UID:
kobvindex_INTNLM010901264
Format:
1 online resource (viii, 506 p)
,
illustrations, maps
ISBN:
9781781005163
Series Statement:
Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
Content:
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
Content:
part 1. Background -- part 2. Tourism, protected areas and nature conservation -- part 3. Particular wildlife species or groups of species as tourist attractions -- part 4. This study in retrospect
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
Available in another form ISBN 9781848448674(hardback)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781848448674
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4337/9781781005163
URL:
FULL
((Currently Only Available on Campus))
