Ecotourism [electronic resource] / Stephen Wearing and John Neil.

ISBN:

9780080494661

Title:

Author:

Wearing, Stephen.

Personal Author:

Wearing, Stephen.

Publication Information:

Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2012.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (183 p.)

General Note:

Description based upon print version of record.

Contents:

Ecotourism: Impacts, Potentials and Possibilities; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; About the authors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Departure - surveying the ground; 2 If ecotourism is not just an activity but a philosophy, which philosophy?; 3 Tourism development: government, industry, policy and planning; 4 Ecotourism and protected areas: visitor management for sustainability; 5 The role of interpretation in achieving a sustainable future; 6 Linking conservation and communities: community benefits and social costs; 7 Case studies: the local and the national

Case study 1: the local - Costa Rica, the Santa Elena Ecotourism Rainforest Reserve and Monteverde Cloud Forest PreserveCase study 2: the national - 'Issues in protected area policy in Australia'; 8 Marketing ecotourism: meeting and shaping expectations and demands; 9 Could the 'real' ecotourist please stand up!; 10 Ecotourism - a model for sustainable development; Appendix I: Select glossary; Bibliography; Index

Subject Term:

Ecotourism.

Added Author:

Neil, John.

Format:

Electronic Resources

Electronic Access:

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Publication Date:

2012

Publication Information:

Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2012.

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Summary

'Ecotourism' outlines the phenomenon of Ecotourism; its sources and its development as a concept. Conservation issues are now at the forefront of public opinion - Nature is calling us to its wilds and we are responding in droves. The decline of natural rainforests, loss of endangered species, global warming and land degradation have galvanised public support for conservation. The interest in Ecotourism and nature-orientated tourism has coincided with this worldwide concern Using relevant case studies, 'Ecotourism' examines the potential positive social and environmental benefits of Ecotourism and is ideal for both students of tourism and practitioners within the tourism industry. 'Ecotourism' will also be of interest to environmental groups, land managers, academics and planners. Indeed anyone interested in examining what Ecotourism is and how it may hold the potential to solve or at least mitigate several of the great problems of our age. An example being arguably the greatest of these dilemmas: to satisfy human needs for employment, income and economic development, while at the same time protecting the environment. Stephen Wearing and John Neil are both lecturers at the School of Tourism Studies, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.