Author: Tzung-Cheng (TC) Huan
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040302246
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
This book invites readers on a captivating journey through the complexities of ecotourism around the world. Ecotourism Horizons: From Community Empowerment to Global Perspectives offers a comprehensive exploration of the diverse landscapes and issues within the realm of ecotourism, divided into two insightful parts. Part I unveils community-based ecotourism's transformative potential, from homestays in the Himalayas to empowerment in Malaysian Borneo and Cambodia. Gender dynamics are explored alongside community empowerment in this enlightening section, shedding light on the nuanced relationships between tourism, society, and environment. In Part II, explore global insights on ecotourism, spanning destinations like China, India, Iran, and sub-Saharan Africa. From outbound Chinese tourists' experiences to challenges faced by ecolodges, diverse perspectives illuminate ecotourism's multifaceted landscape, addressing local initiatives and broader issues. A must-read for enthusiasts and scholars alike, Ecotourism Horizons: From Community Empowerment to Global Perspectives offers invaluable insights into the complexities and potentials of ecotourism worldwide. Discover how communities, tourists, and environments interact in this dynamic and evolving field. The chapters in this book were originally published in Tourism Recreation Research.
Ecotourism Horizons
Author: Tzung-Cheng (TC) Huan
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040302246
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
This book invites readers on a captivating journey through the complexities of ecotourism around the world. Ecotourism Horizons: From Community Empowerment to Global Perspectives offers a comprehensive exploration of the diverse landscapes and issues within the realm of ecotourism, divided into two insightful parts. Part I unveils community-based ecotourism's transformative potential, from homestays in the Himalayas to empowerment in Malaysian Borneo and Cambodia. Gender dynamics are explored alongside community empowerment in this enlightening section, shedding light on the nuanced relationships between tourism, society, and environment. In Part II, explore global insights on ecotourism, spanning destinations like China, India, Iran, and sub-Saharan Africa. From outbound Chinese tourists' experiences to challenges faced by ecolodges, diverse perspectives illuminate ecotourism's multifaceted landscape, addressing local initiatives and broader issues. A must-read for enthusiasts and scholars alike, Ecotourism Horizons: From Community Empowerment to Global Perspectives offers invaluable insights into the complexities and potentials of ecotourism worldwide. Discover how communities, tourists, and environments interact in this dynamic and evolving field. The chapters in this book were originally published in Tourism Recreation Research.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040302246
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
This book invites readers on a captivating journey through the complexities of ecotourism around the world. Ecotourism Horizons: From Community Empowerment to Global Perspectives offers a comprehensive exploration of the diverse landscapes and issues within the realm of ecotourism, divided into two insightful parts. Part I unveils community-based ecotourism's transformative potential, from homestays in the Himalayas to empowerment in Malaysian Borneo and Cambodia. Gender dynamics are explored alongside community empowerment in this enlightening section, shedding light on the nuanced relationships between tourism, society, and environment. In Part II, explore global insights on ecotourism, spanning destinations like China, India, Iran, and sub-Saharan Africa. From outbound Chinese tourists' experiences to challenges faced by ecolodges, diverse perspectives illuminate ecotourism's multifaceted landscape, addressing local initiatives and broader issues. A must-read for enthusiasts and scholars alike, Ecotourism Horizons: From Community Empowerment to Global Perspectives offers invaluable insights into the complexities and potentials of ecotourism worldwide. Discover how communities, tourists, and environments interact in this dynamic and evolving field. The chapters in this book were originally published in Tourism Recreation Research.
Ecotourism Policy and Planning
Author: David A. Fennell
Publisher: CABI
ISBN: 9780851997629
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Annotation. The global tourism industry continues a trend of sustained growth, moving more people and generating domestic and foreign revenues, often at the expense of the social and ecological integrity of destination regions. As a result, tourism policy makers have been forced to consider a variety of new approaches to ensure that the environment, local people, tourists, and business remain unaffected by the negative impacts of the industry.
