The practice and politics of tourism and land management.

摘要: Tourism based on natural environments is a huge international industry with major economic, social and environmental consequences at both local global scales. Just how big it depends what we include For example, far do attempt to disaggre­gate or unbundle the motivations expenditure of tourists, packaging tour products, so as distinguish built, cultural attractions? How much indirect economic activity associated tourism include, such recreational equipment manufacturing, use private vehicles personal time? In very broad terms, seems that attractions areas their closely cultures, various tourist, leisure activities, contribute around half total attributable travel sector (Stueve et al., 2002) Global nature tourism, in other words, worth least US$250 billion year Indeed, one past estimate (J Mallett, 1998, unpublished) suggests US adventure-­tourism alone almost this large, if included; more recent Canadian national parks inject into North American economy, through mechanisms including (Eagles,