Nature-based tourism and conservation [electronic resource] : new economic insights and case studies / Clem Tisdell and Clevo Wilson.

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ISBN:

9781781005163

Title:

Nature-based tourism and conservation [electronic resource] : new economic insights and case studies / Clem Tisdell and Clevo Wilson.

Author:

Tisdell, C. A. (Clement Allan)

Personal Author:

Tisdell, C. A. (Clement Allan)

Publication Information:

Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2012.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (520 p.)

General Note:

Description based upon print version of record.

Contents:

PART I Background; 1. An overview of nature-based tourism and conservation; 2. The growing importance of nature-based tourism: its evolution and significant policy issues; 3. The user-pays principle and conservation in national parks: review and Australian case study; PART II Tourism, protected areas and nature conservation; 4. World Heritage listing of Australian natural sites: effects on tourism, economic value and conservation; 5. Antarctic tourism: environmental concerns and the importance of Antarctica's natural attractions for tourists

6. Rainforest tourists: wildlife and other features attracting visitors to Lamington National Park, Australia7. Are tourists rational? Destination decisions and other results from a survey of visitors to a north Queensland natural site - Jourama Falls; 8. A case study of an NGO's ecotourism efforts: findings based on a survey of visitors to its tropical nature reserve; PART III Particular wildlife species or groups of species as tourist attractions; 9. Tourism as a force for conserving sea turtles under natural conditions

10. The role of open-cycle hatcheries relying on tourism in sea turtle conservation: a blessing or a threat?11. Whale-watching as a tourism resource and an impetus for the conservation of whales; 12. Little penguins and other seabirds as tourist drawcards; 13. Yellow-eyed penguins and royal albatross as valuable tourist attractions; 14. Glow-worms and other insects entice tourists; 15. Tree-kangaroos, tourism and conservation: a study of a little-known species; PART IV This study in retrospect; 16. General conclusions; Index

Subject Term:

Ecotourism.

Tourism.

Added Author:

Wilson, Clevo.

Format:

Electronic Resources

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Publication Date:

2012

Publication Information:

Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2012.

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Summary

Nature-based Tourism and Conservation unearths new or neglected principles relevant to tourism and recreational economics, environmental valuation and economic theory. Its three parts have chapters on nature-based tourism and its relationships to conservation including case studies dealing with the consequences of World Heritage listing of natural sites, Antarctic, subtropical and tropical national park-based tourism and an NGO's conservation efforts modeled on ecotourism. The final part focuses on tourism utilizing particular wildlife, including sea turtles, whales, penguins, royal albatross, glow-worms and tree kangaroos.

Author Notes

The late Clem Tisdell, formerly Professor Emeritus, School of Economics, The University of Queensland, Australia and Clevo Wilson, Associate Professor, School of Economics and Finance, Queensland University of Technology, Australia