Description
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the experiences of tourists visiting nature-based destinations, exploring current knowledge and providing insights into conceptual issues through the use of empirical evidence from five continents. Presented as three topics, the contents discuss tourism and nature-based experiences by looking at the role and relevance of nature and the uniqueness of such experiences. The book identifies visitor management challenges and provides explanations for the solutions reached. The final section takes a more overarching destination management perspective that transcends the tourism product or business level and focuses on destination and generic issues like indicators or marketing implications. The book also includes research-based case studies which contribute to an overall understanding of the core issues involved in managing visitor experiences in nature-based tourism.
Table of Contents1: Current Issues in Managing Visitor Experiences in Nature-based Tourism 1: Nature-Based Experiences in Tourism 2: Tourism’s Beneficial Nature: Increasing Tourism’s Capacity to Enhance Conservation in Aotearoa New Zealand’s Protected Areas 3: The Infinite Visit: A Unifying Temporal/Spatial Framework for Visitor Management 4: Guides as Forest Experience Co-creators: Lessons Learned at Fulufjället National Park, Sweden 5: Sense of Place and Meaning Attributed to Nature as a Tool for Understanding Tourists’ Experiences in Nature-based Tourism Destinations – The Visitor Perspective 2: Managing the Nature-based Tourism Experience 6: Ecoguides: Legal Challenges and Impacts on Visitor Experiences in Central Mediterranean Islands 7: Working with Nature in Designing Cultural Events: The Case of Norway 8: Recreational Displacement: The Case of Anglers on the Greenstone River, New Zealand 9: Exploring Birdwatchers’ Experiences through an Analysis of Online Narratives 10: Augmented Reality Application in Visitor Experiences in Nature-based Tourism 11: Outdoor Recreation Experiences at Diamond Lake, Oregon (USA), Before, During and After a Biological Disruption 12: Visitation Management at Natural Peri-urban Areas: Nature Tourism Reflexes 3: Visitor Experiences and Destination Management 13: Towards a Symbiotic Wildlife Tourism Destination Attractiveness and Sustainability Framework for National Parks in Kenya 14: Using Indicators and Standards to Manage Visitor Experiences in Water-based Tourism 15: Applying Sustainability Indicators in the Analysis and Segmentation of Tourist Demand – Implications for Marine Visitor Experiences on the Tremiti Islands, Italy 16: The Future of Visitor Experiences in Nature-based Tourism 4: Conclusion
