The professional guide's handbook : how to lead adventure travel trips and expeditions /
"In the first book of its kind, The Professional Guide's Handbook: How to Lead Adventure Travel Trips and Expeditions contains everything contemporary guides need to know about their profession, exploring what skills are necessary to be successful, including an examination of adventure tra...
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Fulcrum Publishing,
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Publisher Address: | Wheat Ridge, Colorado : |
Publication Dates: | [2022] |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Summary: |
"In the first book of its kind, The Professional Guide's Handbook: How to Lead Adventure Travel Trips and Expeditions contains everything contemporary guides need to know about their profession, exploring what skills are necessary to be successful, including an examination of adventure travel and guest expectations, leadership strategies, trip planning and the guest experience, cultural and environmental considerations, and being a professional expedition guide. Examples of carefully explored topics include guest expectations, problem-solving, risk management, decision-making, emergencies and crises, planning and logistics, and more. Filled with insights and real-life anecdotes from the author's own worldwide adventures as an expedition leader, the text is both engaging and thorough. From developing a better understanding of travelers and their expectations to tried-and-true group management frameworks, the book elevates the technically competent outdoor enthusiast to the level of industry professional"-- |
Carrier Form: | xxvi, 333 pages : illustrations, forms ; 23 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-323) and index. |
ISBN: |
9781682753248 1682753247 |
Index Number: | G154 |
CLC: | F590.63-62 |
Call Number: | F590.63-62/B867 |