Global Ecotourism Policies and Case Studies Perspectives and Constraints

by Luck, Michael; Kirstges, Torsten

• ISBN13: 9781873150405
• ISBN10: 1873150407
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-04-01
• Publisher: Channel View Publications

Summary

Tourism is now known as the world's largest industry and a major foreign exchange earner for many countries. With continuously growing tourist numbers, pressure on resources increases, and there is a need to preserve and protect natural, cultural and historic resources. Various more sensitive forms of tourism have emerged and in recognition of the need for this development the United Nations proclaimed 2002 as the International Year of Ecotourism. This book introduces the reader to a number of case studies from different parts of the world and illustrates opportunities and constraints associated with the implementation of the ecotourism concept.

Author Biography

Michael Lück studied economics and tourism at the University for Applied Sciences in Wilhelmshaven, Germany and in 1998 he started his PhD project with the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand. Michael taught at the University of Otago and at Napier University, Edinburgh, before he took up a lectureship with Brock University in St Catharines, Canada. His research interests are in the wide area of sustainable tourism, ecotourism, wildlife tourism, the impacts of tourism and marine tourism.Torsten Kirstges studied economics at the University of Mannheim, Germany. After completing his PhD thesis he took up several teaching commitments at various education centres and universities for applied sciences. He has been founder and manager of a skiing tour operator for many years and, since 1992, Torsten has been Professor for Economics and Tourism at the University of Applied Sciences in Wilhelmshaven, Germany. His research interests focus on marketing in tourism and ecotourism/sustainable tourism.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vii
Michael Luck
Torsten Kirstges
Preface	viii
Hector Ceballos-Lascurain
Basic Questions of `Sustainable Tourism': Does Ecological and Socially Acceptable Tourism Have a Chance?	1	(20)
Torsten Kirstges:
Alternative Tourism Activities Management in the Argentinean-Childean Great Lakes Corridor	21	(15)
Rodrigo Gonzalez
Adriana Otero
Analysis of the Visitors of Superagui National Park, Brazil	36	(14)
Inge A. Niefer
Joao Carlos G.L. da Silva
M. Amend
Supporting the Principles of Sustainable Development in Tourism and Ecotourism: Government's Potential Role	50	(23)
Pamela A. Wight
NGO-Community Collaboration for Ecotourism: A Strategy for Sustainable Regional Development	73	(9)
David Barkin
Carlos Pailles Bouchez
Endangered Visitors: A Phenomenological Study of Eco-Resort Development	82	(18)
W. Glen Croy
Lise Høgh
Latin American Ecotourism: What is it?	100	(8)
Ron Mader
Pastoral Livelihoods in Tanzania: Can the Maasai Benefit from Conservation?	108	(7)
Ric Goodman
Socio-political Aspects of Establishing Ecotourism in the Qwa-Qwa National Park, South Africa	115	(22)
Thea Schoemann
How Ecotourism can go Wrong: The Cases of SeaCanoe and Siam Safari, Thailand	137	(10)
Noah Shepherd
Sustainability of Small-Scale Ecotourism: The Case of Niue, South Pacific	147	(19)
Heidi C. de Haas
Local Community Involvement in Tourism around National Parks: Opportunities and Constraints	166	(23)
Harold Goodwin
Large-scale Ecotourism-A Contradiction in Itself?	189	(10)
Michael Luck
Looking into the Future of Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism	199
Michael Luck