Voluntourism or volunteer tourism is increasingly available and popular amongst everyday
tourists in different parts of the world. Despite its seeming virtue and it often being positioned …

By January 2015 the world's richest 80 people had as much wealth as the poorest 50 per
cent of the world's population. It is a global unevenness through which the barriers to in …

The concept of pro-poor tourism (PPT) has in recent years received attention from academia,
key industry and donor organisations. While several 'How to…?'manuals have been written …

The new fifth edition of Ecotourism focuses on an array of economic, social and ecological
inconsistencies that continue to plague ecotourism in theory and practice, and examines the …

This book provides a comprehensive account of tourism in natural, wild and protected areas.
The 2nd edition contains an overview of key literature and developments that have emerged …

The Third World tourism industry has grown rapidly, but has also encountered many
problems common to other outward-oriented development strategies, including: excessive …

Sustainable Tourism comprehensively examines the theoretical and applied dimensions of
contemporary sustainable tourism from a global perspective. Using international case …

Does ecotourism contribute towards conservation of threatened species and habitats or is it
just a marketing ploy of the tourism industry? Using 251 case studies on ecotourism from the …

As the fastest-growing sector of the tourism industry ecotourism offers tourism companies
and Third World destinations alike the prospect of capitalizing on the comparative …

This book is designed to give the reader a feel for the scope of, complexities arising from,
and possibilities of undertaking successful tourism developments in natural areas. Following …