This book was written by Yunting Lu and Jianjun Wang and was published in 2001 by Tourism Education Press. It covers the research objects, contents and methodologies of ecotourism; the social background, functions, conditions and potential problems of ecotourism development; the basic characteristics of ecotourism; ecotourism environmental ethics; the investigation and evaluation of ecotourism resources; functions and development planning; ecotourism market mechanisms and marketing strategies; ecotourism resources and environmental protection; the relationship between ecotourism and sustainable development; and ecotourism project management mechanisms. It is used as ecotourism teaching material in colleges and universities and has been reprinted for the third time.
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(2020). Ecotourism (Book). In: Chen, A., Ng, Y., Zhang, E., Tian, M. (eds) Dictionary of Geotourism. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2538-0_2943
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