Nature-based tourism and conservation new economic insights and case studies /

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...

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Main Author: Tisdell, Clem.
Corporate Author: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Other Authors: Wilson, Clevo.
Language:English
Published: Cheltenham, U.K. : Edward Elgar, 2012.
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Online Access:https://www.elgaronline.com/view/9781848448674.xml
Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 506 p.) : ill., maps.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781781005163 (e-book)