Extreme Tourism: Lessons from the World's Cold Water Islands

ISBN-13: 9780080446561 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 310 str.

Godfrey Baldacchino

Opis

An investigation of extreme tourism in the world's cold water islands. The practices and ensuing reflections provide insights for a more sustainable form of island tourism based on ice, isolation and indigenous peoples - not sun, sea and sand.

Spis treści

List of Figures. List of Tables. Contibutors. Acknowledgements. Editorial Introduction (Godfrey Baldacchino). Section I: Conceptual Themes. Promotional Issues (G.M.S. Dann). Sustainability Issues (J.L. McElroy and B. Potter). Human Resource Issues (T. Baum). Seasonability Issues (L. Jolliffe and R. Farnsworth). Section II: Island Case Studies. Nunivak, Alaska(USA) (T. Berry). Banks Island (North-West Territories, Canada) (S. Marsh and Suzanne de la Barre). Baffin Island (Nunavut, Canada) (s. Milne). Greenland/Kaalaalit Nunaat (B.C. Kaae). Iceland (S. Gössling). Svalbard (Norway) (A. Viken). Luleå Archipelago (Swedan) (P-Å. Nilsson and R.M. Ankre). Solovetsky Islands (Russia) (J. Nevmerzhitskaya). Arctic Cruise Ship Tourism (C. Thomson and J S Thomson). Falklands (UK) (S.A. Royle). Macquarie Island (Australia) (L.K. Kriwoken, C.F. Ellis, N. Holmes). Chatham Islands (New Zealand) (P. Wiltshier, A. Cardow). Stewart Island. (New Zealand). (C.M. Hall). South Shetlands and Antarctic Peninsula (T.G. Bauer). Section III: Conclusion. Epilogue: Contrasting Coldwater and Warmwater Island Tourist Destinations (R. Butler).

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