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Abstract
Ecotourism management seeks to integrate and balance several potentially conflicting objectives: protection of natural and cultural resources, provision of recreation opportunities and generation of economic benefits. In the absence of effective planning and management, ecotourism can lead to significant negative impacts on vegetation, soil, water, wildlife, historic resources, cultures, and visitor experiences. This chapter reviews visitor-related natural resource and experience impacts associated with ecotourism within protected areas. The influence of factors that control the nature and extent of impacts are also reviewed, including type and amount of use, the variable resistance and resilience of environmental attributes such as vegetation and soil types, and the role of management in shaping visitation, resources and facilities to support visitation while minimizing associated impacts. Implications for managing the effects of protected area visitation are highlighted, including carrying capacity decision frameworks and selecting management strategies and tactics.
| Publication type | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Book Chapter |
| Title | Managing ecotourism visitation in protected areas |
| Year Published | 1998 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Ecotourism Society |
| Publisher location | North Bennington, Vermont |
| Contributing office(s) | Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |
| Description | 244 |
| Larger Work Type | Book |
| Larger Work Subtype | Other Government Series |
| Larger Work Title | Ecotourism: A guide for planners and managers, Volume 2 |
| First page | 155 |
| Last page | 181 |
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