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Ecotourism : practices, benefits and environmental impacts / Shannon C. Brophy, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Tourism and hospitality development and management.
- Tourism and Hospitality Development and Management
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ecotourism--Case studies.
- Ecotourism.
- Ecotourism--Environmental aspects--Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (154 p.)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., [2015]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Tourism is defined as the set of activities of persons traveling to and staying for the sake of rest, leisure, culture, health, etc. in places that are outside their usual environment for a period not exceeding one year. Ecotourism or green tourism is a form of sustainable tourism, focused on the discovery and preservation of nature and ecosystems. Ecotourism's main objective is to discover and preserve different forms of natural resources such as fascinating landscapes, local flora and fauna, while respecting ecosystems, even helping to restore, in a voluntary approach. This book examines the
- Contents:
- Making tourism more sustainable : the role of ecotourism and of other forms of green tourism / Serrano-Bernardo, Francisco A., Luigi Bruzzi, Marianna Marcucci, Alessandra Bonoli, Rosúa-Campos, José Luis, Department of Civil Engineering
- Island ecotourism in Brunei Darussalam : its role in biodiversity conservation and environmental education / Azman Ahmad, Alifatul Haziqah Abu Hanipah
- Management of the visitation impacts at the National Park of Campos Gerais, Brazil : the case of Mariquinha's waterfall / Jasmine Cardozo Moreira, Robert C. Burns
- Ecotourism in Colombia / Fernando Ramírez, Julio Cesar Augusto Pinzón
- Accounting for the underwater behaviour of Hong Kong divers / Shan-shan Chung
- Evaluating sustainable tourism using indicators : problems and solutions / Georges A. Tanguay, Juste Rajaonson.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-63482-035-5
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