Ecotourism

Fennell, David A.

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“…Learning and business success form the basis of the organisation culture, which in turn permeates the tour guiding philosophy (Lugosi & Bray, 2008). Thus, ethics and values are essentially linked to the social world and become part of and incorporated into tourism management (Holden, 2000;Fennell, 2003;Macbeth, 2005). The survey results indicate that SGL draws its membership from tour guides who subscribe to this mental model.…”

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Industry Leadership in Tourist Guiding: A Member’s Perspective of SGL Using the Organisational Learning Framework

Greiner¹,

Wegner²

2014

Asia-Pac J Innov Hosp Tour

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Abstract:In the pursuit of delivering high quality tourist experiences in a geographically remote and professionally isolated setting, many tourist guides in north Australia have associated themselves with Savannah Guides Limited (SGL). SGL is a professional association of tour guides operating in Australia's tropical savannas, a vast landscape renowned as remaining wilderness and harbouring many cultural assets. SGL seeks to set and maintain high standards in relation to interpretation and public education, training and guiding, and natural and cultural resource management. This paper provides a member's perspective of SGL and its perceived success, and discusses challenges the organisation faces for the future. The paper reports the results of a quantitative survey of existing and former members of SGL to investigate what guides are looking for in their professional association, and to what extent their expectations are being met. Exploratory factor analysis was conducted of Likert scales to detect patterns in members' expectations of and satisfaction with SGL. The underlying motivations for joining SGL were strong professional branding, working with like-minded people, and a sense of wanting to protect and care for the environment. Member expectations were largely fulfilled and benefits were seen to manifest in terms of business performance and personal satisfaction. From a member's perspective, SGL is a well-functioning and responsive organisation with strong leadership and a recognisable brand, and well equipped to master future challenges. The paper uses the learning organisation framework to discuss the challenges of ensuring the continued success of a tourist

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Industry Leadership in Tourist Guiding: A Member’s Perspective of SGL Using the Organisational Learning Framework

Greiner¹,

Wegner²

2014

Asia-Pac J Innov Hosp Tour

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“…An ecotourism system can be maintained through self-organization via an SES positive feedback loop [21,49]. However, if a comprehensive understanding of the resilience of wildlife habitats and the feedback structures that constitute ecotourism systems is lacking [1], multiple ecotourism sites are exposed to unintended stresses, which can negatively affect ecosystems [50]. Therefore, an ecotourism system can be destroyed by a negative SES feedback loop.…”

Section: Ecotourism Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…More than other types of tourism, ecotourism utilizes wildlife and habitats as major resources and involves protecting and preserving areas while contributing to local economic vitalization through educational and guided-tour programs [1,2]. Ecotourism that is based on natural resources in ecological systems plays a role in the construction of a unique social system by creating various social-ecological activities [3,4].…”

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Transformation Planning for Resilient Wildlife Habitats in Ecotourism Systems

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An ecotourism system that is based on wildlife habitats in ecological systems is considered a social-ecological system that has a feedback relationship with social systems. Increases in socioeconomic activities and tourism infrastructure construction are not conducive to the resilience of wildlife habitats, thereby stressing the ecological system and threatening sustainable ecotourism. Managing resilient wildlife habitats by developing transformation plans that can be used to construct new systems through self-organization and the absorption of stress is paramount to perpetuating sustainable ecotourism systems. This study aims to establish transformation plans to enhance the resilience of systems thinking regarding wildlife habitats. Such thinking involves the sequential application of dynamic thinking, causal thinking, closed-loop thinking, and the discovery of strategies. This study examines the case study of Eulsukdo Island in South Korea, and the following transformation plans are derived: (1) high-quality eco-education programs to help tourists become hard ecotourists; (2) subsidies for foraging area restoration; (3) ecosystem services of wildlife habitats; and (4) governance organization led by multiple actors. The results of this study can provide guidelines for the effective use of natural resources at ecotourism destinations and for the ecotourism development of damaged wildlife habitats.

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“…This had connections with the emerging ecological thinking as regards consumption, and the evolution of the green movement in the 1980s. These were manifested in tourism operations through the creation of terms and ideas such as ecotourism (Mowhforth & Munt 1998;Fennell 1999). In the 1990s, along with the emergence of sustainable development policies, the adaptive phase evolved towards sustainable tourism thinking in geographical research.…”

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Perspective on Outdoor Recreation: A Bibliographical Survey

Wolfe¹

1964

Geographical Review

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Geographical study of tourism has a long history and well-established relationship with human geography. The purpose of this paper is thus to discuss the role and nature of tourism geographies in relation to human geography, by focusing on connections/disconnections between the fields. The issue of responsibility, representing one of the latest major focal points in geographical tourism studies of tourism, is also overviewed in relation to sustainability. It is concluded that, although the field of tourism geographies has become versatile and closer to the conceptual and theoretical understandings of human geography, there are increasing processes challenging the academic production and circulation system of international tourism geographies, which scholars need to deal with.

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Ecotourism

Cited by 146 publications

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Industry Leadership in Tourist Guiding: A Member’s Perspective of SGL Using the Organisational Learning Framework

Industry Leadership in Tourist Guiding: A Member’s Perspective of SGL Using the Organisational Learning Framework

Transformation Planning for Resilient Wildlife Habitats in Ecotourism Systems

Perspective on Outdoor Recreation: A Bibliographical Survey

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