Eco tourism Papers and Articles
Australia
- ePrintsUQ
- Subject: 350500 Tourism
 Links
to academic papers (mainly PDF format) in
the University of Queensland archive, relating
to tourism.
- "ePrintsUQ is
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showcases the research output of UQ
academic staff and postgraduate students
across a range of subjects and disciplines,
both before and after peer-reviewed
publication. ... The ePrintsUQ server
will provide free, searchable access
to this research and manage its long-term
archiving. Most of the materials in
the archive are freely available in
full text."
- BEST PRACTICE ECOTOURISM A Guide to Energy and Waste
Minimisation: As at 3 September 2003, only available
by contacting the Department of Industry, Science
and Tourism, Office of National Tourism, Ph: 1800
804 465 and requesting "Best Practice Ecotourism:
A Guide to Energy and Waste Minimisation, Commonwealth
Department of Tourism, 1995."
although many of the guide principles have been
incorporated into:
- Twinshare:
Tourism Accomodation & the Environment Introduction
to Sustainable Development Principles for
tourism accommodation in Australia. Gathering
together the issues of most interest for
operators wishing to develop eco friendly
tourism accomodation, the value for intending
and current operators in visiting this site
will lie in the various case
studies, and how they have interpreted
and implimented low environmental impact
and/or ecotourism principles in their operations.
- TwoWay
Track: Biodiversity Conservation and Ecotourism Noel
Preece, Penny van Oosterzee and David James
have done a very thorough job. A must read
for anyone serious about being involved in
nature based tourism and ecotourism in Australia.
- Coastal
Tourism - A Manual for Sustainable Development (1997)
It would be nice if this report was also
available as a zip file, to be able to download
it in one fell swoop. This report includes
analysis of a number of now well developed
Australian resorts, including a couple of
large scale marina resort developments claiming
ecotourism credentials.
"This practical manual is designed to help
tourism developers and operators, and officers
in local government and other authorities who play
a role in the development approval process. The
manual will help these sectors work together and
with other relevant experts and professionals to
develop and operate coastal tourism ventures that
are 'good' for the environment and the community
or region that hosts them, and also 'good' for
business."
- The
tour operator's dilemma: Keeping the customer
happy while not disturbing the wildlife. Originally
presented at the 2002 EAA International Ecotourism
Conference in Cairns, Ronda Green asks "...
as a tour operator, I really want to know
what effect we have on the wildlife. Are
our activities gradually affecting the wildlife
in ways that will either improve visitor
experience or might they ultimately destroy
the very things we are trying to show them?
Are the animals going to start avoiding the
areas we use? Are they going to behave less
naturally? Are we likely to cause, however
gradually, any changes to their habitat?"
- Animal Ethics Infolink (Australia)
Animal Research Review Panel and NSW
Agriculture's Animal Welfare Unit Animal
Ethics Committees (AECs) Wildlife
surveys guidelines
- Ecotourism
Association of Australia Proceedings of the
1998 National Conference,
 28-31
October 1997 in Margaret River, Western Australia.
The following presentations are all available
as PDF downloads: * Ecotourism into the Millenium,
* Improving all the Dimensions of Sustainability,
* Maintaining the Integrity of the Ecotourism
Product, * Managing Visitors, * Improving
Marketing and Cooperative Partnerships.
- Ecotourism
Association of Australia 1999 National Conference
Proceedings. 14–17
October 1999 on Fraser Island, Queensland. Available
in PDF only. Section One - Perspectives and
predictions, Section Two - Product development,
Section Three - The business of ecotourism,
Section Four - Marketing, Section Five -
Planning, development and management, Section
Six - Education, training and partnerships
- A
Multicultural Landscape: National Parks and
the Macedonian Experience "Ethnic
diversity of contemporary Australia is reflected
in the wide range of people who use our parks.
While this sometimes causes tension between
park visitors and staff, it also points to
the diverse ways in which park landscapes
are being used and valued. Their role in
consolidating ideas of community – their
value as social spaces – must be recognised." A
thorough and revealing study about how social
heritage impacts on how a landscape is perceived
and used by various cultural communities. Hosted
by the Migration
Heritage Centre.
