Tourism and protected areas : benefits beyond boundaries : the Vth IUCN World Parks Congress /

• Corporate Author: World Parks Congress
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2007.
• Subjects: Ecotourism > Congresses.; Heritage tourism > Congresses.; Protected areas > Congresses.; Natural Resource Economics, (New March 2000); Leisure, Recreation and Tourism Economics, (New March 2000); Land Resources.; Tourism and Travel.; Conservation.; Conservation areas.; Environmental management.; National parks.; Nature tourism.; Sustainability.; Electronic books.
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• Item Description: Selected papers presented at the IUCN World Parks Congress, held in Durban, South Africa, September 2003.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxiii, 349 pages) : illustrations, map, charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access: Access limited to subscribing institution.

This book focuses on the tourism issues discussed at the Vth IUCN World Parks Congress. The book reflects the past 10 years of global challenges in tourism and the lessons learnt in protected area management. It shows the significant achievements of tourism in contributing to sustainable ecosystem development and projects issues for the next decade. It will be of interest to researchers in tourism and protected areas, practitioners, bureaucrats, managers and conservationists. The book has 21 chapters and a subject index.