River tourism /
This book explores river tourism from a range of perspectives including river uses, heritage, management, environmental concerns, and marketing. The book has 15 chapters and an index. The intended readership includes researchers and students of leisure and tourism.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK :
CABI,
2009.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Introducing River Tourism : Physical, Ecological and Human Aspects / B. Prideaux, D.J. Timothy and M. Cooper
- River Tourism in the South Asian Subcontinent / M. Cooper
- River-based Tourism in the USA : Tourism and Recreation on the Colorado and Mississippi Rivers / D.J. Timothy
- The Mekong : Developing a New Tourism Region / E. Laws and P. Semone
- River Tourism : Sailing the Nile / M. Cooper
- European Waterways as a Source of Leisure and Recreation / P. Erfurt-Cooper
- The Yangzi River Tourism Zone / W.G. Arlt and F. Gequn
- Fishing the 'Big Rivers' in Australia's Northern Territory : Market Diversification for the Daly River / D. Carson and D. Schmallegger
- The Amazon : a River Tourism Frontier / B. Prideaux and G. Lohmann
- River Heritage : the Murray-Darling River / B. Prideaux
- White-water Tourism / R. Buckley
- Basin-based Governance for Integrated Water Resources Management : Prospects and Challenges / F.P. Fellizar Jr.
- Sustainable Water Resources and Water Security / K. Nakagami and K.M. Nwe
- 'The River City'? Conflicts in the Development of a Tourism Destination Brand for Brisbane / G. Marzano, E. Laws and N. Scott
- Conclusions and Challenges / M. Cooper and B. Prideaux.