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Mountaineering Adventure Tourism and Local Communities: Social, Environmental and Economics Interactions - Couverture rigide

Apollo, Michal; Andreychouk, Viacheslav

 
9781802209372: Mountaineering Adventure Tourism and Local Communities: Social, Environmental and Economics Interactions
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1802209379 ISBN 13 : 9781802209372
Editeur : Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2022

Synopsis

This timely book explores how hiking, trekking and climbing mountains, increasingly popular leisure activities, can stimulate change and create opportunities for sustainable development. Using empirical evidence from interviews held in the Himalayas combined with a theoretical grounding, it focuses on the socio-economic and environmental issues of the impact of mountaineering adventure tourism on local communities.



Chapters highlight the progressive stages of the host–guest interactions between local communities and tourists, moving from initial, indirect and final tourism development, and the unique sociocultural phenomena these create. The book examines how, with a planned and systematic approach, mountaineering can be a key factor in promoting an overall improvement in local people’s quality of life through initiatives in economic development and environmental conservation. It offers a look towards the future to create sustainable tourism development in mountain regions.



This is an invigorating read for adventure tourism and human geography scholars, particularly with the blend of theory and first-hand studies of local impacts of mountain tourism. It will also be an interesting read for industry representatives, policy makers and professionals in the field.

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À propos de l'auteur

Michal Apollo, Assistant Professor, Institute of Earth Sciences, Fellow, Global Justice Program, Yale University, USA; Board Member, Academics Stand Against Poverty and Viacheslav Andreychouk, Professor, Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Warsaw, Poland

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Éditeur
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Date d'édition
2022
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1802209379
ISBN 13 
9781802209372
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
178
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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