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.
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1. Introduction: Nature-based Tourism and Regional Development in Peripheral Areas - C. Michael Hall & Stephen Boyd Section one: Nature-based Tourism in Alpine, Forest and Sub-Polar Environments 2. Ecotourism and the Resource Hinterland in Northern Ontario - Margaret Johnston & Robert Payne (Lakehead University); 3. Wilderness Discourses and the Development of Nature-Based Tourism in Northern Finland - Jarkko Saarinen (Oulu University); 4. Mountain Scenic Flights; A Low Risk, Low Impact Ecotourism Experience Within South Island, New Zealand - Nicholas J Westwood (University of Otago) & Stephen W Boyd; 5. Regional Contrasts in Ecotourism in Rainforests - Warwick Frost (Monash University); 6. Destination Image: Victorian Mountain Parks and Resorts in the Summer - Roslyn Russell (RMIT University) & Philippa Thomas (La Trobe University); 7. Winter Tourism in Protected Pleasure Peripheries: Time-Space Use Among Cross-Country Skiers in Abisko (Sweden) and Vercor (France) -Ludovic Dupuis & Dieter K. Mller (Umee University); 8. The importance of health as a factor in achieving sustainability in a high altitude destination of a less developed country - Ghazali Musa (University Malay); 9. Second Home Tourism in the Swedish Mountain Range - Dieter K. Mller (Umee University Section two: Island, Coastal and Marine Environments 10. Pest or Precious Tourism Commodity? The Economic Value of White-Tailed Deer Hunting on Stewart Island / Rakiura - Brent Lovelock & Kevin Robinson (University of Otago); 11. The Economic Benefits of an Ecotourism Project in a Regional Economy - Filipo Tokalau (University of the South Pacific); 12. Growth of Beach Fale Tourism in Samoa: The High Value of Low-Cost Tourism - Regina Scheyvens (Massey University); 13: Doing it right the first time? Ecotourism on the Wild Coast of South Africa - Dorothy Queiros (University of Hertfordshire) & G.D.H. Wilson (University of Pretoria); 14: Penguins as Sights - Penguins as Site: The Problematics of Contestation - Eric J. Shelton (University of Otago) & Hildegard Lubcke (Nature Guides Otago); 15. Dolphins, Whales and Ecotourism In New Zealand: What are the Impacts and how Should the Industry be Managed? - Mark Orams (Massey University); 16. The state of the scenic cruise industry in Doubtful Sound in relation to a key natural resource: bottlenose dolphins - David Lusseau (University of Aberdeen) Section three: Nature-based Tourism in Peripheral Areas: A Tool for Regional development? 17. Ecotourism/Egotourism and Development - Brian Wheeler (Breda University); 18. Nature-based tourism in Peripheral Areas: Making Peripheral Destinations Competitive
