Rivers constitute a major tourism resource, providing spectacular settings, recreation facilities, a means of transport, a sense of heritage and adventure, and links with the environment and natural world. River tourism accounts for a significant proportion of the world’s tourism consumption, with activities such as Nile cruises and rafting holidays making it an economically important area of tourism demanding in-depth analysis. This book explores river tourism from a range of perspectives including uses, heritage, management, environmental concerns, and marketing
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This book explores river tourism from a range of perspectives including uses, heritage, management, environmental concerns, and marketing.
1: Introducing River Tourism: Physical, Ecological and Human Aspects 2: River Tourism in the South Asian Subcontinent 3: River-Based Tourism in the United States: Tourism and Recreation on the Colorado and Mississippi Rivers 4: The Mekong: Developing a New Tourism Region 5: River Tourism: Sailing the Nile 6: European Waterways as a Source of Leisure and Recreation 7: The Yangzi River Tourism Zone 8: Fishing the Big Rivers’ in Australia’s Northern Territory: Market diversification for the Daly River 9: The Amazon: A River Tourism Frontier 10: River Heritage - The Murray Darling River 11: Whitewater Tourism 12: Basin-Based Governance for Integrated Water Resources Management: Prospects and Challenges 13: Sustainable Water Resources and Water Security 14: ‘The River City'? Conflicts in the Development of a Tourism Destination Brand for Brisbane 15: Conclusions and Challenges
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781845934682
Publisert
2009-02-23
Utgiver
Vendor
CABI Publishing
Vekt
820 gr
Høyde
244 mm
Bredde
172 mm
Dybde
24 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
288