Marine Ecotourism : : Issues and Experiences /

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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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CVP eBook-Package Backfile 2000-2013
MitwirkendeR:
Ayadi, Mohamed El,
Berrow, Simon D.,
Cater, Erlet,
Chakravarty, Ilika,
Flores, Santiago,
Garrod, Brian,
Halpenny, Elizabeth A.,
Herrera, Salvador,
Hoctor, Zena,
Iroldi, Oscar,
Mader, Ron,
McDonald, Matthew,
Morant, Maryland,
Musa, Ghazali,
Orams, Mark B.,
Petreas, Christos P.,
Speedie, Colin D.,
Teruel, Lola,
Townsend, Claudia,
Viñals, María José,
Wearing, Stephen,
Wilson, Julie C.,
HerausgeberIn:
Garrod, Brian,
Wilson, Julie,
Place / Publishing House:Bristol, UK;, Blue Ridge Summit, PA : : Channel View Publications, , [2003]
©2003
Year of Publication:2003
Language:English
Series:Aspects of Tourism ; 7
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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

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