Nature tourism trends in Australia with reference to the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area

Nature-based tourism has been viewed as a large and growing segment of the tourism market. Advocates of nature-based tourism argue its potential to generate income for biodiversity conservation and local economic benefit, while detractors fear a risk of “loving our parks to death”. Some recent studies have suggested that nature-based tourism may be declining on a per capita basis, especially in economically developed countries. Others have detected no such trend. Nature-based tourism is a key industry within Australia, based strongly on its unique scenery and biodiversity. We compared nature-based visitation and population growth during 1998–2012 for Australia overall and specifically for the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area which is adjacent to the country's largest conurbation of Greater Sydney. We found substantial declines in domestic per capita visitation, both nationally and regionally. Because visitation provides the “political capital” for parks to survive, strategies to encourage visitation should be a target for land managers. Since children foster environmentally responsible behaviour in adults, they should be part of the focus for developing diverse experiences that encourage park visitation.     

Effects of experiential learning on students: an ecotourism service-learning course

Experiential learning is used to address the abstractness of classroom discussion and motivate long-lasting learning. The aims of this study were to measure the effects of a tourism service-learning course on the development of students’ generic competencies and to evaluate the influence of experiential learning on hospitality and tourism education. Preproject and postproject self-administered surveys and postproject reflective journals were completed by students enrolled on a service-learning course entitled Ecotourism in Rural and Developing Regions. The majority of the students were found to value the service-learning course, particularly a service project conducted outside the classroom setting, which made them aware of the needs of the underprivileged within the service community. The students also showed significant improvements in their generic competencies, specifically their teamwork and sense of social responsibility.     

生态住宿体验和个人涉入度对游客环保行为意向的影响研究

本文从游客对旅游住宿产品体验和感知的视角,研究生态住宿体验和个人涉入度对游客环保行为意向的影响。结果表明:(1)游客的生态住宿体验和个人涉入度对游客的环保行为意向具有显著的正向影响;(2)个人涉入度包括"感知重要性与娱乐价值"、"符号价值"、"风险可能性"和"风险重要性"4个维度;其中"感知重要性与娱乐价值"及"符号价值"对游客的环保行为意向表现出显著的正向影响,而"风险可能性"和"风险重要性"对环保行为意向的影响不显著;(3)生态意识的调节效应显著。该结论对于丰富国内外相关研究具有一定的理论价值,为旅游住宿企业开发产品的价值诉求提供决策参考。     

生态旅游绿色营销的产品策略分析

生态旅游要真正的实现可持续发展必须在经营上采取绿色营销策略。从生态旅游和绿色营销的内涵和特点出发对二者进行分析,在此基础上提出生态旅游绿色营销产品策略。     

Ecotourism and the Myth of Indigenous Stewardship

This paper questions the legitimacy of ecological stewardship as an innate characteristic of traditional societies, a widely held belief in much academic work on ecotourism and manifest in ecotourism operations. Evidence from biologists, archaeologists and anthropologists is used to show that traditional societies found it difficult to manage resources in a sustainable way, with over-utilisation as the norm. Armed with this knowledge, the paper argues that there may be serious philosophical and operational problems inherent in packaging aboriginal ecotourism as having a superior environmental ethic, and a need for further research and changed management practices.     

福建省沿海地区生态旅游产品开发

生态旅游产品是高品质旅游产品,福建沿海地区生态旅游资源丰富且独具特色,为生态旅游产品开发提供了重要基础。文章从分析福建沿海生态旅游产品开发条件出发,探讨了生态旅游产品的开发原则,并就福建沿海地区生态旅游产品体系的设计进行了讨论。     

建绿色家园,打造生态旅游主旋律--广西森林旅游发展规划概略

在介绍广西森林旅游开发建设现状的基础上，对广西森林旅游发展的战略思想、总体目标和战略步骤进行了定位，明确了各个森林旅游区的建设重点以及发展森林旅游需要制定的对策策略等，为入世后的广西森林旅游发展提供建设性参考。     

生态旅游开发中生态补偿机制初探——阳朔龙颈河案例研究

社区参与程度极大的影响生态旅游区的可持续性。深入研究社区旅游发展和生态补偿机制,指出缺乏补偿是引发旅游地社区矛盾和生态环境问题的重要原因之一。在理解生态补偿机制的涵义,分析当前生态补偿机制研究进展的基础上,探讨如何在生态旅游的社区发展中应用生态补偿机制,并以广西阳朔县龙颈河为例,提出今后生态旅游社区发展中应用生态补偿机制的必要性,分析了生态补偿对生态旅游发展的意义、价值和作用,并探讨了生态补偿机制应用到生态旅游中的策略、方式与途径,即:明确权责范围,分清受害对象和受益对象,建立社区关系,签订补偿合同等措施。对具体的补偿方式进行了分析,有间接补偿、直接补偿和混合式补偿等方式。     

广西生态旅游资源空间分布研究

以区位理论为理论指导，采用聚类分析方法，选取地理集中度为聚类分析指标，借助SPSS软件对广西生态旅游资源丰富度的空间分布进行研究，对广西生态旅游资源的开发提供对策与建议，同时期望对旅游资源空间分布的方法做有益的补充。     

基于社区的生态旅游可持续性评价——以江苏盐城丹顶鹤湿地自然保护区为例

本文在运用Ross＆Wall评价模型的基础上，从当地社区、生物多样性和旅游三个方面来评价生态旅游与社区的和谐发展。通过社区居民和利益相关者群体的抽样问卷，请他们参与评价指标的建立和选取，力求评价工作以社区为出发点。由此，建立了基于社区的生态旅游可持续性评价的一套指标体系：文章还运用此评价模型与指标体系，以江苏盐城丹顶鹤湿地自然保护区为例，进行了实证研究，初步证明了评价指标的可行性。