Buckley, Ralf (2009) Evaluating the net effects of ecotourism on the environment: a framework, first assessment and future research. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 17 (6). pp. 643-672. ISSN 0966-9582
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Abstract
This review examines what outcomes ecotourism has achieved in regard to environmental issues. It proposes an analytic framework distinguishing four types of mechanism: those which can generate positive effects; those which can reduce negative effects; those which can increase negative effects; and contested issues, including scale and mainstreaming. It then discusses the barriers to evaluating ecotourism’s environmental record. These include: problems of definition; the use of eco-labels; and the range of inclusion within any analysis. Finally, it outlines a series of future research priorities including: product and enterprise analysis; the value and importance of codes, interpretation and marketing, the potential significance of new community and political mechanisms; and post-trip lifestyle change.
Item Type: | Peer-reviewed Journal Article |
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Unique ID or DOI: | 10.1080/09669580902999188 |
Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
Keywords: | benefits; conservation; politics; impacts; mainstream; accounting |
Subjects: | (F) People and the Environment > (FB) Resource Use (I) Socio-Economic Information > (IA) Economic Impacts (Z) Other or Unspecified |
Publication Sources: | (3) Other Source > (3B) NGOs |
Date Deposited: | 03 Dec 2010 09:56 |
Last Modified: | 25 Jan 2011 15:13 |
URI: | http://eprints.uberibz.org/id/eprint/1082 |
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