Taking Tourism to the Limits

The concept of margins and limits is often referred to within the tourism academic literature and includes subjects as diverse as carrying capacities, peripheral economies, technological advancement, adventure tourism, dark tourism and socially marginalized communities. After identifying a number of ways in which 'limits' might be defined Taking Tourism to the Limits explores concepts and challenges facing contemporary tourism in five main sections, namely in tourism planning and management, nature based tourism, dark tourism, adventure and sport tourism and the accommodation industry.
Drawing upon case studies, current research and conceptualizations these different facets of the 'limits' are each introduced by the editors with commentaries that seek to identify themes and current practice and thinking in the respective domains. The picture that emerges is of an industry that reinvents itself in response to changing market parameters even while core issues of stakeholder equities and political processes remain problematic.
International in scale, the book links with its companion piece Indigenous Tourism - the commodification and management of culture (also published by Elsevier) as an outcome of the very highly successful conference, Taking Tourism to the Limits hosted by the University of Waikato' Department of Tourism Management in 2003.

Ryan Chris, Page Stephen J., Aicken Michelle

Chapter 1 Introduction - Conceptualising "the Limit", RyanChris, AickenMichelle; Tourism Planning and Management; Chapter 2 Tourism Planning and Management, PageStephen J.; Chapter 3 The Muskwa-Kechika Management Area - The Failed Planning and Management of the Serengeti of the North, Mitchell-BanksPaul; Chapter 4 Monitoring Visitor Patterns of Use in Natural Tourist Destinations, ArrowsmithColin, ZanonDino, ChhetriPrem; Chapter 5 The Use of Strategic Visioning to Enhance Local Tourism Planning in Periphery Communities, RuhanenLisa, CooperChris; Chapter 6 The Development of a Regional Identity for the Macarthur Region, KempSharon; Nature-Based Tourism; Chapter 7 Nature-Based Tourism, PageStephen J.; Chapter 8 Making Ecotourism Work: An Assessment of the Value of an Environmental Education Programme on a Marine Mammal Tour in New Zealand, OramsMark, TaylorAmy; Chapter 9 The Politics of Ecotourism, Rosaleen Duffy; Chapter 10 African Wilderness® Pty Ltd: An Authentic Encounter with the Big Five, Death and the Meaning of Life, DraperMalcolm; Chapter 11 The Limits of Tourism in Parks and Protected Areas: Managing Carrying Capacity in the U.S. National Parks, ManningRobert; Adventure and Sport Tourism; Chapter 12 Adventure Tourism and Sport - An Introduction, RyanChris, TrauerBirgit; Chapter 13 Acquiring Status Through the Consumption of Adventure Tourism, FergusonShelagh, ToddSarah; Chapter 14 Looking the Part: The Relationship Between Adventure Tourism and the Outdoor Fashion Industry, CaterCarl; Chapter 15 Getting into the Spirit: Using Internet Information Search to Heighten Emotions in Anticipation of the Sport Tourism Experience, Harrison-HillTracey; Chapter 16 Adventurism: Singapore Adventure Tourists in "Soft" Capitalism, EeOng Chin; Dark Tourism; Chapter 17 Dark Tourism - An Introduction, RyanChris; Chapter 18 Motivations of Participants in Dark Tourism: A Case Study of Port Arthur, Tasmania, Australia, PreeceTanaya, PriceGarry G.; Chapter 19 Presentation of Dark Tourism: Te Wairoa, The Buried Village, SmithNell, CroyW. Glen; Chapter 20 Travels to the Edge of Darkness: Towards a Typology of "Dark Tourism", SharpleyRichard; The Accommodation Sector; Chapter 21 Trends in the Accommodation Sector - An Introduction, RyanChris; Chapter 22 Organisation Culture as a Method of Shaping and Planning Behaviour in a Hospitality Organisation, KempSharon; Chapter 23 The Role of Innovation in Enhancing Sustainability: A Case Study on the Motel Sector, RobertsLinda, JagoLeo; Chapter 24 Accommodation - The New Entertainment Centre, MohsinAsad, LockyerTim;