Browsing Theses by Author "Miller, Maggie"
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An Exploration of Sherpas’ Narratives of Living and Dying in Mountaineering
Miller, Maggie (University of Waterloo, 2017-05-16)Mountaineering is the cornerstone of Nepal’s $370-million-a-year adventure tourism industry. Each year, Climbing Sherpas lead foreign mountaineers (paying clients) up the Southeast ridge of Mt. Everest as they make their ... -
Organic Volunteering: Exploring Understandings and Meanings of Experience
Miller, Maggie (University of Waterloo, 2012-08-30)Volunteer tourism, a sub-sector of the tourism industry, is growing at an accelerated pace subsequently creating socio-cultural, political, cultural, and environmental impacts. Current tourism literature suggests volunteer ...