Description
Book SynopsisRivers constitute a major tourism resource, providing spectacular settings, recreation facilities, a means of transport, a sense of heritage and adventure, and links with the environment and natural world. River tourism accounts for a significant proportion of the world’s tourism consumption, with activities such as Nile cruises and rafting holidays making it an economically important area of tourism demanding in-depth analysis. This book explores river tourism from a range of perspectives including uses, heritage, management, environmental concerns, and marketing
Table of Contents1: Introducing River Tourism: Physical, Ecological and Human Aspects 2: River Tourism in the South Asian Subcontinent 3: River-Based Tourism in the United States: Tourism and Recreation on the Colorado and Mississippi Rivers 4: The Mekong: Developing a New Tourism Region 5: River Tourism: Sailing the Nile 6: European Waterways as a Source of Leisure and Recreation 7: The Yangzi River Tourism Zone 8: Fishing the Big Rivers’ in Australia’s Northern Territory: Market diversification for the Daly River 9: The Amazon: A River Tourism Frontier 10: River Heritage - The Murray Darling River 11: Whitewater Tourism 12: Basin-Based Governance for Integrated Water Resources Management: Prospects and Challenges 13: Sustainable Water Resources and Water Security 14: ‘The River City'? Conflicts in the Development of a Tourism Destination Brand for Brisbane 15: Conclusions and Challenges
