Journal of Ecotourism
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I. Basic Journal Info

Country

United Kingdom

Journal ISSN: 14724049, 17477638

Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd.

History: 2002-2021

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Scope/Description:

The Journal of Ecotourism is the worlds only international journal that focuses specifically on ecotourism and naturebased tourism and it is considered to be the leading source for knowledge on these topics.The Journal of Ecotourism seeks to advance the field by examining the social economic and ecological aspects of ecotourism at a number of scales and including regions from around the world.The Journal welcomes conceptual theoretical and empirical research particularly where it contributes to the dissemination of new ideas and models of ecotourism planning development management and good practice.While the focus of the Journal rests on a type of tourism based principally on tourists interest in the natural history of destinations and how these events are planned developed and managed the Journal also considers papers that investigate ecotourism as part of a broader naturebased tourism. Papers will also be accepted on related forms of tourism like wildlife tourism responsible tourism and moral issues in ecotourism and naturebased tourism contexts.More specifically papers will be considered that investigate issues related to community development ecotourism typologies parks and protected areas impacts policy accreditation and certification risk management marketing interpretation and education poverty alleviation and issues of justice and rights through ecotourism and the range of ethical issues tied to the use of animals in ecotourism and naturebased tourism.