Animal welfare is a significant issue in wildlife tourism and is becoming an important component in tourists' decisions …. This study explored the type of tourists who most likely visit different elephant tourism venues and compared tourist …; therefore, efforts should be made to increase public awareness of the issues within elephant tourism venues which could lead to …

spending and the first assessment of sustainable surf tourism attitudes, behaviors, and willingness to pay. It establishes … important baselines that can serve as points of comparison as, and after, surf tourism returns, inevitably changed, post …-COVID-19. Employing a direct cost method, international surf tourism expenditure was valued between $31.5 to $64.9 billion USD …

This paper examines the impact of wildlife tourism on the livelihoods of local population around the Ranthambhore … impacts of tourism reveals that tourism development has failed to provide tangible benefits to the community. Qualitative … assessment of community perception of tourism impacts and information from key informant interviews reveals contrasting …

COVID-19 has impacted severely on all sectors of the tourism industry. However, only a handful of studies have … investigated how Indigenous communities and their tourism operations have coped during the pandemic. We offer a Spaces of Wellbeing … perspective that is novel in the context of Indigenous tourism research and addresses alternative frameworks that consider the …

tourism and conservation since the implementation of the Ecotourism Model a decade ago. Findings suggest that to achieve …Tourism growth in biodiversity conservation areas presents both challenges and opportunities for sustainability. The … COVID-19 pandemic brought both into focus in the Galapagos. This study engages with tourism service providers and regulators …

This article is a first attempt at studying the concept of spiritual tourism in Chinese protected areas, and examines … through thematic analysis. Results show that although spiritual tourism is not widely acknowledged in China, spirituality …, Tian Ren He Yi). Opportunities for developing and managing spiritual tourism in Chinese protected areas are suggested, and …

Nature-based tourism may provide a well-structured format to facilitate opportunities for wellness. This research … indicates that nature is a public health resource, and that nature-tourism enterprises have the potential to deliver nature …

members) travelling to English literary tourism destinations. The study applied a mixed methods approach comprising a … society members have a greater propensity to visit literary tourism destinations. However, they are more likely to visit when …

prevalence of wine tourism and its economic contribution, prior research has typically used surveys which produce coarse data. In …