Review

WATER-BASED TOURISM, LEISURE, SPORT, AND RECREATION EXPERIENCES is a comprehensive and timely addition to the field of marine affairs. The contributing researchers–with backgrounds in such areas as tourism management, hotel an resort management, sport management, business, geography, and sociology–address important issues of personal motivation and satisfaction, social and economic value, leisure technology and history, and sustainability. Analyses in each chapter are su (more…)

Book Description

Examines the impact of mainstream tourism and the potential positive social/environmental benefits of ecotourism

Ecotourism: Impacts, Potentials and Possibilities analyses the impacts of mainstream tourism in first, second and third world countries, and argues the benefits of adopting the philosophical approaches of ecotourism to create a more sustainable tourism industry in every country around the world. Conservation and ecotourism issues (more…)

Review

Lonely Planet guidebooks are, quite simply, like no others.’ –New York Times–This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

With 10 authors hitting the islands everywhere from the Solomons to Pitcairn and Easter Island, Lonely Planet’s South Pacific is more comprehensive and more rigorously researched than any other guidebook. See inside for the real story on tropical beaches, island resorts, blue lagoons and friendly Pacifi (more…)

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About the Author

David Leonard’s writing has appeared in The New York Times, Scuba Network, Asian Diver, and Australia’s Scuba Diving, among other publications.

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This is the only travel guidebook available entirely dedicated to Vanuatu – covers all the island groups – explores all options from resort holidays to home-stay in traditional villages – insightful information on diving, island hopping, bushwalking and Melanesian culture. Vanuatu is not as well-known as other South Pacific destinations, but it offers the same attractions; diving, island hopping, bushwalking and relatively unscathed Melanesian culture. The Naghol (‘land diving’) (more…)