Among the topics covered are: * the foundations of ecotourism * tourism and ecotourism policy * the economics, marketing and management of ecotourism * the social and ecological impacts of tourism * ecotourism and development * the role of ...

This book will be of interest to students across a range of disciplines including geography, economics, business, ethics, biology, and environmental studies.

Arguing for a closer relationship between history and tourism studies, this book explores the relationships between tourism, representations, environments and identities in settings ranging from the Roman Empire to the twentieth century, ...

This is especially significant as industry competition becomes more intense in this growth sector.

With ethics fast becoming a mainstay in tourism studies and the tourism industry in general, this volume provides a timely and intensive look at the theory and practice of codes of ethics in tourism.

Focusing on an array of economic, social and ecological inconsistencies that continue to plague ecotourism in theory and practice, this book examines ecotourism in reference to other related forms of tourism, impacts, conservation, ...

The book explores the principal values and priorities in sustainable development through a better understanding of values, ethics and human nature.

This timely book provides a critical account of the role that animals play in the tourism industry, representing an extension of the sustainability imperative and environmental theory.