Quality assurance and certification in ecotourism / edited by Rosemary Black And Alice Crabtree.
| Other author | Black, Rosemary, 1955- |
| Other author | Crabtree, Alice. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Wallingford, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CABI, ©2007. |
| Description | xxxix, 516 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Subjects |
| Series | Ecotourism book series ; 5 Ecotourism book series no. 5. ^A984304 |
| Contents | Setting the context : quality in ecotourism / Rosemary Black and Alice Crabtree -- Achieving quality in ecotourism : tools in the toolbox / Rosemary Black and Alice Crabtree -- Green and gold? Awards for excellence in Australian tourism : promoting quality and sustainability to the tourism industry / Stuart Toplis -- 'No better than a band-aid for a bullet wound!' : the effectiveness of tourism codes of conduct / Peter Mason -- SmartVoyager : protecting the Galápagos Islands / Carol Goodstein -- Green globe : a global environment certification programme for travel and tourism / Cathy Parsons and Jill Grant -- Sustainability indicators for ecotourism destinations and operations / Gabor Vereczi -- Adapting the indicator approach - practical applications in the South Pacific / Louise Twining-Ward -- Stakeholders' perspectives on quality in ecotourism / Rosemary Black and Alice Crabtree -- Sustainable tourism certification marketing and its contribution to SME market access / Xavier Font and Megan Epler Wood -- Consumer demand for quality in ecotourism / Zoë Chafe --Quality in ecotourism : the community perspective / Abigail Rome -- The prospects and dilemmas of indigenous tourism standards and certifications / Luis A. Vivanco -- Assuring community benefit in South Africa through fair trade in tourism certification / Jennifer Seif and Anna Spenceley -- Certification in protected areas : a western Australian case study / Colin Ingram -- Certification of protected areas : the case of PAN parks in Europe / Xavier Font and Sue Clark -- Professional certification : a mechanism to enhance ecotour guide performance / Rosemary Black -- Putting the ecotour guide back into context : using systems thinking to develop quality guides / Jon Kohl -- Towards developing tour guides as interpreters of cultural heritage : the case of Cusco, Peru / Gemma McGrath -- Ecotourism certification in New Zealand : operator and industry perspectives / Tara Rowe and James Higham -- Towards an internationally recognized ecolodge certification / Hitesh Mehta -- The Australian EcoCertification Programme (NEAP) : blazing a trail for ecotourism certification, but keeping on track? / Rik Thwaites -- Creating regional networks of sustainable tourism stakeholders : Europe's Voluntary Initiatives for Sustainability in Tourism (VISIT) and the Sustainable Tourism Certification Network of the Americas / Herbert Hamele ... [et al.] -- Conclusion : challenges and issues for quality in ecotourism / Alice Crabtree and Rosemary Black. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2006033312 |
| ISBN | 9781845932374 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1845932374 (alk. paper) |