Frontiers in Nature-based Tourism (eBook, ePUB)

Lessons from Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden
Redaktion: Fredman, Peter; Tyrväinen, Liisa

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book covers a broad set of topics in contemporary nature-based tourism in Scandinavian countries. It also discusses how this emerging type of tourism has influenced the management of natural resources.

This book was published as a special issue of the Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317984924
• Artikelnr.: 58397381

Autorenporträt

Peter Fredman is a Professor in nature-based tourism at the European Tourism Research Institute (ETOUR) and Mid-Sweden University, Campus Östersund. His main research interests are studies of outdoor recreation demand, visitor monitoring, planning, economic analyses and studies of the nature-based tourism supply. Liisa Tyrväinen is a Professor in nature-based tourism at the Finnish Forest Research Institute (METLA) and University of Lapland. Her main research interests are nature-based tourism demand, landscape research, participatory land-use and natural resource planning and economic analysis of landscape and recreation values of nature.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Frontiers in Nature-Based Tourism 2. Innovative Processes
in a Nature-Based Tourism Case: The Role of a Tour-operator as the Driver
of Innovation 3. Fishing Rights and Supply of Salmon Angling Tourism in
Mid-Norway 4. Understanding Recreational Experience Preferences:
Application at Fulufjället National Park, Sweden 5. Turning National Parks
into Tourist Attractions: Nature Orientation and Quest for Facilities 6.
Cultural Clash: Interpreting Established Use and New Tourism Activities in
Protected Natural Areas 7. The Right of Public Access - Opportunity or
Obstacle for Nature Tourism in Sweden? 8. Differences in Tourists' and
Local Residents' Perceptions of Tourism Landscapes: A Case Study from
Ylläs, Finnish Lapland 9. Tourism Struggling as the Icelandic Wilderness is
Developed 10. Stakeholder Consensus Regarding Trail Conditions and
Management Responses: A Norwegian Case Study 11. Eco-tourism Certification
- Does it Make a Difference? A Comparison of Systems from Australia, Costa
Rica and Sweden 12. Financing Recreational Infrastructure with
Micropayments and Donations: A Pilot Study on Cross-country Ski Track
Preparations in Sweden.