Ecotourism and sustainable development : who owns paradise? /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Honey, Martha (συγγραφέας.)
• Μορφή: Βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Washington, D.C. : Island Press, 2008.
• Έκδοση: 2nd ed.
• Θέματα: Οικοτουρισμός; Οικοτουρισμός > Λατινική Αμερική; Οικοτουρισμός > Αφρική; Βιώσιμη ανάπτυξη > Λατινική Αμερική; Βιώσιμη ανάπτυξη > Αφρική

Around the world, ecotourism has been hailed as a panacea: a way to fund conservation and scientific research, protect fragile ecosystems, benefit communities, promote development in poor countries, instill environmental awareness and a social conscience in the travel industry, satisfy and educate d...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• What is ecotourism?: In search of the golden toad
• The world travel industry : going "green"?
• Ecotourism today
• Nation studies: The Galapagos Islands : test site for theories of evolution and ecotourism
• Costa Rica : on the beaten path
• Tanzania : whose Eden is it?
• Zanzibar : ecotourism on a Muslim island
• Kenya : the ups and downs of Africa's ecotourism "mzee"
• South Africa : people and parks under majority rule
• Ecotourism in the United States
• Conclusion : the road less traveled.