Global Ecotourism Policies and Case Studies : : Perspectives and Constraints / / ed. by Michael Lück, Torsten Kirstges.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CVP eBook-Package Backfile 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Amend, M.,; Barkin, David,; Croy, W. Glen,; González, Rodrigo,; Goodman, Ric,; Goodwin, Harold,; Haas, Heidi C. de,; Høgh, Lise,; Kirstges, Torsten,; Lascuráin, Hector Ceballos-,; Lück, Michael,; Mader, Ron,; Niefer, Inge A.,; Otero, Adriana,; Schoemann, Thea,; Shepherd, Noah,; Silva, João Carlos G.L. da,; Wight, Pamela A.,
• HerausgeberIn: Kirstges, Torsten,; Lück, Michael,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol, UK;, Blue Ridge Summit, PA : : Channel View Publications, , [2003]; ©2003
• Year of Publication: 2003
• Language: English
• Series: Current Themes In Tourism ; 1
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (216 p.)

Tourism is now known as the world's largest industry and a major foreign exchange earner for many countries. With continuously growing tourist numbers, pressure on resources increases, and there is a need to preserve and protect natural, cultural and historic resources. Various more sensitive forms of tourism have emerged and in recognition of the need for this development the United Nations proclaimed 2002 as the International Year of Ecotourism. This book introduces the reader to a number of case studies from different parts of the world and illustrates opportunities and constraints associated with the implementation of the ecotourism concept.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Basic Questions of 'Sustainable Tourism': Does Ecological and Socially Acceptable Tourism Have a Chance? -- Alternative Tourism Activities Management in the Argentinean-Chilean Great Lakes Corridor -- Analysis of the Visitors of Superagüi National Park, Brazil -- Supporting the Principles of Sustainable Development in Tourism and Ecotourism: Government's Potential Role -- NGO-Community Collaboration for Ecotourism: A Strategy for Sustainable Regional Development -- Endangered Visitors: A Phenomenological Study of Eco-Resort Development -- Latin American Ecotourism: What is it? -- Pastoral Livelihoods in Tanzania: Can the Maasai Benefit from Conservation? -- Socio-political Aspects of Establishing Ecotourism in the Qwa-Qwa National Park, South Africa -- How Ecotourism can go Wrong: The Cases of SeaCanoe and Siam Safari, Thailand -- Sustainability of Small-Scale Ecotourism: The Case of Niue, South Pacific -- Local Community Involvement in Tourism around National Parks: Opportunities and Constraints -- Large-scale Ecotourism - A Contradiction in Itself? -- Looking into the Future of Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism