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Contributions

  • Wilson, Clevo - Contributor

Publication

2012 - Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, England

Language

English

Word Count

126,500 words, Guess

Page Count

506 pages

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and 2 more

Classifications

  • DDC338.4791
  • LCCG156.5.E26 T57 2012

Description

Nature-based Tourism and Conservation unearths new or neglected principles relevant to tourism and recreational economics, environmental valuation and economic theory. Its three parts have chapters on nature-based tourism and its relationships to conservation including case studies dealing with the consequences of World Heritage listing of natural sites, Antarctic, subtropical and tropical national park-based tourism and an NGO's conservation efforts modelled on ecotourism. The final part focuses on tourism utilizing particular wildlife, including sea turtles, whales, penguins, royal albatross, glow-worms and tree kangaroos.

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