Holiday Niches and their Impact on Mainstream Tourism
Editors: Alexis Papathanassis
Over the last decades, mass-tourism and the emergence of the holiday package have transformed recreational travel from a ‘luxury for the few’ to a ‘commodity for the many’. The ever-increasing demand for individuality, enabled by information technologies and the internet, has given rise to numerous, rapidly-expanding holiday niches and a corresponding explosion of specialists. The resulting ‘long tail’ of holiday offerings implies dramatic shifts in the sector’s concentration levels and its competitive dynamics. In order to examine the applicability and validity of this scenario, a number of key holiday niches are examined in terms of their demand development, supplier landscapes, operational challenges and future potential.
Table of contents (22 chapters)
The long tail of tourism
Dark tourism
Sex tourism
Agro-tourism
Visiting friends & relatives (VFR)
Religious tourism
Health & medical tourism
Shopping tourism
Sport & extreme tourism
Military tourism
Space tourism
Dive tourism
Ecotourism
M.I.C.E.
Drug tourism
Film tourism
Inclusive tourism
Armchair tourism
Wellness tourism
Cultural tourism
Educational tourism
Revisiting the tourism long-tail Scenario