Protected areas can represent a strategic laboratory for the realisation of initiatives capable of promoting sustainable economic development models at a local level. One of the duties of national parks is to provide value and promote, even for tourism purposes, natural, historical and cultural...

Protected nature reserves represent one of the measures to preserve natural environment. In Slovenia 12.57 % of the total area is environmentally protected. One of those areas is the Škocjanski zatok Nature Reserve in the immediate vicinity of Koper/Capodistria. It is the largest brackish...

This study's objective was to investigate the Cuc Phuong National Park (CPNP) residents' perceptions of tourism impacts and their level of support for tourism development in their areas. In April 2008, survey data were collected in 5 communes in CPNP. It was found that, in general, the surveyed...

Protected areas can represent a strategic laboratory for the realisation of initiatives capable of promoting sustainable economic development models at a local level. One of the duties of national parks is to provide value and promote, even for tourism purposes, natural, historical and cultural...

The main purpose of this study was to examine local residents' attitudes and participation in tourism, and to explore factors which affect residents' support and participation in tourism in Udawalawe National Park, Sri Lanka. This study tests the structural equation model between community...