Tourism in national parks and protected areas : planning and management /

• Main Authors: Eagles, Paul F. J., 1949- (Author), McCool, Stephen F., (Author)
• Other Authors: Halpenny, Elizabeth, (Contributor), Moisey, R. Neil, (Contributor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2002.
• Subjects: Protected areas > Public use.; Protected areas > Management.; National parks and reserves > Public use.; Tourism > Management.; National parks and reserves > Management.; Natural Resource Economics, (New March 2000); Leisure, Recreation and Tourism Economics, (New March 2000); Policy and Planning.; Investment, Finance and Credit.; Land Resources.; Tourism and Travel.; Conservation areas.; Environmental impact.; Finance.; Infrastructure.; Marine parks.; National parks.; Nature tourism.; Planning.; Social impact.; Tourism.; Tourism policy.; Electronic books.
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This book describes tourism planning and management in national parks and protected areas. It also provides guidelines for best practice in tourism operations. Topics addressed include: ecological and cultural goals of national parks and protected areas; social roles of park-based tourism; tourism s...

Table of Contents:

• The Ecological and Cultural Goals of National Parks and Protected Areas
• Park Tourism in the World
• Social Roles of Park-based Tourism
• Planning for Tourism in National Parks and Protected Areas : Principles and Concepts
• Management of Visitors in National Parks and Protected Areas
• The Manager's Toolbox
• Monitoring of Tourism in National Parks and Protected Areas
• Tourism Services and Infrastructure
• Tourism, Protected Areas and Local Communities
• Tourism in Marine Protected Areas / E.A. Halpenny
• The Economics of Tourism in National Parks and Protected Areas / R.N. Moisey
• Park Tourism : Marketing and Finance
• Park Tourism Policy
• The Future of Park-based Tourism.