Ecotourism Impacts, Potentials and Possibilities

Name: Ecotourism Impacts, Potentials and Possibilities
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ISBN: 9780750641371

ISBN-10: 0750641371

ISBN-13: 9780750641371

Edition: 1999

Authors: Penny Figgis, John Neil, Stephen Wearing

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Ecotourism outlines the sources and development of this phenomenon as a concept. Using case studies, it examines the potentially positive social and environmental benefits of this nature-orientated tourism.

Book details

List price: $60.95
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology Books
Publication date: 10/12/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 163
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Foreword


About the authors


Acknowledgements


Introduction



Departure - surveying the ground



If ecotourism is not just an activity but a philosophy, which philosophy?



Tourism development: government, industry, policy and planning



Ecotourism and protected areas: visitor management for sustainability



The role of interpretation in achieving a sustainable future



Linking conservation and communities: community benefits and social costs



Case studies: the local and the national



The local - Costa Rica, the Santa Elena Ecotourism Rainforest Reserve and Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve



The national - 'Issues in protected area policy in Australia'




Marketing ecotourism: meeting and shaping expectations and demands



Could the 'real' ecotourist please stand up!



Ecotourism - a model for sustainable development



Select glossary


Bibliography


Index