Targeting sustainable outcomes with adventure tourism: A political ecology approach

Natalie L.B. Knowles

Annals of Tourism Research, 2019, vol. 79, issue C

Abstract: Sustainability is a dominant paradigm in tourism research yet a lack of research on alternative tourism sectors to deliver sustainable outcomes hinders sustainable tourism research, planning, implementation, policy and management. This research uses a political ecology lens, to dissect how destinations can harness adventure tourism to achieve relevant sustainability objectives. Adventure tourism is not in itself sustainable but by targeting adventure travel that attracts passionate, high-paying tourists to participate in activities specifically suited to local landscapes, communities have the potential to create bespoke tourism products that fit the socio-ecological system and produce clear conservation and sustainable development outcomes.

Keywords: Sustainable tourism; Adventure tourism; Sustainable development; Conservation; Political ecology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2019.102809

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