Publisher: CABI
ISBN: 9780851997629
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Annotation. The global tourism industry continues a trend of sustained growth, moving more people and generating domestic and foreign revenues, often at the expense of the social and ecological integrity of destination regions. As a result, tourism policy makers have been forced to consider a variety of new approaches to ensure that the environment, local people, tourists, and business remain unaffected by the negative impacts of the industry.
International Handbook on Ecotourism
Author: Roy Ballantyne
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 0857939971
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 521
Book Description
Roy and Jan have assembled a timely snapshot of our current understanding of ecotourism, both as a concept worthy of scientific inquiry and as an increasingly significant segment of global commerce and industry. A terrific piece of work! Sam Ham, University of Idaho, US In the 30 or so year since it became established in the tourism literature and in tourism practice, ecotourism has attracted as many proponents as opponents. This Handbook now brings together some of the leading scholars worldwide in this field, to explore the current position of this form of tourism. In doing so, it offers serious critiques, it explores meanings and paradoxes, it offers best practices and it looks to the future. It is the Handbook for one of tourisms fastest growing and controversial sectors. David Airey, University of Surrey, UK This is a most welcome and needed book. With a very strong editorial team and contributing authors, the Handbook covers all the key issues of ecotourism. It cuts through the confusion surrounding the much-misunderstood concept of ecotourism, clearly dealing with definitions, concepts and research issues. The Handbook is particularly welcome for its focus on the visitor experience, a strength of the editors, and for clearly linking the theory of ecotourism with practice in the field. Christopher Cooper, Oxford Brookes University, UK This Handbook brings together contributions from over forty international experts in the field of ecotourism. It provides a critical review and discussion of current issues and concepts it challenges readers to consider the boundaries of what ecotourism is, and could be. The Handbook provides practical information regarding the business of ecotourism; insights into ecotourist behaviour and visitor experiences; and reflections on the practice of ecotourism in a range of different contexts. The Handbook is designed to be a valuable reference book for tourism scholars and researchers.
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 0857939971
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 521
Book Description
Roy and Jan have assembled a timely snapshot of our current understanding of ecotourism, both as a concept worthy of scientific inquiry and as an increasingly significant segment of global commerce and industry. A terrific piece of work! Sam Ham, University of Idaho, US In the 30 or so year since it became established in the tourism literature and in tourism practice, ecotourism has attracted as many proponents as opponents. This Handbook now brings together some of the leading scholars worldwide in this field, to explore the current position of this form of tourism. In doing so, it offers serious critiques, it explores meanings and paradoxes, it offers best practices and it looks to the future. It is the Handbook for one of tourisms fastest growing and controversial sectors. David Airey, University of Surrey, UK This is a most welcome and needed book. With a very strong editorial team and contributing authors, the Handbook covers all the key issues of ecotourism. It cuts through the confusion surrounding the much-misunderstood concept of ecotourism, clearly dealing with definitions, concepts and research issues. The Handbook is particularly welcome for its focus on the visitor experience, a strength of the editors, and for clearly linking the theory of ecotourism with practice in the field. Christopher Cooper, Oxford Brookes University, UK This Handbook brings together contributions from over forty international experts in the field of ecotourism. It provides a critical review and discussion of current issues and concepts it challenges readers to consider the boundaries of what ecotourism is, and could be. The Handbook provides practical information regarding the business of ecotourism; insights into ecotourist behaviour and visitor experiences; and reflections on the practice of ecotourism in a range of different contexts. The Handbook is designed to be a valuable reference book for tourism scholars and researchers.
Marine Ecotourism
Author: Carl Cater
Publisher: CABI
ISBN: 1845932595
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
Covering economic, marketing planning and regulation issues, this book also considers the vital role of marine ecotourism in raising awareness of the significance of the seas and oceans to sustainable coastal livelihoods.
