Nature-based tourism and sustainability: issues and approaches
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Pickering, C
Weaver, DB
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2003
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What can we say with authority about nature-based tourism? First, it accounts for a large proportion of the global tourism industry (Eagles et al, 2002; Newsome et al, 2002; Buckley, Chapter 1, this volume) Secondly, this proportion is increasing as nature-based tourism continues to grow faster than the tourism sector overall (Newsome et al, 2002; Watson and Barrie, Chapter 5, this volume) Thirdly, nature-based tourism occurs in both public and private spaces and hence is managed by public agencies as well as private industry and non-governmental organizations (Buckley, Chapter 1, Carlisle, Chapter 4, Watson and Barrie, ...
View more >What can we say with authority about nature-based tourism? First, it accounts for a large proportion of the global tourism industry (Eagles et al, 2002; Newsome et al, 2002; Buckley, Chapter 1, this volume) Secondly, this proportion is increasing as nature-based tourism continues to grow faster than the tourism sector overall (Newsome et al, 2002; Watson and Barrie, Chapter 5, this volume) Thirdly, nature-based tourism occurs in both public and private spaces and hence is managed by public agencies as well as private industry and non-governmental organizations (Buckley, Chapter 1, Carlisle, Chapter 4, Watson and Barrie, Chapter 5, and Yunis Chapter 3, this volume) Fourthly, nature-based tourism is an extremely diverse sector that encompasses such potentially incompatible activities as wildlife viewing (i e .. ecotourism) (Carlisle, Chapter 4, and Higginbottom et al, Chapter 17, this volume), boating (Byrnes and Warnken, Chapter 12, and Warnken and Byrnes, Chapter 11, this volume) and skiing and walking in alpine areas (Pickering and Hill, Chapter 14, and Pickering et al, Chapter 13, of potential economic, sociocultural and environmental costs and benefits associated with nature-based tourism, as illustrated by most of the chapters in this volume.
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View more >What can we say with authority about nature-based tourism? First, it accounts for a large proportion of the global tourism industry (Eagles et al, 2002; Newsome et al, 2002; Buckley, Chapter 1, this volume) Secondly, this proportion is increasing as nature-based tourism continues to grow faster than the tourism sector overall (Newsome et al, 2002; Watson and Barrie, Chapter 5, this volume) Thirdly, nature-based tourism occurs in both public and private spaces and hence is managed by public agencies as well as private industry and non-governmental organizations (Buckley, Chapter 1, Carlisle, Chapter 4, Watson and Barrie, Chapter 5, and Yunis Chapter 3, this volume) Fourthly, nature-based tourism is an extremely diverse sector that encompasses such potentially incompatible activities as wildlife viewing (i e .. ecotourism) (Carlisle, Chapter 4, and Higginbottom et al, Chapter 17, this volume), boating (Byrnes and Warnken, Chapter 12, and Warnken and Byrnes, Chapter 11, this volume) and skiing and walking in alpine areas (Pickering and Hill, Chapter 14, and Pickering et al, Chapter 13, of potential economic, sociocultural and environmental costs and benefits associated with nature-based tourism, as illustrated by most of the chapters in this volume.
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Book Title
Nature-based Tourism, Environment and Land Management