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After reading this chapter, you will be able to:

  • Describe the key historical factors that contributed to the development of tourism in the Global North

  • Define adventure tourism and describe some of the factors that motivate adventure tourists

  • Understand and apply the concepts of McDonaldization and Disneyization to adventure tourism and other adventure practices

  • Explain how experience, motivation, social factors, and the market interact to produce a wide range of commercial adventure experiences

  • Use a range of examples to explain the different ways in which guides and companies facilitate adventure tourism experiences

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    For more detail, readers might refer to Swarbrooke and Horner (2007), Sharpley (2003), or Inglis (2000), for example.

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  1. University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

    Simon Beames

  2. University of the Highlands and Islands, Inverness, UK

    Chris Mackie

  3. California State University East Bay, Hayward, CA, USA

    Matthew Atencio

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Beames, S., Mackie, C., Atencio, M. (2019). Adventure and Tourism. In: Adventure and Society. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96062-3_10

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