Pub Date : 2023-03-23DOI: 10.1080/14724049.2023.2191895
D. Fennell
ABSTRACT The purpose of this research note was to introduce a novel system of animal health warning labels to (i) contribute to better welfare (health) of animals used at nature-based ecotourism and wildlife (NEWT) attractions and (ii) provide a method to communicate to tourists in a language they are already exposed to daily. Two different frameworks inform the development of the proposed system, both of which are new to the tourism studies domain. The first situates an animal health warning label system within a ‘health and social-ecological systems’ mode of thinking, while the second focuses on the psychological, social, and philosophical mechanisms that determine participation at NEWT attractions. The research note concludes with policy, practice, implementation and monitoring recommendations.
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Pub Date : 2023-03-23DOI: 10.1080/14724049.2023.2191894
L. Laanisto, Piia Jaksi, Ly Härm, Tiit Hallikma, T. Kull, Yu-Fai Leung
Despite the growing popularity of nature tourism, we have limited systemic knowledge of how it a ff ects nature, from both an abiotic and biotic perspective, and what these e ff ects are in di ff erent regions, habitats or trail types. Here we propose a coordinated global experiment framework – GetDiv – for a comprehensive understanding of the e ff ects of visitor ’ s load on the vegetation of nature trails. For preliminary analysis we selected 20 trails in Estonia, and we show that plant diversity along the trails is negatively a ff ected by visito ŕ s load in both forest and open habitat. We present here the rationale for the methodological approach, and call for a coordinated global e ff ort to collect comparable and comprehensive data of diverse aspects of nature trails, with a focus on plant diversity. All the necessary guidelines and protocols to fi ll out for participating in GetDiv are included in the GetDiv webpage: https://getdiv.wordpress. com/. For participation in the fi rst GetDiv study, the deadline for contribution is December 2024.
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Pub Date : 2023-03-05DOI: 10.1080/14724049.2023.2175835
G. Burns, J. Benz-Schwarzburg
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Pub Date : 2023-02-21DOI: 10.1080/14724049.2023.2178444
J. Haukeland, P. Fredman, L. Tyrväinen, D. Siegrist, K. Lindberg
{"title":"Prospects for nature-based tourism: identifying trends with commercial potential","authors":"J. Haukeland, P. Fredman, L. Tyrväinen, D. Siegrist, K. Lindberg","doi":"10.1080/14724049.2023.2178444","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14724049.2023.2178444","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39714,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Ecotourism","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44259860","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-02-19DOI: 10.1080/14724049.2023.2176507
Raquel Costa, R. S. Takeshita, Masaki Tomonaga, M. Huffman, G. Kalema‐Zikusoka, F. Bercovitch, Misato Hayashi
{"title":"The impact of tourist visits on mountain gorilla behavior in Uganda","authors":"Raquel Costa, R. S. Takeshita, Masaki Tomonaga, M. Huffman, G. Kalema‐Zikusoka, F. Bercovitch, Misato Hayashi","doi":"10.1080/14724049.2023.2176507","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14724049.2023.2176507","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39714,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Ecotourism","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-02-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45319986","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-30DOI: 10.1080/14724049.2022.2156523
D. Fennell, Tom P. Moorhouse, D. Macdonald
{"title":"Towards a model for the assessment of conservation, welfare, and governance in wildlife tourism attractions","authors":"D. Fennell, Tom P. Moorhouse, D. Macdonald","doi":"10.1080/14724049.2022.2156523","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14724049.2022.2156523","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39714,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Ecotourism","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44615107","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-12DOI: 10.1080/14724049.2023.2166056
Ryoma Otsuka, G. Yamakoshi, G. Kalema‐Zikusoka
ABSTRACT Sustainable tourism plays a pivotal role in the conservation of endangered mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei); however, few studies have investigated tourist expectations and satisfaction from a tourism management perspective. We conducted a questionnaire survey (N = 303) from December 2019 to January 2020 in Bwindi, Uganda, and measured tourists’ expectations and satisfaction of 21 specific aspects on 5-point Likert scale. We also collected socio-demographic data and measured the overall satisfaction, recommendations to their friends and/or relatives, and the willingness to revisit on 10-point Likert scale. Tourists had high expectations, especially regarding observation experience, conservation, and education, while they had high satisfaction levels for most items, but with large variances in several aspects such as the costs and easiness of tracking. Mean satisfaction levels outweighed mean expectations in most items except for the sense of crowdedness and observation manner. The overall satisfaction and recommendation levels were very high but the willingness to revisit varied among tourists (negatively correlated with age), suggesting gorilla tourism is once in a lifetime experience for many tourists. The results indicated that mountain gorilla tourism performed well, but also highlighted implications for maintaining a sustainable tourism-conservation balance.
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Pub Date : 2023-01-02DOI: 10.1080/14724049.2022.2124765
A. Mandić, S. Mccool
Experiences are at the heart of nature-based tourism – without good experiences, demand dwindles, and as a result, the nature-based tourism industry suffers. However, the naturebased tourism community does not dictate visitor experiences, as these are constructed in visitors’ minds, but instead sets up and arranges the conditions for visitors to do so. Thus, the current Special Issue was designed to bring to the forefront of nature-based tourism research the challenges of designing sustainable nature-based tourism experience opportunities. Natural and cultural heritage is at the heart of the nature-based tourism experience, and that is where these experience opportunities begin; but, as the research in this volume shows, quality experiences are often dependent on more than that heritage. As we noted in our original call for papers, nature-based tourism stands at the intersection of tourism, outdoor recreational activities and natural areas. Because of its importance to economies and the natural environment, we need a better understanding of its sustainability, what it entails, and how quality experience opportunities can be designed and implemented. To do this, we need enhanced measurement tools and methodologies, as well as an understanding of the relationships between experience quality and conservation goals, the transmission of benefits to communities, and knowledge about natural features and processes. Understanding the implications for operating revenue and the providers’ perspective on nature-based tourism vis-à-vis other potential uses of nature-dominated areas is also critical. Indeed, the knowledge gap is enormous; but our understanding of relationships is still relatively small. Mandić andMcCool (2022) deliver the inventory and assessment of the last fifteen years of the experience-design research and suggest ten significant lessons learned from research over this period. This paper provides an overall context for the following cases, illustrating the various dimensions nature-based tourism takes when understanding what is involved in delivering innovative opportunities for nature-based tourism experiences and assessing their success. Identifying an experience’s components is essential to designing opportunities. For example, Spring (2022) provides creative looks into the motivations and dimensions of nature-based visitor experiences. Further, understanding if experience opportunities are satisfying is also essential to managing such experience opportunities adaptively. For example, Sivakami et al. (2022) reported on developing an impact management model in Eravikulam National Park in India to tackle the factors affecting overall experiences negatively. Loyalty has become one method of measuring satisfaction. Relying on unique contexts, two papers, including Mock et al. (2022) and Dybsand et al. (2021), provide insights into this methodology and explain the contextual dependence of the concept. Various design considerations come into p
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Pub Date : 2022-12-29DOI: 10.1080/14724049.2022.2162061
Jun-Zhou Thong, M. Lo, Thurasamy Ramayah, Abang Azlan Mohamad
{"title":"Destination resources as precursors of ecotourism competitiveness: a study of totally protected areas in Sarawak, Malaysia during COVID-19 pandemic","authors":"Jun-Zhou Thong, M. Lo, Thurasamy Ramayah, Abang Azlan Mohamad","doi":"10.1080/14724049.2022.2162061","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14724049.2022.2162061","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39714,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Ecotourism","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2022-12-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42560151","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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