1st Edition

Mountaineering Tourism A Critical Perspective

By Michal Apollo, Yana Wengel Copyright 2022
138 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

138 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

138 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book offers a critical account of the historical evolution of mountaineering and its relation to the phenomenon of tourism, providing an overview of recent developments linked to the diversification, commodification and commercialisation of mountaineering activity. Mountaineering, broadly defined as hiking, trekking and climbing, is now a mass phenomenon, with continually growing... Read more

Preface (Apollo, M. & Wengel, Y.)

Foreword (Buhalis, D.)

1. Introduction to mountaineering

2. Mountaineering as a form of tourism

3. Tourism experiences and behaviours in mountain areas

4. Impacts of mountaineering

5. Management practices in mountain regions

6. Conclusion and future outlook  

Biography

Michal Apollo is an assistant professor at the Pedagogical University of Krakow, Institute of Geography, Department of Tourism and Regional Studies, a Fellow of Yale University's Global Justice Program, New Haven, USA, a Visiting Scholar at Hainan University-Arizona State University Joint International Tourism College, Haikou, China, and a Visiting Fellow at the Center for Tourism Research, Wakayama University, Japan.

Yana Wengel is an associate professor at Hainan University-Arizona State University Joint International Tourism College, Haikou, China and a Visiting Fellow at the Center for Tourism Research, Wakayama University, Japan.