adventure Travel in a Modern Age

Name: Errant Journeys Adventure Travel in a Modern Age
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ISBN: 9780292798052

ISBN-10: 0292798059

ISBN-13: 9780292798052

Edition: 1995

Authors: David Zurick, Tim Krasnansky, Keith Otterson

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By the year 2000, tourism will be the world' single most important economic activity. Even now, there is hardly a place on earth, no matter how inaccessible, that has not been visited by some traveler seeking adventure, enlightenment, or simply change from the familiar world back home.In this pathfinding book, David Zurick explores the fastest-growing segment of the travel industry--adventure travel. He raises important questions about what constitutes the travel experience and shows how the modern adventure industry has commercialized the very notion of adventure by packaging it as tours.Drawing on two decades of personal travel, as well as the writings of others, Zurick unravels the…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 1/1/1995
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 216
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Acknowledgments



Tourist Trails



Along the Way



By All Means



Pushing into the Periphery



Consequences of Discovery


Notes


Index