1st Edition
Ecotourism Essentials Principles, Challenges, and Practices for a Sustainable Future
Introduction
Tzung-Cheng (TC) Huan, Aliana Man Wai Leong and Tao Ma
Part I: Ecotourism Sustainability and Communication
1. Communicating sustainability and ecotourism principles by ecolodges: a global analysis
David A. Fennell and Danuta de Grosbois
2. Sustainability for ecotourism: work identity and role of community capacity building
Clare D’Souza, Mehdi Taghian, Timothy Marjoribanks, Gillian Sullivan-Mort, M. D. Manirujjaman and Stephen Singaraju
3. How eco-service quality affects tourist engagement behaviour in ecotourism: eco-consciousness and eco activity-based learning and S-O-R Theory
Indrani Paul and Gobinda Roy
Part II: Challenges and Critiques in Ecotourism
4. NGOs in ecotourism: patrons of sustainability or neo-colonial agents? Evidence from Africa
Amare Wondirad, Denis Tolkach and Brian King
5. Limits and paradoxes in the development of ecotourim in Kenya: implications on the sustainability of the natural environment
Bonface Odiara Kihima
6. Academia and the Evolution of Ecotourism
Bob Mckercher
7. Evolution of Ecotourism: No Crisis A Response to McKercher (2010)
Ralf Buckley
Part III: Ecotourism Practices and Perspectives
8. Ecotourism, Animals and Ecocentrism: A Re-examination of the Billfish Debate
David A. Fennell
9. Sustainability and ecotourism principles adoption by leading ecolodges: learning from best practices
Danuta de Grosbois and David A. Fennell
10. An Ecofeminist Approach to Ecotourism Development
Margaret Byrne Swain and Melissa Tandy Byrne Swain
11. Mass and Urban Ecotourism: New Manifestions of an Old Concept
David B. Weaver
12. Examining the Relationship Between Ecotourists and Philanthropic Behaviour
Martha L. Barnes and Paul Eagles
Biography
Aliana Man Wai Leong is Associate Vice-President for International Affairs and Dean, Professor and Doctoral Supervisor in the School of Liberal Arts, Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST), China. She is also the former Dean of the Faculty of Hospitality and Tourism Management, MUST. She has been honored as one of the "Top Ten Most Influential Teachers in China's Tourism and Hospitality Education" and one of the "Top Ten Most Influential Teachers in National Tourism Institutions."
Tao Ma is Professor at the School of Management and the Dean of the Business School at Harbin Institute of Technology, China. His research interests include regional industrial planning and the economic analysis of resources and energy. He is recognized as a "Youth Talent" under the National Cultural Masters and Four Batches Talent Project and serves as the Chief Expert for major projects funded by the National Social Science Fund of China.
