TY - BOOK AU - Tisdell,Clem AU - Wilson,Clevo ED - Edward Elgar Publishing. TI - Nature-based tourism and conservation: new economic insights and case studies SN - 9781781005163 (e-book) AV - G156.5.E26 T57 2012 PY - 2012/// CY - Cheltenham, U.K. PB - Edward Elgar KW - Ecotourism KW - Nature conservation KW - Electronic books KW - lcsh N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://www.elgaronline.com/view/9781848448674.xml ER -