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Tourism and National Parks - International Perspectives on Development, Histories and Change (Paperback)
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Tourism and National Parks - International Perspectives on Development, Histories and Change (Paperback)
Series: Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility
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In 1872 Yellowstone was established as a National Park. The name
caught the public's imagination and by the close of the century,
other National Parks had been declared, not only in the USA, but
also in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. Yet as it has spread,
the concept has evolved and diversified. In the absence of any
international controlling body, individual countries have been free
to adapt the concept for their own physical, social and economic
environments. Some have established national parks to protect
scenery, others to protect ecosystems or wildlife. Tourism has also
been a fundamental component of the national parks concept from the
beginning and predates ecological justifications for national park
establishment though it has been closely related to landscape
conservation rationales at the outset. Approaches to tourism and
visitor management have varied. Some have stripped their parks of
signs of human settlement, while increasingly others are blending
natural and cultural heritage, and reflecting national identities.
This edited volume explores in detail, the origins and multiple
meanings of National Parks and their relationship to tourism in a
variety of national contexts. It consists of a series of
introductory overview chapters followed by case study chapters from
around the world including insights from the US, Canada, Australia,
UK, Spain, France, Sweden, Indonesia, China and Southern Africa.
Taking a global comparative approach, this book examines how and
why national parks have spread and evolved, how they have been
fashioned and used, and the integral role of tourism within
national parks. The volume's focus on the long standing connection
between tourism and national parks; and the changing concept of
national parks over time and space give the book a distinct niche
in the national parks and tourism literature. The volume is
expected to contribute not only to tourism and national park
studies at the upper level undergraduate and graduate levels but
also to courses in international and comparative environmental
history, conservation studies, and outdoor recreation management.
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