The encyclopedia of ecotourism /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2001.
• Subjects: Ecotourism.; Education and Training.; Agencies and Organizations.; Natural Resource Economics, (New March 2000); Leisure, Recreation and Tourism Economics, (New March 2000); Policy and Planning.; Water Resources.; Land Resources.; Tourism and Travel.; Rural Development, (New March 2000); Accommodation.; Arid lands.; Coasts.; Deserts.; Economic impact.; Environmental impact.; Forests.; Grasslands.; Islands.; Management.; Marine environment.; Mountains.; Planning.; Polar regions.; Rain forests.; Rural development.; Savannas.; Social impact.; Sustainability.; Tour operators.; Tourism impact.; Tourism organizations.; Tourism policy.; Tourism research.; Tourist industry.; Training.; Visitor interpretation.; Electronic books.
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This encyclopedia provides an expert and comprehensive knowledge base of the global ecotourism sector. It is divided into 8 major sections, and contains 41 chapters, individually authored by internationally recognized researchers and practitioners in ecotourism. Each chapter combines theory and prac...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction To Ecotourism / D.B. Weaver
• A Regional Survey by Continent / E. Cater
• A Regional Survey by Biome / D.B. Weaver
• Ecotourism Venues / D.B. Weaver
• Ecotourism Impacts / P.F.J. Eagles
• Planning, Management and Institutions / K.F. Backman
• The Business of Ecotourism / B. McKercher
• Methodologies, Research and Resources / D.B. Weaver.