This handbook offers a comprehensive overview of the themes and
concepts related to nature-based tourism development. Providing
interdisciplinary insights from leading researchers, academics, and
practitioners across the globe, it delivers a critical and timely
contribution to the knowledge around nature-based tourism.
Nature-based tourism is currently the fastest-growing tourism sector
globally and for many destinations, the most significant tourism
segment. Organized into five parts, this handbook provides
contemporary and cutting-edge perspectives on core topics and explores
their linkages. It considers, among others, various natural settings
and natural attractions where nature-based tourism can be exercised,
including: protected and conserved areas, islands, and mountains; the
emerging themes shaping the contemporary nature-based tourism
development, including ethics, Sustainable Development Goals, COVID-19
crisis, over-tourism, climate change, resilience; and new approaches
toward the visitor management and low-impact experience design,
including regenerative and transformative tourism, destination
stewardship and pro-environmental behaviour. Part I introduces the
concept of nature-based tourism and the emerging challenges in the
field. Part II explores the key components in the management and
planning of nature-based tourism development. In Part III the handbook
focuses on visitor experience design and management and Part IV
highlights the impacts of nature-based tourism. Part V examines the
future of nature-based tourism and possible solutions to mitigate
associated challenges in the field. The handbook offers a valuable
contribution with a systematic outlook of the phenomenon of
nature-based tourism and critical perspectives on key concepts,
policy, and practice. It shares current knowledge, innovative tools,
and sustainable solutions with substantial evidence and societal
impact. The book will appeal to students, researchers, and
professionals in the fields of tourism, human geography, leisure
studies, business studies, and sociology. Chapter 12 of this book is
freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at
http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non
Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.
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ISBN
9781000850567
Publisert
2023
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Utgiver
Taylor & Francis
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Product language
Engelsk
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Digital bok
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