Understanding Tropical Coastal and Island Tourism Development
This Routledge book contains case studies and theoretical insights applicable to the tourism development challenges of tropical coastal and island destinations throughout the world and offers tourism managers and planners insights into both the positive and negative aspects of alternative tourism development in tropical destinations. Featured case studies include: Madagascar, Malaysia, Costa Rica, Pitcairn Island, […]
Ecotourism: Transitioning to the 22nd Century
This Routledge book, designed for educators, researchers and students of tourism, sociology and geography, presents a synthesis of the changes in thought leadership and societal shifts in ecotourism in the 21st century. This also provides new and international case studies from emerging markets in China and Brazil.
Adventure Tourism: The New Frontier
This Routledge book, created for tourism academics and for professionals involved in managing adventure tourism enterprises, examines the adventure tourism product, the adventure tourist profile, and provides a deeper analysis of issues including supply, geography and sustainability through a variety of case studies.
Tourism in Protected Areas: Developing Meaningful Standards
This article evaluates “The Green List for Protected Areas”, a system of certification that has resulted from recognition of the need for global standards for protected area management and the relationship between conservation and tourism.
Ecotourism Programme Planning
This book introduces the concept of recreation programming with an in depth look at the relationship between tour operators and tourists and provides a practical basis for integrated ecotourism programme planning including design, implementation and evaluation.
Tourism, Local Livelihoods, and the Private Sector in South Africa: Case Studies on the Growing Role of the Private Sector in Natural Resources Management
This research paper uses case studies from South Africa, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe, to examine how changing institutional arrangements and policies affect poor people’s livelihoods and access to natural resources. It addresses tourism and the growing role of the private sector in natural resource management.
The Relationship between Amount of Visitor Use and Environmental Impacts
This Interagency Visitor Use Management Council paper summarizes research on carrying capacity and visitor management and provides suggestions on how planners can use existing information to identify capacity barriers and solutions.
Impacts to Wildlife: Managing Visitors and Resources to Protect Wildlife
This Interagency Visitor Use Management Council paper reviews the management of recreation impacts to wildlife, including discussions of influential factors, impact indicators, and the range of management responses. This information is provided to assist recreation and land managers in avoiding or minimizing visitor impact to wildlife.
Ecotourism & Certification: Setting Standards in Practice
This book evaluates the concept of green standards in tourism and presents global case studies of current green standards being implemented in various destinations including Central America, Australia, Europe, South Africa, and Fiji.
ISO 18065:2015 Tourism and related services — Tourist services for public use provided by Natural Protected Areas Authorities — Requirements
This ISO report establishes the requirements for tourist services provided directly by Natural Protected Areas Authorities in order to meet visitor expectations while prioritizing conservation objectives (excluding the marine protected areas), which can be managed by the government, private sector, NGOs or community organizations.