Books Details
Author : David A. Fennell Pages : 288 pages Publisher : Routledge Language
: ISBN-10 : 0415829658 ISBN-13 : 9780415829656
Books Descriptions
Ecotourism continues to be embraced as the antithesis of mass tourism
because of its promise of achieving sustainability through conservation
mindedness, community development, education and learning, and the
promotion of nature based activities that were sensitive to both ecological
and social systems. The extent to which this promise has been realised is
open to debate.This book continues its tradition of touching on many of
the most important questions about the purity and potential of ecotourism
in the face of so many competing demands demands that will not go away
because they appear to a function of who we are at the very core; a
function of human nature. The book is a useful aid to students because it
is an authoritative and comprehensive review of many of the most
important issues that continue to both plague ecotourism and make it one
of the most dynamic sectors in the tourism industry. It s also important
because of the breadth of coverage of themes as well as geographical
