New age tourism involves travel to particular destinations, situating it beyond the realms of everyday experience and advance planning by the tourist. It also involves activities which take place in leisure setting and during leisure time, necessitating a voluntary self-indulgent choice on the part of the practitioner. Furthermore, this form of tourism consists of a commercial transaction, the consumer not only purchasing a tangible product, but also the possibility of a novel, exotic, life transforming and even sacred experience.
This book elaborately describes the nature and feature of new age tourism. It provides an authoritative look at how to manage the modern tourism industry in a better way. It also introduces the complexities of new age tourism system so that they will be better positioned to eventually assume the managerial challenges and responsibilities in a diverse and challenging industry. This work will be highly informative and useful to students, researchers, policy makers, managers and working groups of travel and tourism industry.
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