Mountaineering Tourism: A Critical Perspective

by Michal Apollo and Yana Wengel

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 numbers of trekkers, climbers and religious...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367558297
• ISBN13: 9780367558291
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 122 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"