3rd Edition

Ecotourism Transitioning to the 22nd Century

180 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

180 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

180 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Since the first edition of the title, ecotourism has become a major phenomenon in tourism and society in many countries and regions throughout the world. The profusion of experiences has generated a variety of means of theorizing, analysing and marketing ecotourism, all that have yet to be encompassed in one book. Ecotourism fills the gap by synthesising the changes in thinking and society... Read more

Chapter 1 Sustainable ecotourism futures in a corporatised consumer society Chapter 2 If ecotourism is not just an activity but a philosophy, which philosophy? Chapter 3 Tourism development: government, industry, policy and planning Chapter 4 Ecotourism and natural resource management Chapter 5 Professionalisation and quality assurance Chapter 6 Interpretation as provocation Chapter 7 The community perspective Chapter 8 Marketing ecotourism: shaping expectations for a sustainable future Chapter 9 Could the presidential ecotourist please stand up? Chapter 10 Ecotourism's educational futures

Biography

Stephen Wearing is an Honorary Adjunct at the UTS Business School Sydney, Australia.

Stephen Schweinsberg is a Senior Lecturer in sustainable management at UTS Business School Sydney, Australia.

'The third edition of Ecotourism provides provocative and thoughtful insights into a sector increasingly conflicted by the parallel dictates of neoliberal market forces and imperatives to protect vulnerable ecosystems through empowered local communities. With their eyes boldly focused on the next century and the existential challenge of climate change, the authors deliver an invaluable resource to ecotourism-focused academics and practitioners and, indeed, the thinking traveller'. David Weaver, former Professor, Griffith University, Australia