Nature-based Tourism in Peripheral Areas: Development Or Disaster?

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Colin Michael Hall, Stephen W. Boyd
Channel View Publications, Jan 1, 2005 - Business & Economics - 281 pages
This book provides one of the first detailed examinations of the problems of nature-based tourism development in peripheral areas. A diverse range of environments is used to illustrate the challenges and difficulties of managing nature-based tourism resources. A central theme throughout the book is the degree of opportunity that nature-based tourism provides as the basis for peripheral region development.
 

Contents

Introduction
3
Ecotourism and Regional Transformation in Northwestern
21
Wilderness
36
A Low Risk Low Impact Ecotourism
50
Defining the Image
75
TimeSpace Use Among Crosscountry Skiers in Abisko
91
The Importance of Health as a Factor in Achieving
105
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C. Michael Hall is a professor at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. His recent book publications include Contemporary Tourism (with C. Cooper, 5th edn, Goodfellow, 2022) and Sense of Place and Place Attachment in Tourism (with N.C. Chen & G. Prayag, Routledge, 2023). 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.

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