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Book SynopsisThe global tourism industry continues a trend of sustained growth, moving more people and generating domestic and foreign revenues, often at the expense of the social and ecological integrity of destination regions. As a result, tourism policy makers have been forced to consider a variety of new approaches to ensure that the environment, local people, tourists, and business remain unaffected by the negative impacts of the industry.
Table of ContentsSECTION ONE: UNDERSTANDING ECOTOURISM POLICIES Chapter 1: Institutional arrangements for ecotourism policy,Michael Hall, University of Otago, New Zealand Chapter 2: Linking biodiversity and sustainable tourism policy,Chrostopher Holtz and Steve Edwards, Conservation International, Washington DC, USA Chapter 3: Culture, consumption and ecotourism policies,David Crouch and Scott McCabe, University of Derby, UK Chapter 4: Economic instruments of environmental tourism derived from environmental theories,Tanja Mihalic, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia SECTION TWO: REGIONAL CASE STUDIES Chapter 5: Local government, world heritage and ecotourism: policy and strategy in Australia's tropical rainforests, D Dredge, University of Newcastle, Australia and J Humphreys, Humphreys Reynolds Perkins, Planning and Environment Consultants, Australia Chapter 6: Processes in formulating an ecotourism policy for nature reserves in Yunnan Province, China,Trevor Sofield & Li, Fung Mei Sarah (Australia) SECTION THREE: COUNTRY CASE STUDIES Chapter 7: Ecotourism development and government policy in Kyrgyzstan,Karen Thompson, University of Salford, UK and Nicola Foster, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK Chapter 8: Ecotourism development in Fiji: policy, practice, and political instability,Kelly Bricker, West Virginia University, USA Chapter 9: Ecotourism and protected areas in Australia,John Jenkins, The University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia and Stephen Wearing, University of Technology, Sydney, NSW, Australia Chapter 10: The scope and scale of ecotourism in New Zealand: a review and consideration of current policy initiatives,James Higham and Anna Carr, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand Chapter 11: Ecotourism policy and practice in New Zealand's national estate,Ken Simpson, UNITEC Institute of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand SECTION FOUR: CONTINENTAL CASE STUDIES Chapter 12: Ecotourism management in Europe: lessons from the biosphere reserves in central and eastern Europe,Dimitrios Diamantis, Les Roches Management School, Valais, Switzerland and Colin Johnson, Ecole Hoteliere De Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland Chapter 13: A regional look at ecotourism policy in the Americas,Stephen Edwards, Conservation International, Washington DC, USA, and William MacLaughlin & Sam Ham, Department of Resource Recreation & Tourism, University of Idaho, Moscow, USA Chapter 14: Ecotourism policy and issues in Antarctica,Thomas Bauer, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China and Ross Dowling 15: Conclusions
