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WATER-BASED TOURISM, SPORT, LEISURE, AND RECREATION EXPERIENCES
Water-Based Tourism, Sport, Leisure, and Recreation Experiences
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By
Gayle Jennings, Associate Professor, Department of Tourism, Leisure, Hotel and Sport Management Griffith Business School Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, Queensland, Australia

Description
Written by a team of international contributors, from Australia, Europe and the USA, the text uses international case studies and examples to illustrate and highlight discussion. Contributors include: Paul Beedie, De Montfort University, UK; Kay Dimmock, Southern Cross University, Australia; Gary Easthope, University of Tasmania, Australia; Simon Hudson, University of Calgary, Canada; Gayle Jennings, Griffith University, Australia; Lilian Jonas, Jonas Consulting, USA; Les Killion, Central Queensland University, Australia; Gianna Moscardo, James Cook University, Australia; Harold Richins, Sierra Nevada College, USA; Chris Ryan, The University of Waikato, New Zealand.

Audience
Final year undergraduate and postgraduate (PhD & Masters) students; optional courses such as adventure tourism, sports tourism and marine tourism, impacts of tourism, ecotourism, special interest tourism or tourism management (as a core text or recommended reading).

Contents
Chapter One: Waterbased Tourism, Sport, Leisure and Recreation Section One: Water-based tourism, sport, leisure and recreation: sailing and boating Chapter Two: Sailing/Cruising: tourism, sport, leisure, recreation and lifestyle Chapter Three: Motor Boating: tourism, sport, leisure, and recreation Section Two Water-based Tourism, sport, Leisure and recreation Experiences: sport or extreme sport Chapter Four: Motorized water sports Chapter Five: Surfing and windsurfing - development and change Chapter Six: Sport fishing and big game-fishing Chapter Seven: Scuba diving, snorkelling and free diving Chapter Eight: Whitewater rafting Chapter Nine: Kayaking Chapter Ten: One-day boating adventures Chapter Eleven: Sail training adventures Section Four – Sustainability of tourism, sport, leisure and recreation in water-based environments Chapter Twelve: Sustainability and future directions of waterbased tourism, sport, leisure and recreation experiences.

Bibliographic details
Hardbound, 320 pages, publication date: DEC-2006
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-6181-2
ISBN-10: 0-7506-6181-X
Imprint: BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN

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