Global ecotourism policies and case studies : perspectives and constraints /

With continuously growing tourist numbers and pressure on resources increasing, there is a need to preserve and protect natural, cultural and historic resources. This book introduces the reader to a number of case studies from different parts of the world and illustrates chances and constraints asso...

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Άλλοι συγγραφείς: L�uck, Michael, 1966-, Kirstges, Torsten
Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Clevedon ; Buffalo : Channel View Publications, �2003.
Σειρά:Current themes in tourism.
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Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • Michael Liick and Torsten Kirstges
  • Acknowledgements / Hector Ceballos-Lascurain
  • Preface / Torsten Kirstges
  • Basic Questions of 'Sustainable Tourism': Does Ecological and Socially Acceptable Tourism Have a Chance? / Rodrigo Gonzalez and Adriana Otero
  • Alternative Tourism Activities Management in the Argentinean-Chilean Great Lakes Corridor / Inge A. Niefer, Joao Carlos G.L. da Silva and M. Amend
  • Analysis of the Visitors of Superagiii National Park, Brazil / Pamela A. Wight
  • Supporting the Principles of Sustainable Development in Tourism and Ecotourism: Government's Potential Role / David Barkin and Carlos Pailles Bouchez
  • NGO-Community Collaboration for Ecotourism: A Strategy for Sustainable Regional Development / W. Glen Croy and Lise Hogh: Endangered Visitors
  • A Phenomenological Study of Eco-Resort Development / Ron Mader: Latin American Ecotourism
  • What is it? / Ric Goodman
  • Pastoral Livelihoods in Tanzania: Can the Maasai Benefit from Conservation? / Thea Schoemann
  • Socio-political Aspects of Establishing Ecotourism in the Qwa-Qwa National Park, South Africa / Noah Shepherd
  • How Ecotourism can go Wrong: The Cases of SeaCanoe and Siam Safari, Thailand / Heidi C. de Haas
  • Sustainability of Small-Scale Ecotourism: The Case of Niue, South Pacific / Harold Goodwin
  • Local Community Involvement in Tourism around National Parks: Opportunities and Constraints / Michael Luck
  • Large-scale Ecotourism
  • A Contradiction in Itself? / Michael Liick
  • Looking into the Future of Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism.