This paper reviews recent research into the impact of recreation and tourism in protected
areas on plant biodiversity and vegetation communities in Australia. Despite the …

Reflecting the popularity of nature-based activities such as hiking and mountain biking, there
are thousands of kilometres of recreational trails worldwide traversing a range of natural …

Trails and routes have been indispensable to travel and tourism over the centuries, helping
to form the basis of mobility patterns of the past and the present. This book is the first to …

Ecotourism is a useful concept, but not a very well defined one. It has been debated in
theory and attempted in practice for nearly two decades. Its key goal is to reduce the net …

Located in one of the famous natural and cultural tourist destinations of northern Malaysia,
Penang Hill serves as an ideal destination for both local and international tourists. The …

Best-practice visitor-monitoring techniques are crucial for the assessment of tourism-related
impacts in natural areas of high conservation value. In such studies, ecosystem variables …

To cope with the funding constraints of biodiversity protection, nature-based tourism, which
is regarded as an important ecosystem service, is considered as an option for creating …

The purpose of this study is to investigates the impact of tourism on biodiversity loss in a
sample of 141 countries. In the analysis, we measure tourism using the numbers of …

When visitors are not constrained to remain on formal trails, informal trail networks can
develop and damage plant communities in protected areas. These networks can form in …

Ecotourism is a nature-based type of tourism, especially represented within protected areas.
No matter the fact, just like the other selective types of this sector, ecotourism might affect the …