Facing the Wild: Ecotourism, Conservation and Animal Encounters

by Chilla Bulbeck

Book Overview

What do wild animals mean to humans? Will they survive both rampant habitat loss and extinction caused by human encroachment and, as ecotourists, our enthusiasm for them? With ecotourism now the fastest growing segment of tourism, and encounters with wild animals - be it swimming with dolphins, going on safari or bird watching - ever more popular, these are critical questions. Yet until now little has been known about why people crave encounters with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1844071383
• ISBN13: 9781844071388
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.6" x 9.0"