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Perfect Days in Kaua'i: In Association with Tom Barefoot
ISBN: 9780595411962 / Angielski / Miękka / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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61,13 |
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Exploring the Boundary Waters: A Trip Planner and Guide to the Bwcaw
ISBN: 9780816642168 / Angielski / Miękka / 440 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With more than 200,000 visitors annually, the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is among the most alluring wilderness areas in the country, unique because it is most often explored by canoe. Comprised of more than one million acres, the BWCAW is an exceptional combination of expansive wilderness, abundant wildlife, and fascinating natural and human history. Exploring the Boundary Waters is the most comprehensive trip planner to the BWCAW, giving travelers an overview of each entry point into the wilderness area as well as detailed descriptions of more than one hundred specific routes -...
With more than 200,000 visitors annually, the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is among the most alluring wilderness areas in the country, unique...
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83,90 |
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Nature-Based Tourism, Environment and Land Management
ISBN: 9780851997322 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Tourism based on natural environments is a huge international industry and this industry needs access to land with scenery, native plants and wildlife. In turn, land managers need money to maintain their land and its natural resources. This book looks at the economic, social and environmental consequences of nature-based tourism. It discusses the importance of links and partnerships, as well as the conflicts, between commercial tourism interests and land management agencies. Born from the Fenner conference on Nature Tourism and the Environment, held in Canberra, Australia, 2001, the book...
Tourism based on natural environments is a huge international industry and this industry needs access to land with scenery, native plants and wildlife...
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553,54 |
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Santarem, Riverboat Town
ISBN: 9780979564307 / Angielski / Miękka / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A memoir-tour book that takes us through the Amazon region around Santarem in Brazil. History and natural history blended with over twenty-five years of Alexander's experience leading tour groups.
A memoir-tour book that takes us through the Amazon region around Santarem in Brazil. History and natural history blended with over twenty-five years ...
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85,64 |
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Tourism in the New South Africa: Social Responsibility and the Tourist Experience
ISBN: 9781860647932 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A new model of tourism development has recently emerged out of a widening concern for the morality of tourist experience. Known variously as 'ecotourism', 'new tourism', socially responsible tourism', huge claims are made for it in terms of what it might offer in promoting national tourism development. Yet how well does this new model work in practice? And what does it mean to be an international tourist encountering the cultural, political and economic particularities of the South African experience? Garth Allen and Frank Brennan seek to explore the realities of this new morality of tourism...
A new model of tourism development has recently emerged out of a widening concern for the morality of tourist experience. Known variously as 'ecotouri...
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691,27 |
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Along Wisconsin's Ice Age Trail
ISBN: 9780299226640 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Ice Age National Scenic Trail is a thousand-mile footpath - entirely within the state of Wisconsin - that courses like a river through a varied landscape. Walk the Ice Age Trail to witness hundreds of crystal lakes, thriving prairies and farmlands, towering white pines and diverse wetlands, ancient Native American effigy mounds, remnant oak savannas, charming villages and cities, and many of the world's finest examples of the effects of continental glaciation.More than twelve thousand years ago, an immense flow of glacial ice, as much as two miles deep, sculpted a landscape of remarkable...
The Ice Age National Scenic Trail is a thousand-mile footpath - entirely within the state of Wisconsin - that courses like a river through a varied la...
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cena:
98,70 |
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Marine Wildlife and Tourism Management
ISBN: 9781845933456 / Angielski / Twarda / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Marine environments have long been places of exploration, subsistence, transport and trade, but it is only recently that marine tourism has extended beyond coastal resorts and beaches. Demand for marine wildlife experiences has grown considerably in recent decades but a corresponding increase in the conservation of these environments as well as adequate legislative and management responses aimed at sustainability has not yet followed. This book demonstrates that through scientific approaches to understanding and managing tourist interactions with marine wildlife, sustainable marine tourism...
Marine environments have long been places of exploration, subsistence, transport and trade, but it is only recently that marine tourism has extended b...
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660,86 |
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California Rocks!: A Guide to Geologic Sites in the Golden State
ISBN: 9780878425655 / Angielski / Miękka / 114 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Californians live on the edge . . . of a tectonic plate, that is. In this geologically tenuous location, where a tsunami, earthquake, or volcanic eruption is just another hazard, the rocks and landforms are dynamic too. From erupting geysers and boiling mud pots to collapsing sea arches and crawling landslides, California is a land in motion. In fact, rocks on the west side of the San Andreas Fault have moved northward nearly 200 miles in the last 20 million years.
With lively prose and beautiful photographs, California Rocks! explores sixty-five geologic sites at parks and other publicly... Californians live on the edge . . . of a tectonic plate, that is. In this geologically tenuous location, where a tsunami, earthquake, or volcanic erup...
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61,32 |
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The Equitable Cultural Tourism Handbook (Hc)
ISBN: 9781607523598 / Angielski / Twarda / 218 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The goal of this book is to deal, in a provocative way, with a number of key issues involving the increased participation of the private sector within cultural tourism. My goal is not to write a complete overview of the field. Instead, this short book deals with a fairly circumscribed set of issues involving contemporary changes within cultural tourism. Since modern business largely focuses on serving customers, a major focus of this book concerns marketing thought and its implications in regard to cultural tourism. In large measure, this book seeks to help host communities and their...
