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dc.contributor.authorPrideaux, B
dc.contributor.authorCoghlan, A
dc.contributor.editorBruce Prideaux and Dean Carson
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-07T21:44:59Z
dc.date.available2018-03-07T21:44:59Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.date.modified2011-08-09T06:28:06Z
dc.identifier.isbn9780203880395
dc.identifier.doi10.4324/9780203880395
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/39796
dc.description.abstractDeserts are one of the last frontiers of the global tourism industry. They are often remote, suffer from temperature extremes, have fragile ecosystems, usually lack significant infrastructure and, above all, are dangerous places for the unprepared. Compared to other landscapes, deserts receive few visitors, little has been written about them and they suffer from lack of infrastructure around which a tourism industry may be built. Of all the factors that influence the extent to which deserts can be developed as a tourism resource, access must rank as the most important and is a key element in the discussion in this chapter. Following a review of the major land-based access issues that have to be addressed to effectively develop desert tourism, this chapter focuses on the role that four-wheel-drive (4WD) vehicles are able to play in desert tourism, using a specific market sector as a case study. This chapter should be read in conjunction with Taylor and Carson (this volume, Chapter 17) for a comprehensive review of four-wheel driving.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.publisher.placeOxfordshire
dc.publisher.urihttps://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781134007882/chapters/10.4324%2F9780203880395-27
dc.relation.ispartofbooktitleDrive tourism: trends and emerging markets
dc.relation.ispartofchapter18
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom246
dc.relation.ispartofpageto259
dc.relation.ispartofedition1
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchTourist behaviour and visitor experience
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode350806
dc.titleDriving the desert: profiling four wheel drive visitors
dc.typeBook chapter
dc.type.descriptionB1 - Chapters
dc.type.codeB - Book Chapters
gro.date.issued2011
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorCoghlan, Alexandra


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