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Drive Tourism
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ABSTRACT
Since the post World War Two boom in private automobile ownership, Drive Tourism has transformed the tourism landscape by facilitating dispersal and the growth of attractions and tourism related infrastructure beyond the zones that had previously emerged around seaports and railway terminals. The automobile has made regional dispersal possible and created opportunities for many small rural communities to supplement rural economies with a tourism economy. Drive Tourism is a popular form of tourism activity that has significantly contributed to the development of Tourism in many nations, but has received relatively little attention in the literature.
This book is the first attempt to provide a global comprehensive review and scholarly investigation into this popular and growing form of tourism. It draws on a vast range of geographical locations to critically explore the impacts of drive tourism in developed and underdeveloped regions. It evaluates tourism authorities’ response to the Drive Tourism Experience, and offers operational insights into the management of the drive experience as well as providing original empirical research and insights into the field that will contribute to future investigation. In doing so it explores the many forms of drive tourism from caravanning to fly drive touring.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
Part I International trends
chapter 2|22 pages
Managing the transition from coach- to car-based markets: The search for commercial value in Australia’s Flinders Ranges
chapter 4|12 pages
‘Los hermanos’ visiting the south region of Brazil: A comparison between drive tourists and coach tourists from Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay
chapter 5|10 pages
Realising the value of self-drive day trips to Lower Austria
chapter 6|13 pages
Self-drive tourism in South Africa with specific emphasis on caravanning
chapter 8|10 pages
The growth and structure of drive tourism in China
part |2 pages
Part II Modes of transport
chapter 10|3 pages
The importance of the mode of transport in self-drive tourism
chapter 11|22 pages
Information and communications technology (ICT) and the challenge of sustainable self-drive tourism
chapter 13|13 pages
The influence of international tourists’ travel patterns on rental car fleet management in New Zealand
chapter 15|16 pages
Why we travel this way: An exploration into the motivations of recreational vehicle users
chapter 16|14 pages
Understanding changes in the caravanning sector: A case study
chapter 17|22 pages
Four-wheel-drive tourism in desert Australia: The charge of the ‘might brigade’?
chapter 18|15 pages
Driving the desert: Profiling four-wheel-drive visitors
part |2 pages
Part III Managing the drive market