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  • Twenty years on: The state of contemporary ecotourism research

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    B. Weaver, David
    J. Lawton, Laura
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    Weaver, David B.
    Year published
    2007
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    Abstract
    The ecotourism literature is focused on market segmentation, ecological impacts of wildlife viewing, and community-based ecotourism, but there has been minimal attention to critical areas such as quality control, the industry, external environments or institutions even as the components and parameters of ecotourism are being extended. This imbalance, combined with the fragmentation and lack of integration within the literature, suggest that ecotourism, as a field of academic inquiry, is still in a state of adolescenceThe ecotourism literature is focused on market segmentation, ecological impacts of wildlife viewing, and community-based ecotourism, but there has been minimal attention to critical areas such as quality control, the industry, external environments or institutions even as the components and parameters of ecotourism are being extended. This imbalance, combined with the fragmentation and lack of integration within the literature, suggest that ecotourism, as a field of academic inquiry, is still in a state of adolescence
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    Journal Title
    Tourism Management
    Volume
    28
    Issue
    5
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2007.03.004
    Copyright Statement
    © 2007 Elsevier. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
    Subject
    Commercial Services
    Marketing
    Tourism
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/26545
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