| ISBN13: | 9781032862668 |
| ISBN10: | 1032862661 |
| Binding: | Hardback |
| No. of pages: | 186 pages |
| Size: | 280x210 mm |
| Language: | English |
| 700 |
Ecotourism Essentials
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This comprehensive book, Ecotourism Essentials: Principles, Challenges, and Practices for a Sustainable Future, delves into the intricate dynamics of ecotourism sustainability and effective communication, offering insights from global analyses and scholarly research.
This comprehensive book, Ecotourism Essentials: Principles, Challenges, and Practices for a Sustainable Future, delves into the intricate dynamics of ecotourism sustainability and effective communication, offering insights from global analyses and scholarly research. Divided into three parts, the book covers a wide range of topics relevant to both researchers and practitioners.
The book navigates through three distinct parts. Part I illuminates the foundations of ecotourism sustainability and communication, examining how these principles shape the industry's ethos and operations. Part II delves into the challenges and critiques faced by the tourism industry, while Part III offers insights into ecotourism practices and perspectives, including discussions on animal-centred debates and the adoption of sustainability principles by leading ecolodges.
Ecotourism Essentials is an essential resource for anyone interested in understanding and promoting sustainable travel practices. Whether you're a researcher, practitioner, or simply passionate about ecotourism, this book offers valuable perspectives and insights into the evolving landscape of responsible travel.
The chapters in this book were originally published in Tourism Recreation Research.
Introduction 1. Communicating sustainability and ecotourism principles by ecolodges: a global analysis 2. Sustainability for ecotourism: work identity and role of community capacity building 3. How eco-service quality affects tourist engagement behaviour in ecotourism: eco-consciousness and eco activity-based learning and S-O-R Theory 4. NGOs in ecotourism: patrons of sustainability or neo-colonial agents? Evidence from Africa 5. Limits and paradoxes in the development of ecotourim in Kenya: implications on the sustainability of the natural environment 6. Academia and the Evolution of Ecotourism 7. Evolution of Ecotourism: No Crisis A Response to McKercher (2010) 8. Ecotourism, Animals and Ecocentrism: A Re-examination of the Billfish Debate 9. Sustainability and ecotourism principles adoption by leading ecolodges: learning from best practices 10. An Ecofeminist Approach to Ecotourism Development 11. Mass and Urban Ecotourism: New Manifestions of an Old Concept 12. Examining the Relationship Between Ecotourists and Philanthropic Behaviour