Special Interest Tourism / Adventure Tourism (BRL370)

This unit examines the complexities of the special interest tourism sector. As travel markets become more sophisticated, travellers seek more authentic experiences for their leisure, pleasure and recreation. The unit examines some of the ways in which the growing demand is being met, the nature of activities designed to satisfy these expectations and the variety of locations in which this is happening. The course begins with an overview of changing market expectations. Six specific niche areas are examined in detail. Adventure Tourism, Seniors'tourism, indigenous tourism, health tourism, cruise tourism and Sports tourism are the focus areas of the unit although other specialist areas are discussed in class.

On completion of this unit, students will be able to:*On completion of this unit, students will be able to:

* define and discuss the nature and scope of special interest tourism and how it relates to global tourism trends

* analyse the styles of the products being developed to accommodate the requirements of the demand for tourism experiences which satisfy particular needs

* understand the management styles the special interest tourism sector requires.

Ingen

The language for this course will be English.

Utveksling til Fakultet for utdanningsvitenskap og humaniora

Evaluering i tråd med fakultetets praksis.

Novelli, M. (2005) Niche tourism - contemporary issues, trends and cases Elsevier, Oxford ISBN 0-750-6613-3-X, 264pp

Trauer, B. (2006) Conceptualizing special interest tourism-frameworks for analysis Tourism Management, Volume 27, Issue 2, Pages 183-200

Buckley,R. (2007) Adventure tourism products: Price, duration, size, skill, remoteness. Tourism Management, Volume 28, Issue 6, Pages 1428-1433

Walle, A. H. (2007) Pursuing risk or insight : Marketing Adventures

Annals of Tourism Research, Volume 24, Issue 2, Pages 265-282

Bentley, T. A. & Page, S. J. (2001) Scoping the extent of adventure tourism accidents Annals of Tourism Research, Volume 28, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 705-726

Strange, C. & Kempa, M. (2003) Shades of dark tourism: Alcatraz and Robben Island Annals of Tourism Research, Vol. 30, Iss.2, P 386-405

Recommended Reading

Douglas,. N., Douglas, N. and Derrett R. (2001). Special Interest Tourism: context and cases, John Wiley, Brisbane. Selected chapters

Special interest tourism : Edited by Betty Weiler and Colin Michael Hall. Belhaven Press: London ISBN 1 85293 072 1, 1992, 214 pages Selected chapters

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