The emperor's new adventure: Public secrecy and the paradox of adventure tourism

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 6-33

  Fletcher, Robert ^a  

^a University for Peace   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Adventure; Fear; Public secrecy; Risk; Tourism; Whitewater

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649250686     PISSN: 08912416     EISSN: 15525414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891241609342179     Document Type: Article

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