Ecotourism and Environmental Sustainability: Principles and Practice (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780754672623)

This book offers conceptual and practical insights into the complex interactions between ecotourism and the natural environment, with consideration given to government policy, marketing by suppliers, consumer behaviour and visitor/environmental management. Illustrated by international case studies the roles of and interplay between tour operators, their clients, resource managers and local communities are examined. This creates a comprehensive and insightful overview of the factors that work for and against the achievement of environmental sustainability in and through ecotourism. The result is a critical examination of ecotourism and environmental sustainability that highlights ideas for best practice and proposes new directions for future research

Author: Tim Gale
ISBN-10: 075467262X
ISBN-13: 9780754672623
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 05/28/2009
Pages: 278
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.69d