Ecotourism

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Ecotourism continues to be embraced as the antithesis of mass tourism because of its promise of achieving sustainability through conservation mindedness, community development, education and learning, and the promotion of nature based activities that were sensitive to both ecological and social systems. The extent to which this promise has been realised is open to debate. Focusing on an array of economic, social and ecological inconsistencies that continue to plague ecotourism in theory and pra…

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Title Statements

Full title :Ecotourism / David A. Fennell.

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Publication Date:©2015
Edition:Fourth edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2015

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xviii, 336 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781134113545, 1134113544, 9780203382110, 0203382110
oclc:ocn891449696
LC Classification:G156.5.E26
Dewey Decimal:338.4791

Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of plates; List of figures; List of tables; List of case studies; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I The essence of ecotourism; Chapter 1 The nature of ecotourism; Chapter 2 The ecotourist; Part II Core criteria used to define ecotourism; Chapter 3 Nature-based; Chapter 4 Sustainability 1: local participation and benefits; Chapter 5 Sustainability 2: conservation; Chapter 6 Learning; Chapter 7 The moral imperative; Part III Topics and issues important to ecotourism; Chapter 8 Socio-cultural and ecological impacts of ecotourism.

Chapter 9 Economic impacts and marketing of ecotourismChapter 10 Development, governance and policy; Chapter 11 Programme planning; Chapter 12 Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.