New frontiers in marine tourism : diving experiences, sustainability, management / edited by Brian Garrod, Stefan Gössling.
"Diving tourism has seen such growth in the past decade that the World Tourism Organization suggests it will soon become as important as ski tourism. According to a WTO estimate, there are now 5-7 million active certified divers in the world. Despite its development as a mass tourism activity,...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; London :
Elsevier,
2008.
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| Series: | Advances in tourism research series.
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| Summary: | "Diving tourism has seen such growth in the past decade that the World Tourism Organization suggests it will soon become as important as ski tourism. According to a WTO estimate, there are now 5-7 million active certified divers in the world. Despite its development as a mass tourism activity, its dynamic growth and great economic importance, particularly for island destinations in the tropics, surprisingly few scientific publications address this form of special-interest tourism." "New Frontiers in Marine Tourism represents the first attempt to address these issues in a comprehensive way. It brings together authorities across a number of fields of study in order to provide a state-of-the-art review that will be relevant to the needs of students, academics, planners, policy-makers and the diving industry."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | xxi, 226 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0080453570 9780080453576 |