Nature-based tourism and ecotourism
Tourism is increasingly put forward by international, national and local nature conservation and development organizations, governments and the tourism industry as a promising mechanism to resolve societal problems related to the conservation-development nexus. As a consequence new institutional arrangements, policies and practices emerge at different levels of scale (from the local to the global) in various (developing) countries.
Wageningen University & Research (WUR) contributes to the development of these arrangements by research and consultancy. WUR has experience with projects in countries like Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Namibia, Guinea Bissau and Botswana in Africa, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal and Mongolia in Asia, the Caribbean, Costa Rica as well as European countries (the Netherlands, Croatia, Spain and Portugal).
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Research on nature-based tourism and ecotourism
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Trails, Mountains, and Green Selves: Ecotourism and Place Identity in Lebanon
By: Femke Groeneveld - Ecotourism is a fast-growing tourism sector in Lebanon. In the last decade a considerable number of organizations and projects... -
REEFolution Kenya
The coastal reefs of Kenya are part of the second longest fringing reef in the world, stretching along the East African coast from Somalia to northern... -
Co-governing Marine Conservation Tourism in Raja Ampat, Indonesia
Raja Ampat archipelago, located at the west tip of West Papua province, eastern Indonesia, is considered the heart of the coral triangle due to is... -
Resilience of the richest reefs
With a diverse team of scientists, conservationists and policy makers from Indonesia and The Netherlands we will collect local knowledge and... -
Valorisation of Sargassum in the Dutch Caribbean: turning the brown tide into a golden opportunity
Massive tides of Sargassum seaweed have become a recurring event in the Caribbean Sea. When washed ashore, Sargassum starts to decompose, resulting in...
News on nature-based tourism and ecotourism
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A nature inclusive vision for Bonaire
- What would Bonaire look like in 2050? Experts from the island and Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands addressed that question by... -
Project of Dr. Lisa Becking in the spotlight: Tourism and nature conservation in tropical areas
- The project of Dr. Lisa Becking and colleagues entitled Resilience of the Richest Reefs received special attention last weekend both from the WUR and... -
Climate change means we must rethink how we live together on our planet
- The impact of the Western style of consumption on the climate shows that the current pace and scale of consumption is no longer sustainable. Science... -
Report on how to achieve balanced growth of tourism published
- A report on how government authorities, entrepreneurs, residents and knowledge institutes can contribute to a balanced growth of inbound and domestic... -
Online sustainable tourism courses reach audiences worldwide
- People from all over the world are learning about sustainable tourism from Wageningen University’s online courses. You don’t need to be a...
Publications
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Bonaire 2050 : Putting the vision into numbers
Wageningen : Wageningen Environmental Research (Report / Wageningen Environmental Research 3168) - p. -
The state of cactus fences and kunukus for nature inclusivity on the island of Bonaire
Wageningen : Wageningen Environmental Research (Report / Wageningen Environmental Research 3150) - p. -
Understanding coastal zone innovation : The ‘Waterdunen’ project as an ecology of practices
Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism 39 (2022). - ISSN 2213-0780 -
Extending the shared socioeconomic pathways for adaptation planning of blue tourism
Futures 137 (2022). - ISSN 0016-3287 -
Re-negotiating the future for Indonesian tourism after COVID-19: Sustainability as the New Normal?
In: Asisan Tourism Sustainability / , Selvaranee Balasingam, Ann, Ma, Yue. - : Springer Nature (Perspectives on Asian tourism ) - ISBN 9789811652639 - p. 121 - 137. -
A social practice approach to nature-based tours : the case of the Marble Caves in Northern Patagonia, Chile
Journal of Ecotourism 21 (2022)1. - ISSN 1472-4049 - p. 1 - 17. -
The biopolitics of private conservation: jeopardizing labor and rhino to optimize capital?
Journal of Political Ecology: case studies in history and society 28 (2021)1. - ISSN 1073-0451 - p. 705 - 720. -
Privatisation and commodification: Ecotourism as capitalist expansion in Sumatra, Indonesia
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A Machine Learning Approach to Study Tourist Interests and Predict Tourism Demand on Bonaire Island from Social Media Data
In: Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Information & Communication Technology and Systems (ICTS) 2021. - : IEEE Xplore - ISBN 9781665440592 - p. 173 - 178. -
Selling captive nature: Lively commodification, elephant encounters, and the production of value in Sumatran ecotourism, Indonesia
Geoforum 127 (2021). - ISSN 0016-7185 - p. 162 - 170.