Elephant Tourism Business, The (eBook)

Xavier Font, John Koldowski, Eric Laws, Noel Scott (Herausgeber)

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2020
CABI (Verlag)
978-1-78924-587-5 (ISBN)

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Elephant tourism is a growing activity in many countries across Asia and Africa and is popular with tourists from all parts of the world. Elephant tourism has grown rapidly, providing the only viable way for elephants and their owners to survive since the banning of logging. Old logging camps have been developed into sanctuaries for some elephants, but many other camps were established as entertainment centres, resulting in serious welfare issues for the elephants and their mahouts. The profits from elephant tourism in Asia have encouraged African operators to follow a similar business model. This book draws attention to the need for a comprehensive and rigorous focus on local solutions to improve the welfare of captive elephants, their mahouts and local residents, and to enhance tourists' experiences of elephant tourism. It achieves this by:- Critically reviewing recent research into elephant tourism. - Providing contemporary analytical case studies of elephant tourism policy and practice. The Elephant Tourism Business will contribute to a better understanding of how elephant tourism is organised, regulated and promoted, both in elephant areas and tourist origin countries. It identifies priorities for future research into elephant tourism and provides a unique, authoritative resource for researchers, elephant managers and administrators, and tourism managers. The book will be of interest to academics and practitioners with backgrounds in conservation, the environment, tourism and veterinary sciences, and will appeal to tourists keen to experience elephants in person.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 23.11.2020
• Co-Autor: Ann Suwaree Ashton, Charlotte Day, Xavier Font, Nilakshi Galahitiyawe, Vivek Gurusamy, Nicole Hausler, Jeffrey Dale Hobbs, Claire Jenkinson, John Koldowski, Naut Kusters, Eric Laws, Liv Baker, Shilpa Mahbubani, Andrew McLean, Mucha Mkono, Somyot Ongkhluap, Anja Pabel, Piengpen Na Pattalung, Clive J C Phillips, Kannapa Pongponrat, Bongkosh Rittichainuwat, John Edward Roberts, Sumanth Bindumadhav, Andrea Saayman, Melville Saayman, Jan Schmidt-Burbach, Noel Scott, Alokparna Sengupta, Vinathe Sharma-Brymer, Marjorie Van Strein, Ramona Strodecke, Daminda Sumanapala, Daniel Turner, Sarah Blaine, Rebecca Winkler, Isabelle Wolf, Honggang Xu, Eric Brymer, Naphawan Chantradoan, Saranphat Chotmanakul, Qingming Cui, Susanna Curtin
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft
• ISBN-10: 1-78924-587-7 / 1789245877
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78924-587-5 / 9781789245875