Zoos and Tourism: Conservation, Education, Entertainment? - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1845411641 ISBN 13 : 9781845411640

Editeur : Channel View Publications, 2010

Synopsis

Zoos are important and popular tourist attractions. Spread around the world, they are typically located in major cities, with visitation levels comparable to other major attractions. Nature-based attractions constructed in artificial settings, they face the challenge of trying to balance potentially conflicting aims of conservation, education and entertainment. The best are continually developing fresh and effective techniques on visitor interpretation and management, the worst highlight the manipulation of animals for human gratification. Taking a global approach, this book examines the problems and paradoxes of zoos as they try to balance their roles as visitor attractions while repositioning themselves as leading conservation agencies.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Dr Warwick Frost lectures in Tourism and the Environment at La Trobe University in Australia. His research interests include natural and cultural heritage, tourist attractions and the interplay between tourism and popular culture. He also researches in Environmental History. He was the co-editor (with C. Michael Hall) of Tourism and National Parks (2009) and is a co-convenor of the biennial International Tourism and Media Conferences.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Channel View Publications
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1845411641
• ISBN 13: 9781845411640
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Éditeur: Frost Warwick
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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