Social and environmental impacts, responses and indicators are reviewed for the
mainstream tourism sector worldwide, in five categories: population, peace, prosperity …

Although nature-based tourism is often promoted as benefiting local destinations through
income generation, employment, and direct conservation support, it is also believed to …

Doubt persists about ecotourism's ability to make tangible contributions to conservation and
deliver benefits for host communities. This work in Costa Rica's Osa Peninsula tests the …

At least 14 different motivations for adventure tourism and recreation, some internal and
some external, have been identified in∼ 50 previous studies. Skilled adventure practitioners …

Understanding spatial patterns of visitation and benefits accrued to different types of natural
and cultural heritage tourists may have important implications for the sustainable …

Worldwide Destinations: The Geography of Travel and Tourism is a unique text that explores
tourism demand, supply, organisation and resources for a comprehensive range of …

Tourism is a large, diffuse global industry. Environmental aspects are little studied, with∼
1,500 publications in total. Impacts range from global contributions to climate change and …

The academic study of adventure tourism is rapidly increasing in popularity, with research
beginning to focus on it heavily. This book is a cohesive and comprehensive look at this …

This review examines what outcomes ecotourism has achieved in regard to environmental
issues. It proposes an analytic framework distinguishing four types of mechanism: those …

The effects of tourism on the ecology and natural environment of tourist destinations are
hotly debated and research has expanded in the field of ecotourism and sustainability. This …