NEW HORIZONS IN TOURISM: STRANGE EXPERIENCES AND STRANGER PRACTICES; ED. BY TEJ VIR SINGH

This book illustrates the tremendous outreach of tourism in search of extraordinary, spectacular and bizarre experiences. It covers tourism in out-of-the-ordinary environments (space tourism, Antarctic tourism, and adventure/heritage tourism in remote areas); dark tourism; other unconventional forms of tourism such as deep ecotourism and health tourism in salt mines; and other special-interest forms such as pro-poor tourism, senior tourism, and volunteer tourism. The book has 15 chapters and a subject index. Available In Print New Horizons In Tourism Captures The Breadth Of A New Wave Of Tourism That Is Becoming More Popular World-wide. There Is Growing Demand From Tourists For Extreme And Unusual Environments, And Amazing And Bizarre Experiences, Ranging From Staying In A Hotel Made Of Ice To Holidaying In Space. This Volume Presents A Few Out-of-the-ordinary Instances Of Peripheries Overtaken By Tourism And The Experiences They Offer, Including Pro-poor Tourism, Deep Ecotourism, Dark Tourism, Senior Tourism, Volunteer Tourism And Space Tourism. The Book Will Be Of Significant Interest To Both Students And Researchers In Tourism.--book Jacket. Tourism Searching For New Horizons : An Overview / Tej Vir Singh -- Vacationing In Space : Tourism Seeks 'new Skies' / Jennifer Laing And Geoffrey I. Crouch -- Tourism In The Forbidden Lands : The Antarctica Experience / John Splettstoesser, Denise Landau And R.k. Headland -- Skilled Commercial Adventure : The Edge Of Tourism / Ralf Buckley -- Tourism Trespasses On The Himalayan Heritage : The Hermit Village, Malana / Tej Vir Singh, Purnima Chauhan And Shalini Singh -- Thanatourism In The Early 21st Century : Moral Panics, Ulterior Motives And Alterior Desires / A.v. Seaton And J.j. Lennon --tourism At The Borders Of Conflict And (de)militarized Zones / Dallen J. Timothy, Bruce Prideaux And Samuel Seongseop-kim -- Tourism And The Heritage Of Atrocity : Managing The Heritage Of South African Apartheid For Entertainment / G.j. Ashworth -- Deep Ecotourism : Seeking Theoretical And Practical Reverence / David A. Fennell -- Against The Wind : Impermanence In Wilderness : The Tasmanian Experience / Trevor H.b. Sofield -- Health Tourism In Kyrgyz Republic : The Soviet Salt Mine Experience / Peter Schofield -- Pro-poor Tourism : Benefiting The Poor / Dilys Roe, Harold Goodwin And Caroline Ashley -- Tourism For The Young-old And Old-old / Megan Cleaver Sellick And Thomas E. Muller -- Volunteer Tourism : New Pilgrimages To The Himalayas / Shalini Singh And Tej Vir Singh -- Will Travel Vanish? Looking Beyond The Horizon / Julio R. Aramberri. Edited By Tej Vir Singh. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Chapter: 1 (Page no: 1) Tourism searching for new horizons: an overview. Author(s): Singh, T. V. Chapter: 2 (Page no: 11) Vacationing in space: tourism seeks 'new skies'. Author(s): Laing, J. Crouch, G. I. Chapter: 3 (Page no: 27) Tourism in the forbidden lands: the Antarctica experience. Author(s): Splettstoesser, J. Landau, D. Headland, R. K. Chapter: 4 (Page no: 37) Skilled commercial adventure: the edge of tourism. Author(s): Buckley, R. Chapter: 5 (Page no: 49) Tourism trespasses on the Himalayan heritage: the hermit village, Malana. Author(s): Singh, T. V. Purnima Chauhan Shalini Singh Chapter: 6 (Page no: 63) Thanatourism in the early 21st century: moral panics, ulterior motives and alterior desires. Author(s): Seaton, A. V. Lennon, J. J. Chapter: 7 (Page no: 83) Tourism at borders of conflict and (de)militarized zones. Author(s): Timothy, D. J. Prideaux, B. Kim SeongSeop [Kim, S. S. S.] Chapter: 8 (Page no: 95) Tourism and the heritage of atrocity: managing the heritage of South African apartheid for entertainment. Author(s): Ashworth, G. J. Chapter: 9 (Page no: 109) Deep ecotourism: seeking theoretical and practical reverence. Author(s): Fennell, D. A. Chapter: 10 (Page no: 121) Against the wind - impermanence in wilderness: the Tasmanian experience. Author(s): Sofield, T. H. B. Chapter: 11 (Page no: 135) Health tourism in the Kyrgyz Republic: the Soviet salt mine experience. Author(s): Schofield, P. Chapter: 12 (Page no: 147) Pro-poor tourism: benefiting the poor. Author(s): Roe, D. Goodwin, H. Ashley, C. Chapter: 13 (Page no: 163) Tourism for the young-old and old-old. Author(s): Sellick, M. C. Muller, T. E. Chapter: 14 (Page no: 181) Volunteer tourism: new pilgrimages to the Himalayas. Author(s): Shalini Singh Singh, T. V. Chapter: 15 (Page no: 195) Will travel vanish? Looking beyond the horizon. Author(s): Aramberri, J. R. Contributors 8 About the Contributors 10 Preface 14 Acknowledgements 16 1 Tourism Searching for New Horizons: an Overview 18 2 Vacationing in Space: Tourism Seeks ‘New Skies’ 28 3 Tourism in the Forbidden Lands: the Antarctica Experience 44 4 Skilled Commercial Adventure: the Edge of Tourism 54 5 Tourism Trespasses on the Himalayan Heritage: the Hermit Village, Malana 66 6 Thanatourism in the Early 21st Century: Moral Panics, Ulterior Motives and Alterior Desires 80 7 Tourism at Borders of Conflict and (De)militarized Zones 100 8 Tourism and the Heritage of Atrocity: Managing the Heritage of South African Apartheid for Entertainment 112 9 Deep Ecotourism: Seeking Theoretical and Practical Reverence 126 10 Against the Wind – Impermanence in Wilderness: the Tasmanian Experience 138 11 Health Tourism in the Kyrgyz Republic: the Soviet Salt Mine Experience 152 12 Pro-poor Tourism: Benefiting the Poor 164 13 Tourism for the Young-old and Old-old 180 14 Volunteer Tourism: New Pilgrimages to the Himalayas 198 15 Will Travel Vanish? Looking Beyond the Horizon 212 Index 230 Tourism as a dynamic phenomenon has a wonderful capacity to change, adapt and evolve. At the beginning of the 21st Century we are witnessing a growing demand from tourists for amazing and bizarre experiences, and more extreme and unusual environments. Written by leading researchers from around the world, New Horizons in Tourism, examines this new wave of tourism. It presents a host of examples of out-of-the-ordinary tourism including cutting-edge tourism activities such as vacationing in space and discovering the forbidden lands of Antarctica and Arctic regions. It also explores the trends of pro-poor and volunteer tourism, ecotourism, the rise in the number of footloose senior citizens, and the growing attraction of areas of conflict and atrocity. Annotation. New Horizons in Tourism captures the breadth of a new wave of tourism that is becoming more popular worldwide. There is growing demand from tourists for extreme and unusual environments, and amazing and bizarre experiences, ranging from staying in a hotel made of ice to vacationing in space. This volume presents a few out-of-the-ordinary instances of peripheries overtaken by tourism and the experiences they offer, including pro-poor tourism, deep ecotourism, dark tourism, senior tourism, volunteer tourism, and space tourism