Nature-based tourism in peripheral areas : development or disaster? /: development or disaster?. (2004)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by C. Michael Hall and Stephen Boyd.
• Other Names: Hall, Colin Michael, 1961-; Boyd, Stephen, 1957-
• Contents: 1. Introduction: Nature-based Tourism and Regional Development in Peripheral Areas – C. Michael Hall & Stephen Boyd; Section One: Nature-based Tourism in Alpine, Forest and Sub-Polar Environments; 2. Ecotourism and the Resource Hinterland in Northern Ontario - Margaret Johnston & Robert Payne; 3. Wilderness Discourses and the Development of Nature-Based Tourism in Northern Finland - Jarkko Saarinen; 4. Mountain Scenic Flights: A Low Risk, Low Impact Ecotourism Experience Within South Island, New Zealand - Nicholas J Westwood & Stephen W Boyd; 5. Regional Contrasts in Ecotourism in Rainforests - Warwick Frost; 6. Destination Image: Victorian Mountain Parks and Resorts in the Summer - Roslyn Russell & Philippa Thomas; 7. Winter Tourism in Protected Pleasure Peripheries: Time-Space Use Among Cross-Country Skiers in Abisko (Sweden) and Vercor (France) - Ludovic Dupuis & Dieter K. Müller; 8. The Importance of Health as a Factor in Achieving Sustainability in a High Altitude Destination of a Less Developed Country - Ghazali Musa; 9. Second Home Tourism in the Swedish Mountain Range - Dieter K. Müller; Section Two: Island, Coastal and Marine Environments; 10. Pest or Precious Tourism Commodity? The Economic Value of White-Tailed Deer Hunting on Stewart Island / Rakiura - Brent Lovelock & Kevin Robinson; 11. The Economic Benefits of an Ecotourism Project in a Regional Economy - Filipo Tokalau; 12. Growth of Beach Fale Tourism in Samoa: The High Value of Low-Cost Tourism - Regina Scheyvens; 13: Doing it Right the First Time? Ecotourism on the Wild Coast of South Africa - Dorothy Queiros & G.D.H. Wilson; 14: Penguins as Sights - Penguins as Site: The Problematics of Contestation - Eric J. Shelton & Hildegard Lubcke; 15. Dolphins, Whales and Ecotourism in New Zealand: What are the Impacts and How Should the Industry be Managed? - Mark Orams; 16. The State of the Scenic Cruise Industry in Doubtful Sound in Relation to a Key Natural Resource: Bottlenose Dolphins - David Lusseau; Section Three: Nature-based Tourism in Peripheral Areas: A Tool for Regional Development?; 17. Ecotourism/Egotourism and Development - Brian Wheeler; 18. Nature-based Tourism in Peripheral Areas: Making Peripheral Destinations Competitive - Stephen Boyd and C. Michael Hall
• Publisher Details: Bristol : Channel View Publications
• Publication Date: 2004
• Extent: 1 online resource (296 pages)
• Subjects: 338.4791; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Regional Planning; Sustainable tourism; Environmentally sensitive areas; Environmentally sensitive areas; Sustainable tourism; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development; Rural planning; Sustainability
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781845413200; 1845413202
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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