Gesäuse National Park – a rugged wilderness

A National Study of Outdoor Wilderness Experience

Residents’ Attitude towards Tourism: A Study on Modhupur National Park and Bangabandhu Jamuna Eco-Park

The aim of this study is to explore the attitude of local residents towards the socio, economic and environmental impact of tourism development in Madhupur and Sirajgonj upozilla of Bangladesh. The number of respondents was 384 and data were collected through a self-centered survey method. A convenience sampling technique was taken to select the sample. Data were collected using both primary an...

National and Community Market Contributions of Wilderness

Wilderness attracts tourists and generates visitor spending in proximate communities as people enjoy Wilderness for outdoor recreation. Wilderness also attracts amenity migrants and out-ofregion investments into surrounding regional economies. To investigate the amount and types of employment and income generated by Wilderness visitation, we conducted an economic contribution analysis of aggreg...

National Park Information System

The tourism in rural areas and national parks can be regarded as a very sensitive economic factor. On the one hand eco-tourism regions and especially national parks have to present their natural environment and fascinate landscape. On the other hand they have to guide tourist streams to avoid negative effects on their assets. This paper will briefly discuss the current situation of the digital ...

The Political Ecology of Human-Wildlife Conlict: Producing Wilderness, Insecurity, and Displacement in the Limpopo National Park

Like conservation-induced displacement, human-wildlife conlict (HWC) has potentially negative implications for communities in and around protected areas. While the ways in which displacement emerges from the creation of ‘wilderness’ conservation landscapes are well documented, how the production of ‘wilderness’ articulates with intensiications in HWC remains under examined both empirically and ...