{"product_id":"ecotourism-9780471948964","title":"Ecotourism","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEcotourism A Sustainable Option? Edited by Erlet Cater University of Reading, UK and Gwen Lowman Royal Geographical Society, UK Recent years have witnessed growing public and professional concern with environmental issues, including the fields of tourism and leisure. The adverse impacts of conventional mass tourism have led to demands for more environmentally sensitive approaches to tourist and leisure development. Increasing environmental awareness has also led to a rise in travel to destinations offering a wealth of unspoiled nature. These trends, broadly defined as ecotourism, have produced one of the fastest growing and most hotly debated sectors in the tourism industry. This well-balanced and wide-ranging book provides the first overview of this key area, providing definitions, theoretical perspectives and detailed case studies, contributed by researchers, professionals and activists. This is an essential introduction to a dynamic and central topic in contemporary tourism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePartial table of contents:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ISSUES AND INTERESTS.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Societal Change and the Growth in Alternative Tourism (R.Prosser).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Environmentally Responsible Marketing of Tourism (P. Wight).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Tourism: Environmental Relevance (R. Sisman).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Ecotourism in the Third World--Problems and Prospects forSustainability (E. Cater).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e DESTINATION CASE STUDIES.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Tourism and a European Strategy for the Alpine Environment (S.Khan).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Ecotourism in Eastern Europe (D. Hall \u0026amp; V. Kinnaird).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Ecotourism in the Caribbean Basin (D. Weaver).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Annapurna Conservation Area Project: A Pioneering Example ofSustainable Tourism?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e (C. Gurung \u0026amp; M. De Coursey).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Ecotourism in Antarctica (B. Stonehouse).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Index.","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402688536919,"sku":"9780471948964","price":91.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780471948964.jpg?v=1730481240","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ecotourism-9780471948964","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}