Ecotourism operations which provide food to large predators have the potential to negatively affect their target species, by conditioning them to associate humans with food, or by generally altering their behavioural patterns. This latter effect could have potentially detrimental consequences for the ecosystem inhabited by the predator, because any behavioural changes could affect the species w...

In this study, we analyze the development experience of eco-tourism in different regions of china to find the common regional convergence which is checked with ADF test and co-integration relations. In our results, we could contribute as theoretical foundation for regional development of ecotourism in China. Meanwhile, the research result of convergence of regional eco-agricultural tourism in C...

In-water viewing of sharks by tourists has become a popular and lucrative industry. There is some concern that interactions with tourists with ecotourism operations might harm sharks through disruption of behaviours. Here, we analysed five years of whale shark (Rhincodon typus) encounter data by an ecotourism industry at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, to assess the impact of ecotourism inter...

The importance of language in the changing usage of particular environments is a topic worthy of greater attention than hitherto. Fraser Island has passed through a period of intense political conflict to one in which it is dominated by the new discourse of ecotourism. It is now part of that global development in which it is claimed that tourists can become properly informed about, and become p...

Rapid development of eco-tourism is reflected in an almost equally rapid growth the number researchers who draw attention to potentially detrimental and destructive consequences tourism growth. Sustainable destinations are crucially important for sustainable development, which has emerged as a logical need stop accelerated economic based on unlimited exploitation available resources. In this pa...

a study with travel cost method (tcm) was performed to evaluate ecotourism demand of lake belonging to karoon 3 dam. for this purpose, 220 clawson questionnaires at highest demand time (february to may 2008) were completed. results of this investigation showed that forecasting outdoor recreational value of karoon 3 dam limits is equal to 2,879,550,000 rials at month, during study. in order to p...