This book discusses the importance of mountain regions, and the precariousness of mountain tourism in the context of ecosystem and cultural conservation. It includes case studies of mountain tourism existing alongside environmental sustainability and community well being. The text presents an integrated approach to mountain-based tourism, balancing the needs of local communities, tourists and environmental conservation.
Tourism, planning, rural geography and environmental management.
Tourism and Development in Mountain Regions: Moving Forward into the New Millennium, PM Godde, M Price and F Zimmermann
Environmental Management for Alpine Tourism and Resorts in Australia, RC Buckley, CM Pickering and J Warnken, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia
Recreation Resource Assessment and Monitoring Techniques for Mountain Regions, C Monz, National Outdoor Leadership School, Lander, USA
Conservation and Development in Greek Mountain Areas, G Valaoras, Athens, Greece
Tourism in Bioregional Context: Approaching Ecosystemic Practice in the Sumava, Czech Republic, LAG Moss, J Tesitel, F Zemek, M Bartos, D Kusova and M Herman, Laurence Moss & Associates, New Mexico, USA
Mountain Culture as a Tourism Resource: Aboriginal Views of the Privileges of Storytelling, RE Pfister, University of Northern British Columbia, Canada
The Economic Impacts of Different Types of Tourism in Upland and Mountain Areas of Europe, P Snowdon, B Slee and H Farr, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
The Economic Impacts of Ecotourism: Conflicts and Solutions in Highland Mexico, D Barkin, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico City
Mountain Tourism and Public Policy in Nepal, LR MacLellan, PUC Dieke, and B Kumari Thapa,University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
The Role of the Community in Relation to the Tourism Industry: A Case Study from Mount Bromo, East Java, Indonesia, J Cochrane, University of Hull, UK
Community-Based Tourism for Conservation and Women’s Development, W Brewer Lama, The Mountain Institute, Kathmandu, Nepal
Too Much Too Fast: Lessons from Nepal’s Lost Kingdom of Mustang, CP Gurung, Resources Nepal, Kathamandu, Nepal and MA DeCoursey, Woodacre, USA
Mongolia’s Tourism Development Race: Case Study from the Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park, A Saffery, South Gobi National Protected Areas’ Administration, Dlanzadgad, Omnogov Aimag, Mongolia
Amenity Migration in the Sumava Bioregion, Czech Republic: Implications for Ecological Integrity, RS Glorioso
Amenity Migration and Tourism in the Eastern Highlands Bioregion of Zimbabwe: Policy Planning and Management Considerations, D Tonderayi, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Strategy for Future Mountain Tourism, LAG Moss and PM Godde