Tourism and National Parks

Name: Tourism and National Parks
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Tourism and National ParksInternational Perspectives on Development, Histories and Change\nAuthor(s): Warwick Frost, C. Michael Hall\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138867192, 978-1138867192\nSynopsis\nIn 1872 Yellowstone was established as a National Park. The name caught the publics imagination and by the close of the century, other National Parks had been declared, not only in the USA, but also in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. Yet as it has spread, the concept has evolved and diversified. In the absence of any international controlling body, individual countries have been free to adapt the concept for their own physical, social and economic environments. Some have established national parks to protect scenery, others to protect ecosystems or wildlife. Tourism has also been a fundamental component of the national parks concept from the beginning and predates ecological justifications for national park e.