Safety Management in the Adventure Tourism Industry

Damian Morgan ()
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Damian Morgan: James Cook University

A chapter in Tourist Health, Safety and Wellbeing in the New Normal, 2021, pp 373-387 from Springer

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Adventure tourism; Safety; Management; Risk; COVID-19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-5415-2_15

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