Ecotourism in Scandinavia: Lessons in Theory and Practice

by S Gössling, J Hultman

Overview

Interest in ecotourism in Scandinavia has seen recent growth. Extended forests, rivers, and lakes allow for a great variety of nature-based activities, such as hiking, mushroom collecting, kayaking, snow mobiling and bird watching, making Scandinavia a unique region from a nature-based tourism perspective. Ecotourism in Scandinavia: Lessons in Theory and Practice is the first book to comprehensively describe, analyze and evaluate aspects of Scandinavian ecotourism and will appeal to researchers and students of ecotourism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781845931346
Publisher:	CABI
Publication date:	08/04/2006
Series:	Ecotourism Series , #4
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	6.88(w) x 9.75(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

An introduction to ecotourism in Scandinavia

Section I
Ecotourism in Danmark
Sweden: where holidays come naturally. Ecotourism development and labelling in Sweden
Ecotourism in Norway – non-existence or co-existence?
Iceland. Nature-adventure-…eco-island?

Section II
Ecotourism certification in Scandinavia
The role of nature in Swedish ecotourism
Ecotourism as experience-tourism
The right of public access: potentials and challenges for ecotourism
Swedish Mountain Tourism Patterns and Modeling Destination Attributes
Environmental concerns of Swedish ecotourists. An environmental-psychological perspective
Rural development through ecotourism
Eco-traveler or eco-site visitor?
Ecotourist’s choice of transport modes
Ecotourism and indigenous people: positive and negative impacts of Sami tourism
Hunting tourism as ecotourism – conflicts and opportunities
Policy, planning and governance in ecotourism

Editorial Reviews

"There is a great deal of strong material in this volume, and for anyone involved in the details of ecotourism concepts and practice, the book will well repay careful study."—Annals of Tourism Research

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