Marine Ecotourism : : Issues and Experiences / / ed. by Brian Garrod, Julie Wilson.
Marine ecotourism is a major growth area within ecotourism, itself a rapidly expanding area within tourism as a whole. The activity has been attracting increasing attention, both from the popular media and from professionals and academics with an interest in tourism's potential to contribute to...
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Place / Publishing House: | Bristol, UK;, Blue Ridge Summit, PA : : Channel View Publications, , [2003] ©2003 |
Year of Publication: | 2003 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Aspects of Tourism ;
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (280 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Editors and Contributors
- Introduction
- Section 1: Issues in Marine Ecotourism
- 1. Defining Marine Ecotourism: A Delphi Study
- 2. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: Dilemmas for Marine Ecotourism
- 3. Planning Policy Issues for Marine Ecotourism
- 4. An Assessment of the Framework, Legislation and Monitoring Required to Develop Genuinely Sustainable Whalewatching
- 5. A Methodology for the Determining the Recreational Carrying Capacity of Wetlands María José Viñals, Maryland
- Section 2: Experiences with Marine Ecotourism
- 6. NGOs as Conservation Agents: Achieving Conservation through Marine Ecotourism
- 7. Sipadan: An Over-exploited Scuba-diving Paradise? An Analysis of Tourist Impact, Diver Satisfaction and Management Priorities
- 8. Marine Ecotourism through Education: A Case Study of Divers in the British Virgin Islands
- 9. Reconciling Communities' Expectations of Ecotourism: Initiating a Planning and Education Strategy for the Avoca Beach Rock Platform
- 10. Community Participation in Marine Ecotourism Development in West Clare, Ireland
- 11. Marine Ecotourism and Regional Development: A Case Study of the Marine Park Project, Malvan, Maharashtra, India
- 12. Developing Sustainable Whalewatching in the Shannon Estuary
- 13. Marine Ecotourism Potential in the Waters of South Devon and Cornwall
- 14. Scuba diving: An Alternative Form of Coastal Tourism for Greece?
- 15. Marine Ecotourism in New Zealand: An Overview of the Industry and its Management
- Conclusions
- Index