Tourism and Trails Cultural, Ecological and Management Issues

by Timothy, Dallen J.; Boyd, Stephen W.

• ISBN13: 9781845414788
• ISBN10: 1845414780
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2014-12-05
• Publisher: Channel View Publications

Summary

Trails and routes have been indispensable to travel and tourism over the centuries, helping to form the basis of mobility patterns of the past and the present. This book is the first to comprehensively examine these tourism trails from a tourism and recreation perspective. This cutting-edge volume is global in scope and discusses a wide range of natural, cultural and developed linear resources for tourism and recreation. The book is suitable for both researchers and students who are interested in cultural heritage-based tourism, recreation and leisure studies, landscape and change, human mobility, geography, environmental management, and broader interests in destination planning, development and management.

Author Biography

Dallen J. Timothy is Professor of Community Resources and Development and Senior Sustainability Scientist at Arizona State University, USA. His main research areas are trails, heritage, geopolitics and globalization processes.Stephen W. Boyd is Professor of Tourism, Masters Degree Coordinator and Research Coordinator in the Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management, University of Ulster, UK. His research focuses on trails, heritage, national parks, niche tourism development and post-conflict environments.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Cultural Routes and Heritage Trails
Chapter 3: Nature Trails and Mixed Routes
Chapter 4: Demand for Trails and Routes
Chapter 5: Tourism, Recreation and Trail Impacts
Chapter 6: Planning and Developing Trails and Routes
Chapter 7: Managing Trails and Routes
Chapter 8: Reflections and Futures