Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Acknowledgements VII
4. Contributors IX
5. Part 1: Introduction
6. 1. Nature-based Tourism in Peripheral Areas: Introduction 3
7. Part 2: Nature-based Tourism in Alpine, Forest and Sub-polar Environments
8. 2. Ecotourism and Regional Transformation in Northwestern Ontario 21
9. 3. Tourism in the Northern Wildernesses: Wilderness Discourses and the Development of Nature-based Tourism in Northern Finland 36
10. 4. Mountain Scenic Flights: A Low Risk, Low Impact Ecotourism Experience within South Island, New Zealand 50
11. 5. Regional Contrasts in Ecotourism in Australian Rainforests: A Comparative Study of Queensland and Victoria 64
12. 6. Mountain Resorts in Summer: Defining the Image 75
13. 7. Time–Space Use Among Cross-country Skiers in Abisko (Sweden) and Vercors (France) 91
14. 8. The Importance of Health as a Factor in Achieving Sustainability in a High Altitude Destination of a Less Developed Country: A Case Study of Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal 105
15. 9. Second Home Tourism in the Swedish Mountain Range 133
16. Part 3: Island, Coastal and Marine Environments
17. 10. Maximizing Economic Returns from Consumptive Wildlife Tourism in Peripheral Areas: White-tailed Deer Hunting on Stewart Island/Rakiura, New Zealand 151
18. 11. The Economic Benefits of an Ecotourism Project in a Regional Economy: A Case Study of Namuamua Inland Tour, Namosi, Fiji Islands 173
19. 12. Growth of Beach Fale Tourism in Samoa: The High Value of Low-cost Tourism 188
20. 13. Doing it Right the First Time? Ecotourism on the Wild Coast of South Africa 203
21. 14. Penguins as Sights, Penguins as Site: The Problematics of Contestation 218
22. 15. Dolphins, Whales and Ecotourism in New Zealand: What Are the Impacts and How Should the Industry Be Managed? 231
23. 16. The State of the Scenic Cruise Industry in Doubtful Sound in Relation to a Key Natural Resource: Bottlenose Dolphins 246
24. Part 4: Nature-based Tourism in Peripheral Areas: A Tool for Regional Development?
25. 17. Ecotourism/Egotourism and Development 263
26. 18. Nature-based Tourism in Peripheral Areas: Making Peripheral Destinations Competitive 273
27. Index 281