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Errant Journeys: Adventure Travel in a Modern Age

cover of Errant Journeys: Adventure Travel in a Modern Ageauthor: David Zurick
Keith Otterson
Tim Krasnansky
asin: 0292798067
binding: Paperback
list price: $14.95 USD
amazon price: $14.95


By the year 2000, tourism will be the world's single most important economic activity. Even now, there is hardly a place on earth, no matter how inaccessible, that has not been visited by some traveler seeking adventure, enlightenment, or simply change from the familiar world back home. In this pathfinding book, David Zurick explores the fastest-growing segment of the travel industry--adventure travel. He raises important questions about what constitutes the travel experience and shows how the modern adventure industry has commercialized the very notion of adventure by packaging it as tours.  read more »