Publisher: CABI
ISBN: 1845932595
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
Covering economic, marketing planning and regulation issues, this book also considers the vital role of marine ecotourism in raising awareness of the significance of the seas and oceans to sustainable coastal livelihoods.
Critical Debates in Tourism
Author: Tej Vir Singh
Publisher: Channel View Publications
ISBN: 184541344X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 611
Book Description
In this volume tourism experts collectively discuss and debate some intriguing questions that the tourism industry poses, such as the relevance of mass tourism, the dilemma of authenticity, whether small tourism is beautiful, whether volunteer tourism is benign, whether tourism contributes to climate change, as well as many others. The book brings together the expertise of 35 renowned international scholars of tourism to examine these perplexing issues. Multidisciplinary in its content, it touches upon anthropology, sociology, geography, climatology, biosciences, and planning and development aspects of tourism. The book provides a dialogue for an academic discussion which challenges research conservatism and stereotypes in tourism studies. It will encourage scholars to test the consistency of critical notions whose heuristic value is often taken for granted. The book will benefit graduates, research scholars and those involved in organizing the industry sustainably.
Publisher: Channel View Publications
ISBN: 184541344X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 611
Book Description
In this volume tourism experts collectively discuss and debate some intriguing questions that the tourism industry poses, such as the relevance of mass tourism, the dilemma of authenticity, whether small tourism is beautiful, whether volunteer tourism is benign, whether tourism contributes to climate change, as well as many others. The book brings together the expertise of 35 renowned international scholars of tourism to examine these perplexing issues. Multidisciplinary in its content, it touches upon anthropology, sociology, geography, climatology, biosciences, and planning and development aspects of tourism. The book provides a dialogue for an academic discussion which challenges research conservatism and stereotypes in tourism studies. It will encourage scholars to test the consistency of critical notions whose heuristic value is often taken for granted. The book will benefit graduates, research scholars and those involved in organizing the industry sustainably.
Controversies in Tourism
Author: Omar Moufakkir
Publisher: CABI
ISBN: 1845938135
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Tourism impacts on locations in many ways - socially, environmentally, culturally, and economically. This book examines some well established controversies in tourism and some newly emerging controversial aspects associated with tourism as an activity and a business. Controversies involving clashes between visitors and host communities, the rights and wrongs of eco-tourism, the impacts of mega-events, the legitimacy of dark tourism, and the costs and benefits of medical and wildlife tourism are assessed. This book is an interesting and thought provoking work ideal for tourism students, researchers and academics.
Publisher: CABI
ISBN: 1845938135
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Tourism impacts on locations in many ways - socially, environmentally, culturally, and economically. This book examines some well established controversies in tourism and some newly emerging controversial aspects associated with tourism as an activity and a business. Controversies involving clashes between visitors and host communities, the rights and wrongs of eco-tourism, the impacts of mega-events, the legitimacy of dark tourism, and the costs and benefits of medical and wildlife tourism are assessed. This book is an interesting and thought provoking work ideal for tourism students, researchers and academics.
Marine Ecotourism
Author: Brian Garrod
Publisher: Channel View Publications
ISBN: 1873150423
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
This book introduces the concept of marine ecotourism and assesses its value as a sustainable development option. The first section examines the major issues involved in planning and managing marine ecotourism. The second section examines a range of experiences, based on case examples from around the world, of how those issues are being addressed in practice.
Publisher: Channel View Publications
ISBN: 1873150423
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
This book introduces the concept of marine ecotourism and assesses its value as a sustainable development option. The first section examines the major issues involved in planning and managing marine ecotourism. The second section examines a range of experiences, based on case examples from around the world, of how those issues are being addressed in practice.
Handbook of Niche Tourism
Author: Novelli, Marina
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 1839100184
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 469
Book Description
This Handbook provides a critical analysis of the evolution of the contemporary niche tourism phenomenon. By framing discussions around sustainable development thinking, concepts and practical applications, each chapter provides specific reflections on niche tourism trends, successes and/or failures, and the challenges and opportunities that destinations that pursue tourism as a vehicle for sustainable development face around the world.
