A Global Perspective on Trends in Nature-Based Tourism

By A. Balmford, J. Beresford, Jonathan M. H. Green, R. Naidoo, M. Walpole, Andrea Manica. PLoS Biology, 2009

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Falling attendance at United States and Japanese national parks has led to claims of a pervasive shift away from nature-based recreation. A global analysis, however, now suggests that while visit rates are declining slightly in some richer countries, elsewhere nature tourism is booming.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Concentration of fecal cortisol metabolites in chamois in relation to tourist pressure in Tatra National Park (South Poland) (2013, background): “…C. Illera Departamento de Fisiología Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria, 28040 Madrid, Spain M. Jodłowski Institute of Geography and Spatial Management, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 7, 30-386 Kraków, Poland 2008; Balmford et al. 2009).”
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Understanding Resilience in a Vulnerable Industry: the Case of Reef Tourism in Australia (2011, neutral): “…climate change, deteriorating ecological conditions, and ongoing loss of global biodiversity have the potential to result in an escalating number of disturbances and shocks to social-ecological systems (Millennium Ecosystem Assessment 2005, IPCC 2007, Balmford et al. 2009, Rockstrom et al. 2009).”
Research priorities in park tourism (2014, background): “Balmford et al. (2009, p. 1) suggest that nature-based tourism in parks has “considerable potential both to generate funds for conservation and to shape people’s attitudes to the environment”. Balmford et al. (2009) found that that there is an increase in park visitation in many countries.”
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Human activity influences wildlife populations and activity patterns: implications for spatial and temporal refuges (2021, background): “Given the growing human population (Cohen 2003, Theobald 2005, Seto et al. 2012) and increased demand for recreational opportunities (Balmford et al. 2009), this type of human activity in natural systems is expected to increase and affect wildlife on a broad scale.”