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

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 f...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CVP eBook-Package Backfile 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:Bristol, UK;, Blue Ridge Summit, PA : : Channel View Publications, , [2003]
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Year of Publication:2003
Language:English
Series:Current Themes In Tourism ; 1
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Physical Description:1 online resource (216 p.)
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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