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 1839100184
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 469
Book Description
This Handbook provides a critical analysis of the evolution of the contemporary niche tourism phenomenon. By framing discussions around sustainable development thinking, concepts and practical applications, each chapter provides specific reflections on niche tourism trends, successes and/or failures, and the challenges and opportunities that destinations that pursue tourism as a vehicle for sustainable development face around the world.
Handbook of Research on the Role of Tourism in Achieving Sustainable Development Goals
Author: Brandão, Filipa
Publisher: IGI Global
ISBN: 1799856933
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
Tourism, one of the world’s leading industries, has propelled countries into recovery from economic recession. As a multi-disciplinary, multi-sectoral, holistic, and systemic industry, tourism also uniquely placed to address the concerns of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). While the relationships between tourism, sustainability, and sustainable development are the subjects of deep study, the direct positive effects of tourism on SDGs remain underdiscussed. The Handbook of Research on the Role of Tourism in Achieving Sustainable Development Goals is a collection of innovative research that explores sustainable practices within the tourism industry. While highlighting a broad range of topics including economic growth, education, and production patterns, this book is ideally designed for engineers, entrepreneurs, policymakers, executives, advocates, researchers, academicians, and students.
Publisher: IGI Global
ISBN: 1799856933
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
Tourism, one of the world’s leading industries, has propelled countries into recovery from economic recession. As a multi-disciplinary, multi-sectoral, holistic, and systemic industry, tourism also uniquely placed to address the concerns of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). While the relationships between tourism, sustainability, and sustainable development are the subjects of deep study, the direct positive effects of tourism on SDGs remain underdiscussed. The Handbook of Research on the Role of Tourism in Achieving Sustainable Development Goals is a collection of innovative research that explores sustainable practices within the tourism industry. While highlighting a broad range of topics including economic growth, education, and production patterns, this book is ideally designed for engineers, entrepreneurs, policymakers, executives, advocates, researchers, academicians, and students.
Conservation of Tropical Coral Reefs
Author: Brian Joseph McFarland
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030570126
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 771
Book Description
This book critically engages with how the conservation of tropical coral reefs is financed. Beginning with the context of tropical coral reef degradation and loss, alongside an overview of tropical ecology, global environmental policy and finance, the book reviews several conservation financing instruments. These include ecotourism, debt-for-nature swaps, impact investments, and government domestic budgetary expenditures. From the Great Barrier Reef, to the Coral Triangle, to the Mesoamerican Reef, tropical coral reef degradation and loss are serious global environmental issues, contributing to loss revenue and food insecurity for coastal communities, and species extinction. Yet, many leading companies, individuals, and governments are making a positive impact on tropical coral reef conservation through the use of conservation finance. Conservation of Tropical Coral Reefs, using 30 case studies which span 23 countries and 6 continents, tells the history of international conservation finance and provides a variety of options for individuals, businesses, and governments to support conservation financing projects.
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030570126
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 771
Book Description
This book critically engages with how the conservation of tropical coral reefs is financed. Beginning with the context of tropical coral reef degradation and loss, alongside an overview of tropical ecology, global environmental policy and finance, the book reviews several conservation financing instruments. These include ecotourism, debt-for-nature swaps, impact investments, and government domestic budgetary expenditures. From the Great Barrier Reef, to the Coral Triangle, to the Mesoamerican Reef, tropical coral reef degradation and loss are serious global environmental issues, contributing to loss revenue and food insecurity for coastal communities, and species extinction. Yet, many leading companies, individuals, and governments are making a positive impact on tropical coral reef conservation through the use of conservation finance. Conservation of Tropical Coral Reefs, using 30 case studies which span 23 countries and 6 continents, tells the history of international conservation finance and provides a variety of options for individuals, businesses, and governments to support conservation financing projects.