River Tourism

Author： Prideaux   B.; Cooper   M.J.M.  

Publisher： CABI Publishing‎

Publication year： 2009

E-ISBN: 9781845934699

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9781845934682

Subject： F59 Tourism Economy

Keyword： Tourism Industry

Language： ENG

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Description

Rivers constitute a major tourism resource, providing spectacular settings, recreation facilities, a means of transport, a sense of heritage and adventure, and links with the environment and natural world. River tourism accounts for a significant proportion of the world’s tourism consumption, with activities such as Nile cruises and rafting holidays making it an economically important area of tourism demanding in-depth analysis. This book explores river tourism from a range of perspectives including uses, heritage, management, environmental concerns, and marketing

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Contributors

Preface

1 Introducing River Tourism: Physical, Ecological and Human Aspects

2 River Tourism in the South Asian Subcontinent

3 River-based Tourism in the USA: Tourism and Recreation on the Colorado and Mississippi Rivers

4 The Mekong: Developing a New Tourism Region

5 River Tourism: Sailing the Nile

6 European Waterways as a Source of Leisure and Recreation

7 The Yangzi River Tourism Zone

8 Fishing the ‘Big Rivers’ in Australia’s Northern Territory: Market Diversification for the Daly River

9 The Amazon: a River Tourism Frontier

10 River Heritage: the Murray–Darling River

11 White-water Tourism

12 Basin-based Governance for Integrated Water Resources Management: Prospects and Challenges

13 Sustainable Water Resources and Water Security

14 ‘The River City’? Conflicts in the Development of a Tourism Destination Brand for Brisbane

15 Conclusions and Challenges

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