The goal of this book is to deal, in a provocative way, with a number of key issues involving the increased participation of the private sector within...
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389,81 |
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Geotourism : The tourism of geology and landscape
ISBN: 9781906884093 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Geotourism: the tourism of geology and landscape is a compilation of first class international research which provides insight into the many facets of this emerging subject, and comprehensively explores the nexus between landscape, geological phenomena and tourism.
Geotourism: the tourism of geology and landscape is a compilation of first class international research which provides insight into the many facets of...
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597,71 |
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Sustainable Tourism in Island Destinations
ISBN: 9781844077793 / Angielski / Twarda / 225 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Many islands are dependent on tourism as their principal source of income. This text explores issues of sustainability within this particular context, seeking solutions to problems of environmental degradation brought about by visitor numbers.
Many islands are dependent on tourism as their principal source of income. This text explores issues of sustainability within this particular context,...
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765,33 |
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Cruise Tourism in Polar Regions : Promoting Environmental and Social Sustainability?
ISBN: 9781844078486 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This title is a critical study of polar cruise tourism. It discusses critically the issues around the environmental and social sustainability of the cruise industry in polar regions.
This title is a critical study of polar cruise tourism. It discusses critically the issues around the environmental and social sustainability of the c...
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765,33 |
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Volcano and Geothermal Tourism: Sustainable Geo-Resources for Leisure and Recreation
ISBN: 9781844078707 / Angielski / Twarda / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. There are over 1300 active volcanoes worldwide and many more dormant or extinct. This text provides a global review and assessment of the sustainable use of active and dormant volcanic and geothermal environments for geotourism.
There are over 1300 active volcanoes worldwide and many more dormant or extinct. This text provides a global review and assessment of the sustainable ...
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765,33 |
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A Hostile Beauty: Life on Macquarie Island
ISBN: 9780522855043 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Macquarie Island--a small, wind-blasted rocky outcrop between Tasmania and Antarctica--is still one such place. In exquisite pictures and words, A Hostile Beauty tells the story of this extraordinary Australian outpost teeming with life.
Macquarie Island--a small, wind-blasted rocky outcrop between Tasmania and Antarctica--is still one such place. In exquisite pictures and words, A Hos...
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177,75 |
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Conservation Tourism
ISBN: 9781845936655 / Angielski / Twarda / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The effects of tourism on the ecology and natural environment of tourist destinations are hotly debated, and research has expanded in the fields of ecotourism and sustainability. This book considers the positive contributions that tourism can make to the conservation of global biodiversity, by reviewing and analyzing the economic and political contributions of tourism to conservation through establishment of private game and wildlife reserves, lodges and tourist facilities. Featuring 100 international case studies from private marine reserves to bird watching lodges, this book covers key...
The effects of tourism on the ecology and natural environment of tourist destinations are hotly debated, and research has expanded in the fields of ec...
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518,45 |
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Wild in the City: Exploring the Intertwine: The Portland-Vancouver Region's Network of Parks, Trails, and Natural Areas
ISBN: 9780870716126 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The second edition of the highly acclaimed "Wild in the City" brings over 100 of the best parks, trails and natural areas to your fingertips. This comprehensive "must-have" reference will be the go-to field guide for hikers, cyclists, paddlers, bird watchers, and nature enthusiasts.
This revised and updated edition contains all new maps organized according to watershed and includes twenty-eight unique "rambles" that explore multiple sites for recreation, wildlife viewing, or simply contemplating the joys of nature. New natural history essays by such well-known writers as Ursula K. Le... The second edition of the highly acclaimed "Wild in the City" brings over 100 of the best parks, trails and natural areas to your fingertips. This com...
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93,77 |
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Researching Coastal and Resort Destination Management: Cultures and Histories of Tourism
ISBN: 9781463305468 / Angielski / Twarda / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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163,96 |
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Researching Coastal and Resort Destination Management: Cultures and Histories of Tourism
ISBN: 9781463305512 / Angielski / Miękka / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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90,98 |
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Mineral Springs Resorts in Global Perspective: Spa Histories
ISBN: 9780415825610 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Spa resorts were a favoured destination for affluent seekers after health and comfortable leisure in opulent surroundings from the seventeenth to the twentieth century, although in the railway age they began to suffer from competition from new fashions in leisure and tourism, especially the seaside holiday. During their heyday the leading spa resorts became hotbeds of political and diplomatic intrigue, and gathering-points for high society. As such, they also became important businesses, and distinctive, carefully-managed urban environments. Taking the waters at a mineral springs resort... Spa resorts were a favoured destination for affluent seekers after health and comfortable leisure in opulent surroundings from the seventeenth to t... |
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765,33 |
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Ecotourism: Principles and Practices
ISBN: 9781845934576 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ecotourism is a useful concept, but not a very well defined one. It has been debated in theory and attempted in practice for nearly two decades. Its key goal is to reduce the net environmental impact of the tourism industry, via mechanisms including minimal impact management measures, education, community involvement, private conservation, contributions to public protected areas, expansion of ecotourism enterprises and mainstreaming of ecotourism principles.
Focusing on fundamental ecotourism concepts, this broad-based textbook provides a basis for studies into environment-based... Ecotourism is a useful concept, but not a very well defined one. It has been debated in theory and attempted in practice for nearly two decades. Its k...
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183,48 |