Book Details
Orange Code:76001
Paperback:248 pages
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Sections:
1. Introduction. Brian Garrod and Stefan Gössling2. Market Segments and Tourist Typologies for Diving Tourism. Brian Garrod3. Diving Attractions from Great Whites to Pygmy Seahorses. Carl Cater4. Diving and Global Environmental Change: A Mauritius Case Study. Stefan Gössling, Olof Lindén, Jayne Helmersson, Jeanette Liljenberg and Serwa Quarm5. Vulnerability of Marine Mammals to Diving Tourism Activities. Susanna Curtin and Brian Garrod6. The Case of PADI. Anna Lindgren, Jessica Palmlund, Ida Wate and Stefan Gössling7. Dive Tourism, Sustainable Tourism and Social Responsibility: A Growing Agenda. Claudia Townsend8. Diverting Pressure from Coral Reefs: Artificial Underwater Parks as a Meansof Integrating Development and Reef Conservation. Peter van Treeck and Michael EisingerIntroduction9. Attitudes to and Preferences of Diverstoward Regulation. Nola Barker and Callum Roberts10. Interpretation and Environmental Educationas Conservation Tools. Claudia Townsend11. Managing Risk in Tourist Diving: A Safety-Management Approach. Christopher Coxon, Kay Dimmock and Jeff Wilks
Description:
New Frontiers in Marine Tourism’ is the first book of this kind to address and analyse this burgeoning tourism sector comprehensively. By integrating aspects such as the sustainability, safety, education, experiences and management of diving tourism the text highlights a variety of pressing topics related to the management of diving tourism, including:
* different types of diving locations and their particular characteristics and the geographical distribution of dive locations
* the growth and economic significance of diving tourism in destinations worldwide
* different motivations and typologies of diving tourists, their learning behaviour, knowledge of marine environments, and their interaction with flora and fauna.
* diver satisfaction, attitudes and preferences, education and interpretation, and compliance with regulations
* environmental impacts, and aspects of risk and health.
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