Ecotourism in Scandinavia : lessons in theory and practice /

This book describes, analyses, and evaluates Scandinavian ecotourism. It includes overviews of the state of ecotourism development in Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Iceland and focuses on aspects of sustainability, among others. This book will appeal to researchers and students of ecotourism. It has 17...

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Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2006.
Series:Ecotourism book series ; no. 4.
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Table of Contents:
  • An introduction to ecotourism in Scandinavia / Stefan Gössling and Johan Hultman
  • Ecotourism in Danmark / Berit C. Kaae
  • Sweden : where holidays come naturally / Peter Fredman, Stefan Gössling and Johan Hultman
  • Ecotourism in Norway : non-existence or co-existence? / Arvid Viken
  • Iceland : nature-, adventure- or eco-island? / Stefan Gössling and Areti Alkimou
  • Tourism certification in Scandinavia / Stefan Gössling
  • The role of nature in Swedish ecotourism / Johan Hultman, Erika Andersson Cederholm
  • Ecotourism as experience-tourism / Stefan Gössling
  • The right of public access : potentials and challenges for ecotourism / Klas Sandell
  • Swedish mountain tourism patterns and modeling destination attributes / Peter Fredman, Kreg Lindberg
  • Environmental concerns of Swedish ecotourists : an environmental-psychological perspective / Silvia Wurzinger
  • Rural development through ecotourism / Nils-Otto Nilsson
  • Eco-traveler or eco-site visitor? / Thor Flognfeldt jun.
  • Ecotourist choices of transport modes / Johan Folke, Josefine Hammer Østrup and Stefan Gössling
  • Ecotourism and indigenous people : positive and negative impacts of Sami tourism / Robert Pettersson
  • Hunting tourism as ecotourism : conflicts and opportunities / Yvonne Gunnarsdotter
  • Policy, planning and governance in ecotourism / C. Michael Hall.