Natural-based Tourism In Peripheral Areas (development Or Disaster?)

Nature-based Tourism in Peripheral Areas provides a comprehensive examination of this form of tourism development as it occurs within alpine, forest, sub-polar, island, coastal and marine environments. This book goes beyond much of the debate surrounding ecotourism and the impacts of tourism in vulnerable environments. Nature-based Tourism in Peripheral Areas place nature-based tourism in a wider regional context, particularly when for many peripheral regions, tourism remains one of the key opportunities for economic development. Therefore, a central theme that is present throughout many of the chapters is the role that nature-based tourism can play as the catalyst for larger regional development of regions.

Key features: Gives a better understanding and knowledge of nature-based tourism
Provides in-depth case studies of nature-based tourism for various environments
Addresses key themes of impact, image, accessibility, and regional development
Assesses the potential of nature-based tourism as a mechanism for regional development
The importance of establishing community support for tourism development in peripheral areas
The development of a product base that is different and unique but that remains true to the natural characteristics of areas

Content

Nature-based Tourism in Peripheral Areas
Nature-based Tourism in Alpine, Forest and Sub-polar Environments
Ecotourism and Regional Transformation in Northwestern Ontario
Tourism in the Northern Wildernesses: Wilderness Discourses and the Development of Nature-based Tourism in Northern Finland
Mountain Scenic Flights: A Low Risk, Low Impact Ecotourism Experience within South Island, New Zealand
Regional Contrasts in Ecotourism in Australian Rainforests: A Comparative Study of Queensland and Victoria
Mountain Resorts in Summer: Defining the Image
Time-Space Use Among Cross-country Skiers in Abisko (Sweden) and Vercors (France)
The Importance of Health as a Factor in Achieving Sustainability in a High Altitude Destination of a Less Developed Country: A Case Study of Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal
Second Home Tourism in the Swedish Mountain Range
Island, Coastal and Marine Environments
Maximizing Economic Returns from Consumptive Wildlife
Tourism in Peripheral Areas: White-tailed Deer Hunting on Stewart IslandRakiura, New Zealand
The Economic Benefits of an Ecotourism Project in a Regional Economy: A Case Study of Namuamua Inland Tour, Namosi, Fiji Islands
Growth of Beach Fale Tourism in Samoa: The High Value of Low-cost Tourism
Doing it Right the First Time? Ecotourism on the Wild Coast of South Africa
Penguins as Sights, Penguins as Site: The Problematics of Contestation
Dolphins, Whales and Ecotourism in New Zealand: What 1 Are the Impacts and How Should the Industry be Managed?
The State of the Scenic Cruise Industry in Doubtful Sound in Relation to a Key Natural Resource: Bottlenose Dolphins
Nature-based Tourism in Peripheral Areas:A Tool for Regional Development?
EcotourismEgotourism and Development
Nature-based Tourism in Peripheral Areas: Making Peripheral Destinations Competitive

About the Authors

C. Michael Hall is Professor of Tourism at the University of Otago, New Zealand and Honorary Professor, University of Stirling, Scotland. Stephen Boyd, previously at the University of Otago, New Zealand, is now Professor of Tourism in the School of Hotel, Leisure and Tourism at the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland.

Target Audience: The book will serve as essential reading to senior undergraduate and postgraduate students taking courses in tourism and related degrees where the major focus is on tourism that occurs within peripheral regions. It will also serve as a key reference to researchers and professionals interested in the role of tourism as a regional development tool.