- Queensland
EcoTourism Lot's
of valuable info. including case studies,
self help kits and best practice guides for
suitable for intending and established operators,
students and academics, for free (most in
PDF only) and links to resources targeted
primarily at operators. QLD is nothing if
not focused!
- Successful
Tourism at Heritage Places: a guide for tourism
operators, heritage managers and communities "The
Australian Heritage Commission and the Department
of Industry, Science and Resources with the
asssistance of the Cooperative Research Centre
for Sustainable Tourism have over the years
explored issues of common concern about the
responsible use of Australia's heritage places
for tourism. This guide provides information
to help people more clearly understand the
issues involved and includes practical pointers
for those aiming at successful and responsible
tourism at heritage places." Link goes
to index page where you can download the
guide (1.2 MB PDF), or order the hard copy.
- 2005
[Wildlife Tourism Australia] WTA Second Annual
Workshop"Wildlife Tourism and Conservation:
The Perfect Marriage?" APRIL 17-19, 2005.
Most papers and presentations from the conference
are available, all in PDF, and while focused on
Australian conditions, they will be useful to anyone
operating or interested in wildlife tourism.
International
- Looksmart
- Find Articles - News and Society = Ecotourism An
excellent service from Looksmart, providing
access to articles from magazines worldwide.
Presents a brief excerpt linked to full
article, with source, author and date of publication
shown, where available. You can also sort
your search by date, relevance, publication name
and article length. If you want more ecotourism
related stories, just select "all articles" in
the search box, top right of the page and click
the "look"
(search) button.
- Welcome
to UNWTO Publications "UNWTO
studies, reports and guidelines are the outcome
of the broad span of activities the World
Tourism Organization (UNWTO) is carrying
out throughout the year. Most of the studies
and reports produced can also be purchased
as publications.
Two systems enable you to purchase
UNWTO publications: The UNWTO
Infoshop is the right way to start
if you are interested in printed versions
of our publications. The UNWTOelibrary is
the international portal that connects
academic researchers, students and tourism
professionals to the enormous knowledge
and information produced by UNWTO."
- David
Barkin: Ecotourism - A Tool for Sustainable
development If you're a fan of the "trickle
down" economic development theory and
think that unfettered globalisation is the
best thing since sliced bread, don't waste
your bandwidth visiting is this even handed,
thoughtful and well referenced paper
- Educating
the Travelling Community and the Investor Presented
by Noah Shepard at the 9th PATA Adventure
Travel and Ecotourism Conference, Malaysia,
1997. The potentials and perils of
ecotourism in a nutshell, and still one of
the most relevant introductory articles on
ecotourism available online.
- AN
EVALUATION OF ECOLODGES IN THE BRAZILIAN
AMAZON, by Luciana Coelho Marques, presented
at the Cuarta Feria Ecoturistica y de Produccion
15 – 23 Julio, 2000 Buena Noche de
Hato Nuevo, Manoguayabo, Santo Domingo, D.N.,
Republica Dominicana. "This paper
discusses ecotourism and identifies ecolodge
criteria. ... Based on the criteria developed,
twelve lodges situated in Amazonas’ Ecotourism
Hub were evaluated and compared." An
excellent paper, which should now serve as
an historical bench mark. Hosted by
KISKEYA ALTERNATIVA, see also their extensive publications
list of ecotourism/sustainable tourism
Publicaciones | Publications in Spanish and
English.
- Ecotourism
- Sold out The Guardian Travel Section
Special Report by Sue Wheat. Originally published
in May 2002, this story reports on the nasty
downside of ecotourism exploitation, when
financial and development interests corrupt
the concepts of ecotourism,
usually at the expense of the environment,
local communities and their cultures.
