Ecotourism: Practical Guide for Rural Communities

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Tourism, with its niche element of ecotourism, is one of Australia's fastest growing industries, overtaking the traditional export items of coal, wheat and wool in export earnings. This book covers what a person needs to think about before venturing into the tourism market. It explains what ecotourism is and who the ecotourists are, describes how to work with the local community and the local environment - highlighting some of the constraints and pitfalls - and explains what is needed to make a venture successful.

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." . .the book acts as a crucible of ideas which people in rural communities can enact if they wish to foster ecotourism as an alternative form of development from rural activities. This book then fills a clearly identified gap in the market and as such it will be extremely useful not only to rural communities but also to students and general readers interested in the links between ecotourism and rural areas."--Ross K. Dowling, School of Marketing, Tourism & Leisure Edith Cowan University "Journal of Sustainable Tourism "