Ecotourism, NGOs and Development

Name: Ecotourism, NGOs and Development
Author: Unknown Author
ISBN: 9780415393676

189 pages2007RoutledgeISBN 9780415393676

Ecotourism Economic development Non-governmental organizations Organizations Écotourisme Développement économique Organisations non gouvernementales BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Industries Hospitality, Travel & Tourism Ekoturism Ekonomisk utveckling Frivilligorganisationer Hållbar utveckling

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Ecotourism has emerged over the last twenty years not just as a market niche, but also as a strategy for combining development with conservation in the developing world. Ecotourism, NGOs and Development considers the basis for advocacy and argues that it is premised upon a very limited and limiting view of the potential for development. Jim Butcher examines the advocacy of tourism as sustainable development in a range of NGOs and within the general literature. The research reveals that in spite of the plethora of critical commentaries on the operation of ecotourism projects, there is generally an uncritical take on the ideological basis of the projects. This book offers a timely critique of key assumptions underlying ecotourism's status as sustainable development, arguing that ecotourism as development strategy ties the fate of some of the poorest people on the planet to localized environmental imperatives.

Publication Details

Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2007
Pages: 189
ISBN: 9780415393676

About Unknown Author

"Jim Butcher is a martial arts enthusiast with fifteen years of experience in various styles including Ryukyu Kempo, Tae Kwon Do, Gojo Shorei Ryu, and a sprinkling of Kung Fu. He is a skilled rider and has worked as a summer camp horse wrangler and performed in front of large audiences in both drill riding and stunt riding exhibitions. Jim enjoys fencing, singing, bad science fiction movies and live-action gaming. He lives in Missouri with his wife, son, and a vicious guard dog. Jim goes by the moniker Longshot in a number of online locales. He came by this name in the early 1990′s when he decided he would become a published author. Usually only 3 in 1000 who make such an attempt actually manage to become published; of those, only 1 in 10 make enough money to call it a living. The sale of a second series was the breakthrough that let him beat the long odds against attaining a career as a novelist. All the same, he refuses to change his nickname." [Jim-Butcher.com][1] [1]: http://www.jim-butcher.com/jim