Nature based tourism

Nature-based Tourism in Peripheral Areas Development or Disaster ... 

Blarney, R. and Hatch, D. (1998) Profiles and Motivations of Nature-Based Tourists Visiting Australia Occasional Paper No. 25. Canberra Bureau of Tourism Research. 

Klenosky, D., Frauman, E., Norman, W.C. and Gengler, C.W. (1998) Nature based tourists use of interpretive services A means-end investigation. Journal of Tourism Studies 9 (2), 26-36. 

Young, M. (1999) Cognitive maps of nature based tourists. Annals of Tourism Research 26, 817-839. 

Ecotourism—Ecology-based tourism, focused primarily on natural or cultural resources. 

Recreation and tourism are of growing importance in many mountain regions. They are, to a good part, based on multifaceted intact landscapes in which waters clearly play an important role. Hence, waters should convey intact natural sceneries on the one hand, while increasingly experiencing stress from recreational activities. 

The point about data distortion can be illustrated by reference to sex tourism. Unlike the other product areas of tourism, it seems that no one wants to claim that sex tourism is one of the fastest growing sectors with a very bright future. The example illustrates the point that it might well be that it is researcher enthusiasm (or lack of it) that is driving the claims for market importance and growth. Comments made by Ashworth (1992) in relation to urban tourism are applicable across many of the product-based interest areas. Ashworth (1992 6) notes that most studies are based on very global estimates of quantities and very vague descriptions of the nature of visitors... Usable information is just much more difficult to obtain about the tourist than the facility. ... 

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