14. From the Recreational Fringe to Mainstream Leisure: The Evolution and Diversification of Entomotourism

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Contributors ix
4. Figures xv
5. Tables xix
6. Acknowledgements xxi
7. 1. Birds, Beasts and Tourists: Human–Animal Relationships in Tourism 1
8. Part 1: Ethics and Animal Welfare
9. 2. The Status of Animal Ethics Research in Tourism: A Review of Theory 27
10. 3. Animals as Tourism Objects: Ethically Refocusing Relationships Between Tourists and Wildlife 44
11. 4. The Same Dart Trick: The Exploitation of Animals and Women in Thailand Tourism 60
12. 5. From Free Willy to SeaWorld: Has Ecotourism Improved the Rights of Whales? 75
13. 6. Troubled-Shooting: The Ethics of Helicopter-assisted Guided Trophy Hunting by Tourists for Tahr 91
14. Part 2: Conflict, Contradiction and Contestation
15. 7. Whales, Tourism and Manifold Capitalist Fixes: New Relationships with the Driving Force of Capitalism 109
16. 8. Killer Whales, Theme Parks and Controversy: An Exploration of the Evidence 128
17. 9. Dolphin Tourism and Human Perceptions: Social Considerations to Assessing the Human–Dolphin Interface 146
18. 10. Young Elephants in Thai Tourism: A Fatal Attraction 163
19. 11. Drama Over Large Carnivores: Performing Wildlife Tourism in a Controversial Space 180
20. 12. Conflicts Between Cultural Attitudes, Development and Ecotourism: The Case of Bird Watching Tours in Papua New Guinea 194
21. 13. ‘Eating the Animals You Come to See’: Tourists’ Meat-eating Discourses in Online Communicative Texts 211
22. Part 3: Shifting Relationships
23. 14. From the Recreational Fringe to Mainstream Leisure: The Evolution and Diversification of Entomotourism 229
24. 15. From Dinner Plate to T-shirt Logo: The Changing Role of a Flagship Turtle Species in One of Brazil’s Most Popular Tourism Destinations 240
25. 16. Ambassadors or Attractions? Disentangling the Role of Flagship Species in Wildlife Tourism 256
26. 17. Pooches on Wheels: Overcoming Pet-related Travel Constraints Through RVing 274
27. 18. Exploited Elephants and Pampered Pets: Reflecting on Tourism–Animal Relationships 288
28. Index 302