Essays about: "Adventure Tourism"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 essays containing the words Adventure Tourism.
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1. A Heavy Burden - Coloniality and Exploitation of the Subaltern in Nepal’s Mountain Tourism Industry
University essay from Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/HumanekologiAbstract : This thesis analyzes the effects of mountain tourism on local people and communities in Nepal with a focus on three main questions: the equity of mountain jobs, the impacts of Western mountaineering’s dominance on local cultures, and the respect and lack of respect for local workers' lives. Despite repeated accounts of precarious and dangerous working conditions the adventure and mountain tourism industry continue to exploit some bodies on behalf of others. READ MORE
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2. The Cultural Impacts On Working Conditions for Employees in the Tourism Industry : Sweden Versus Turkey
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för marknadsföring och turismvetenskap (MTS)Abstract : Travel is an adventure into a new unexplored culture, different from what surrounds the traveler in the usual life at home. Culture is reflected not only in architecture, food, and literature but also in social relationships. How people react to everything they hear and see is based on the characteristics of their cultures. READ MORE
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3. The effect of persuasive communication on rock climbers' environmental behavior
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för marknadsföring och turismvetenskap (MTS)Abstract : Rock climbing has become a popular adventure activity, yet it poses a threat to the environment, particularly to the rare species that inhabit the lower vegetation density of rock faces. To address this concern, effective evironmental communication is necessary to provoke environmentally responsible behavior among climbers. READ MORE
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4. Intryck av Sävsjön : en förstudie till gestaltningen av en naturcamping
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)Abstract : How does one design with respect to the place? A large part of our built environment today has taken existing natural prerequisites into little or no consideration, which has resulted in a widespread loss of place – a bland expression of architetcure. The answer may lie in our fundamental understanding of place and how we choose to perceive our surroundings. READ MORE
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5. Volvo Abisko
University essay from Umeå universitet/Designhögskolan vid Umeå universitetAbstract : Volvo Abisko is proposing the possibility to experience the Arctic wilderness and the surrounding nature in a responsible way. The author has been hiking in the north, every time asking - what if everybody could experience this? Would it be possible to get into the wild with minimal impact on the environment? What if you wouldn’t need the expertise, the knowledge, or even the equipment to get into the pristine nature and to interact with the untouched Arctic? Volvo Abisko is representing the dream of offering this experience for a broader audience. READ MORE
