Nature-based tourism and conservation
Tisdell, Clem.
Nature-based tourism and conservation new economic insights and case studies / [electronic resource] : Clem Tisdell and Clevo Wilson. - Cheltenham, U.K. : Edward Elgar, 2012. - 1 online resource (viii, 506 p.) : ill., maps.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. Background -- pt. 2. Tourism, protected areas and nature conservation -- pt. 3. Particular wildlife species or groups of species as tourist attractions -- pt. 4. This study in retrospect.
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 modelled on ecotourism. The final part focuses on tourism utilizing particular wildlife, including sea turtles, whales, penguins, royal albatross, glow-worms and tree kangaroos.
9781781005163 (e-book)
2012930567
Ecotourism.
Nature conservation.
Electronic books.
G156.5.E26 / T57 2012
Nature-based tourism and conservation new economic insights and case studies / [electronic resource] : Clem Tisdell and Clevo Wilson. - Cheltenham, U.K. : Edward Elgar, 2012. - 1 online resource (viii, 506 p.) : ill., maps.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. Background -- pt. 2. Tourism, protected areas and nature conservation -- pt. 3. Particular wildlife species or groups of species as tourist attractions -- pt. 4. This study in retrospect.
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 modelled on ecotourism. The final part focuses on tourism utilizing particular wildlife, including sea turtles, whales, penguins, royal albatross, glow-worms and tree kangaroos.
9781781005163 (e-book)
2012930567
Ecotourism.
Nature conservation.
Electronic books.
G156.5.E26 / T57 2012