An Ecotourism Provider’s Handbook
$19.95
180 Techniques for an Exceptional Park, Preserve, Or Nature-Based Attraction
by Donald V. Forgione and PH.D. Vincent P. Magnini
This Handbook is not an A-to-Z manual about how to operate an ecotourism site. Instead, it contains 180 techniques that are not widely known in parks, preserves, and nature-based settings, but if practiced can differentiate you and your offerings.
Why 180? It takes 180 degrees to redirect a course of direction; hence, 180 techniques. Think of each technique as a degree on a compass and using just a few can alter your course for the better. Each page of this Handbook that offers a technique also recommends a particular assignment that will aid you and your team in implementing the given technique. For best results, the techniques should be read and evaluated by the group of individuals that comprise your operational team.
Paperback book, 232 pages, Color cover, B&W pages
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Description
This Handbook is designed for use by all types of ecotourism experience providers – including, for example, government conservation land managers, contractors, and vendors. Whether you are a helicopter, kayak, canoe, rock climbing, hot air balloon, fishing, hunting, bus, or sightseeing operator, there are tips in this book that can likely help you improve your operation. Students and researchers aspiring for careers in ecotourism will also benefit from this Handbook. Learning the techniques before entering the field will aid in jumpstarting your career progression. Moreover, the latest research surrounding these techniques is synthesized in the reference section of this Handbook which facilitates additional research that readers may wish to conduct on a given topic(s). In summary, there are multiple channels through which readers can extract value from this Handbook. Enjoy!
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| Weight | .75 lbs |
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| Dimensions | 8.5 × 5.5 × .5 in |
John Crotts –
A practical resource for operators tasked with leading organizations that not only fulfill their missions but also meet revenue goals. Consider using the strategies and techniques to audit your processes and management plan looking for ways you can enhance your team’s efficiencies and effectiveness. You will not be disappointed.
Dr. John C. Crotts
Professor and Founding Chair
Hospitality and Tourism Management, College of Charleston
Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Anita Zehrer –
Forgione’s and Magnini’s Handbook provides a rich, comprehensive and ‘must have’ set of readings for operators in nature-based settings. The authors have assemble a fine collection of contributions that help ecotourism providers frame, understand, and respond to key issues about how to operate an ecotourism site. This book sets a benchmark in the field and the authors are to be congratulated for their vision in creating this Handbook.
Dr. Anita Zehrer
Head Family Business Center
Head of Research Management & Society, MCI Management Center Innsbruck
Innsbruck, Austria
Tom Linley –
This book has lots of practical and innovative ways to improve park operations. Some are simple and relatively easy to implement while others may take some time and perhaps policy changes, but they are great ideas. This book opened my eyes and made me look at the operation a little differently. All for the good.
Dawn Carr –
A practical and complete guide for those in the business of making exceptional memories. Connecting with nature is fundamental to our health and wellbeing and this Handbook helps to amplify the powerful benefits of nature by detailing how to create the ultimate visitor experience – words of wisdom for all nature experience providers!
Dawn Carr, M.A., M.P.A., Kinship Conservation Fellow
Executive Director
Canadian Parks Council, Ontario, Canada