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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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This study proposes an approach using the Kuhn-Tucker model to determine the extent to which the number of visitors to a recreational site would decrease if a user fee were introduced. This approach is promising in terms of consistency with economic theory and computational feasibility, assuming...
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Recent studies have suggested a trend of slowing domestic visitation to national parks by younger generations on a per capita basis within developed countries. This has often been attributed to inter-generational differences such as increased cultural diversity, interest in other forms of...
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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prevalence of wine tourism and its economic contribution, prior research has typically used surveys which produce coarse data. In …
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