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Title Responsible tourism : critical issues for conservation and development / edited by Anna Spenceley
Published London ; Sterling, VA : EARTHSCAN, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (xxviii, 386 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Chapter 1: Introduction. Responsible Tourism in Southern Africa. Anna Spenceley -- Part 1: Policies, Institutional interventions and Market Forces -- Chapter 2: Local Economic Development in Mozambique: An assessment of the implementation of tourism policy as a means to promote local economies. Andrew Rylance -- Chapter 3: Ecotourism in Madagascar: How a Sleeping Beauty is finally awakening, Michaela Pawliczek and Hitesh Mheta -- Chapter 4: Public private partnerships in South African National Parks: The rationale, benefits and lessons learned, Giju Varghese -- Chapter 5: A perspective on community based tourism from South Africa: The Transform program, 1996-2007, Steve Collins and Herman Snel -- Chapter 6: Responsible tourism and the tourism industry: a demand and supply perspective, Nicole Frey and Richard George -- Chapter 7: The development impacts of tourism supply chains -- increasing impact on poverty and decreasing our ignorance, Caroline Ashley and Gareth Haysom -- Part 2: Responsible nature-based tourism -- Chapter 8: Impacts of wildlife tourism on rural livelihoods in southern Africa, Anna Spenceley -- Chapter 9: Tourism in transfrontier conservation areas: the Kavango-Zambezi TFCA, Helen Suich -- Chapter 10: The realities of ecotourism development in Botswana, Joseph Mbaiwa -- Chapter 11: Citizen participation in the lodge sector of the Okavango Delta, Peter John Massyn -- Chapter 12: The impacts of tourism initiatives on rural livelihoods and poverty reduction in South Africa: Mathenjwa and Mqobela, Murray Simpson -- Chapter 13: Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa -- investment and employment, Piers Relly -- Part 3: Community based tourism -- Chapter 14: Local impacts of community-based tourism in Southern Africa, Anna Spenceley -- Chapter 15: Livelihoods, Conservation and Community-based Tourism in Tanzania: Potential and Performance, Fred Nelson -- Chapter 16: The unsustainability of community tourism donor projects: Lessons from Zambia, Lousie Dixey -- Chapter 17: Community-based tourism and natural resource management in Namibia: local and national economic impacts, Jon Barnes -- Part 4: Conclusions -- Chapter 18: Implications of responsible tourism for conservation and development in southern Africa, Anna Spenceley
Summary 'Responsible Tourism presents a wide variety of valuable lessons learned in responsible tourism initiatives in Southern Africa that many tourism practitioners can use in their efforts to make the tourism sector work for the poor and for the environment.' Dr Harsh Varma Director Development Assistance Department World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) 'For those interested in how tourism can assist in the economic and social development of societies in need Responsible Tourism effectively integrates scales and types of knowledge to present an informative stimulating perspective. It will be on my boo
Analysis Biodiversity conservation Africa, Southern
Economic development Africa, Southern
Tourism Africa, Southern
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Tourism -- Africa, Southern
Biodiversity conservation -- Africa, Southern
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Hospitality, Travel & Tourism.
Ecoturismo -- África meridional
Desarrollo económico -- África meridional
Biodiversity conservation
Economic policy
Tourism
Tourismus
SUBJECT Africa, Southern -- Economic policy
Subject Southern Africa
Südafrika Kontinent
Südafrika
Genre/Form Electronic books
Form Electronic book
Author Spenceley, Anna
ISBN 9781849772396
1849772398
9781136558337
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9781136558283
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9781136558320
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