- The
Economic Impacts of Ecotourism (1996)
By Kreg Lindberg PhD. A good primer to economic
factors and "ecotourism". See also Environment
- The
EplerWood Report "...
is a quarterly on-line investigation into
the global market for sustainable development
products. The report will cover the latest
market trends; investigate business, NGO
and international agency market planning
and project development; and review case
examples of marketing approaches that successfully
target the audience for sustainable initiatives.
... Subscribe to the EplerWood Report and
develop your own informed market-based approach
to sustainable development." From
the founder of The International Ecotourism
Society, (TIES) the reports are available
in PDF, or you can subscribe to Megan's mail
list.
- The Global
Development Research Center (GDRC) distills
the essence of "sustainable"
and "eco" tourism, and provides a veritable
feast of resources to enjoy. Students and
operators will find the Sustainable Tourism Info
Sheets useful. "Sustainable tourism in its
purest sense, is an industry which attempts to
make a low impact on the environment and local
culture, while helping to generate income, employment,
and the conservation of local ecosystems. It is
responsible tourism which is both ecologically
and culturally sensitive."
- International
Trends in Park Tourism PDF only
(new window) Professor
Paul F. J. Eagles. Paper prepared for EUROPARC
2001 October 3 to 7, 2001, Austria. Abstract. "Nature-based
tourism is a large and growing global industry.
Much of this tourism is based in parks and
other forms of protected areas. ... This
paper discusses global park tourism trends
in seven areas: park establishment, park
economics, park finance and pricing policy,
tourism competencies, park tourism market,
visitation statistics and tourism management
structures. Examples are presented to illustrate
points raised."
- The Red
Sea Sustainable Tourism Initiative (RSSTI) Arabic. "[Our]
overall objective is to assist in the development
and dissemination of environmentally sound
practices for the tourism sector from the
design, construction to operational phases.
Core work areas comprise of "Best Practices",
Environmental Impact Assessment and monitoring,
Environmental Management Systems, and sustainable
tourism awareness, primarily in Red Sea [Egyptian]
resorts." Excellent web site with
proceedings and papers from forums going
back to 2000, with many in English and Arabic. My
only gripe is the smallish white text on
black background.
- Treading
lightly?: ecotourism's impact on the environment. "(Cover
Story) Environment, June, 1999, by Martha
S. Honey." This article, hosted on Looksmart's
findarticles.com, does a thorough study (15
web pages including refs.) of the history
and development of "ecotourism" as
an industry, with a number of examples, primarily
focusing on variable results in Africa.
- Sustainable
Development of Environmental Tourism A
thorough briefing on how you become a world
class ecotourism tour operator from the folks
at Sea Canoe, who showed us all how it should
be done.
- Sustainability,
Profitability and Ecotourism Markets: What
Are They and How Do They Relate? "A
paper presented by Pamela Wight, Pam Wight &
Associates, Canada, at an International Conference
on Central and Eastern Europe and Baltic Sea region: "Ecotourism
- Balancing Sustainability and Profitability" 22-23
September 1997 Pärnu, Estonia."
An excellent paper, which tourism and travel marketers
and intending
"ecotourism" operators should still find
informative and useful.
- Sustainable
Development of Ecotourism Web-Conference Also
in Francais and Espanol.
International Year of Ecotourism 2002. Organized
by UNEP and WTO, this
link goes to the final summary report for this
very successful online conference, providing plenty
of observations and food for thought regarding
perennial ecotourism issues. "The discussion
was focused on four main themes defined for the
World Ecotourism Summit, in four thematic sessions
addressed in each of the four weeks of the event:
Theme 1: Ecotourism Policy and Planning: The Sustainability
Challenge
> Theme 2: Regulation of Ecotourism: Institutional
Responsibilities and Frameworks > Theme 3: Product
Development, Marketing and Promotion of Ecotourism:
Fostering Sustainable Products and Consumers > Theme
4: Monitoring Costs and Benefits of Ecotourism:
Ensuring Equitable Distribution among all Stakeholders".
See also "What is Ecotourism?",
Outdoor
Recreation and Adventure Activities, Sustainability, Tourism
Research Resources and Other
Tourism Resources
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