Handbook of Environmental and Nature Based Tourism Book

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction to environmental tourism, nature-based tourism, ecotourism and sustainable tourism. 2. Environmental tourism and ecotourism: impact assessment in Asia-Pacific region. 3. Forests and ecotourism: services, issues, trends, implications and options. 4. Nature based tourism: issues, matters and reviews in Western Australia. 5. Focusing on economics of nature based tourism: select case studies from India. 6. Tourism policy of Guyana and select state of India; an insight. 7. Towards developing tourism action plans: select reviews. 8. Code ethics for tourism and tourists: an overview. 9. Sustainable tourism: charter and principles on implementation. 10. Tourism and biodiversity: process and guidelines. Appendices. Bibliography. Index. 
 
"Handbook of Environmental and Nature Based Tourism is a complete reference book on the subject. It introduces readers with the concepts of environmental tourism, nature tourism, ecotourism, agri-tourism, nature-based tourism and sustainable tourism. Selected national and international experiences have been discussed. The relationship between forest resources and  are also being discussed in brief highlighting the aspects related to services, issues, trends, implications and options.

This handbook also provides readers with reviews of tourism action plans of selected developed and developing countries, with focus on Canada, UK and commonwealth. The code of ethics for tourism and that of tourists has been highlighted. The focus also lies on management of tourism destinations and the local Agenda 21 approach in this regard. Also, the CBD "Sustainable Tourism Development guidelines for Vulnerable ecosystems’ has been outlined. A detailed bibliography further makes this handbook user-friendly and research oriented." (jacket)