Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- Part 1: Introduction -- 1. Nature-based Tourism in … Peripheral Areas: Introduction / Hall, C. Michael / Boyd, Stephen -- Part 2: Nature-based Tourism in Alpine, Forest and Sub …. Tourism in the Northern Wildernesses: Wilderness Discourses and the Development of Nature-based Tourism in Northern Finland …

Cultural tourism is one of the most quickly growing tourism segments. Cultural heritage is an important resource for … developing cultural tourism. In rural areas, tourism plays an important role in safeguarding employment, income and supply … structures, but in contrast to the situation in urban regions, resources for developing cultural tourism are scarcely used. As …

; Systems and tools to measure the social, economic, and environmental sustainability of rural tourism; Integration between … public tourism policies and private strategies in the promotion and implementation of sustainable practices; Policies for … promoting public participation in the planning and development of sustainable rural tourism; The impacts of tourism on …