Global Ecotourism Policies and Case Studies

Perspectives and Constraints
Erscheinungsjahr 2000
ISBN: 978-1-873150-40-5
Verlag: Channel View Publications

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 493 g

Tourism is now known as the world’s largest industry and a major foreign exchange earner for many countries. With continuously growing tourist numbers, pressure on resources increases, and there is a need to preserve and protect natural, cultural and historic resources. Various more sensitive forms of tourism have emerged and in recognition of the need for this development the United Nations proclaimed 2002 as the International Year of Ecotourism. This book introduces the reader to a number of case studies from different parts of the world and illustrates opportunities and constraints associated with the implementation of the ecotourism concept. 

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lück, Michael

Kirstges, Torsten

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Dienstleistungssektor & Branchen Tourismuswirtschaft, Gastgewerbe

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Michael Lück and Torsten Kirstges: Acknowledgements

Hector Ceballos-Lascuráin: Preface

Torsten Kirstges: Basic Questions of ‘Sustainable Tourism’: Does Ecological and SociallyAcceptable Tourism Have a Chance?

Rodrigo González and Adriana Otero: Alternative Tourism Activities Management in the Argentinean–Chilean Great Lakes Corridor

Inge A. Niefer, João Carlos G.L. da Silva and M. Amend: Analysis of the Visitors of Superagüi National Park, Brazil

Pamela A. Wight: Supporting the Principles of Sustainable Development in Tourism and Ecotourism: Government’s Potential Role

David Barkin and Carlos Paillés Bouchez: NGO–Community Collaboration for Ecotourism: A Strategy for Sustainable Regional Development

W. Glen Croy and Lise Høgh: Endangered Visitors: A Phenomenological Study of Eco-Resort Development

Ron Mader: Latin American Ecotourism: What is it?

Ric Goodman: Pastoral Livelihoods in Tanzania: Can the Maasai Benefit from Conservation?

Thea Schoemann: Socio-political Aspects of Establishing Ecotourism in the Qwa-QwaNational Park, South Africa

Noah Shepherd: How Ecotourism can go Wrong: The Cases of SeaCanoe and Siam Safari, Thailand

Heidi C. de Haas: Sustainability of Small-Scale Ecotourism: The Case of Niue, South Pacific

Harold Goodwin: Local Community Involvement in Tourism around National Parks: Opportunities and Constraints

Michael Lück: Large-scale Ecotourism –A Contradiction in Itself?

Michael Lück: Looking into the Future of Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism

Über Autor(innen)

Michael Lück studied economics and tourism at the University for Applied Sciences in Wilhelmshaven, Germany and in 1998 he started his PhD project with the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand. Michael taught at the University of Otago and at Napier University, Edinburgh, before he took up a lectureship with Brock University in St Catharines, Canada. His research interests are in the wide area of sustainable tourism, ecotourism, wildlife tourism, the impacts of tourism and marine tourism.

Torsten Kirstges studied economics at the University of Mannheim, Germany. After completing his PhD thesis he took up several teaching commitments at various education centres and universities for applied sciences. He has been founder and manager of a skiing tour operator for many years and, since 1992, Torsten has been Professor for Economics and Tourism at the University of Applied Sciences in Wilhelmshaven, Germany. His research interests focus on marketing in tourism and ecotourism/sustainable tourism.