Abstract
The growth of commercial adventure tourism products globally over the last half-century has coincided with increasing levels of professionalism. By nature, engagement in an adventure encompasses challenges to be overcome; some of which may carry a real risk of harm to participants and employees. The chapter describes the nature of adventure experiences within the commercial operating environment. With a focus on activity safety, selected national and international standards available to the adventure tourism operators are described along with a national safety auditing scheme. The industry’s future is discussed, with the outlook bright in provisioning quality tourist experiences.
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Tourist Health, Safety and Wellbeing in the New Normal
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978-981-16-5414-5
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15
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Springer
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Singapore
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10.1007/978-981-16-5415-2_15