Sustainable Tourism in Protected Areas

Sustainable Tourism in Protected Areas

Guidelines for Planning and Management

Paul F. J. Eagles, Stephen F. McCool and Christopher D. Haynes
Adrian Phillips, Series Editor

Cover photo:
Front: Cheetah in Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya
© Robert Bernard

Cover design:
IUCN Publications Services Unit

DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.CH.2002.PAG.8.en
ISBN: 2-8317-0648-3

Best Practice Protected Area Guidelines Series No. 8

World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)

IUCN - The World Conservation Union 2002

Index

Foreword by the United Nations Environment Programme

Foreword by the World Tourism Organization

Information for this Title

Acknowledgements

About the authors

1. Introduction

2. Protected areas, biodiversity and conservation

3. Tourism in protected areas

4. Planning for protected area tourism

5. Sensitive development of infrastructure and services

6. Managing the challenges of tourism in protected areas

7. Tools for visitor management

8. The economics of tourism in protected areas

9. Financial aspects of tourism in protected areas

10. Human resources planning for tourism in protected areas

11. Monitoring tourism in protected areas

12. Conclusions

Appendix A Definitions of tourism

Appendix B Park tourism definitions

Appendix C Operational policies for tourism for the national park service of the United States of America

Appendix D A comparison of five visitor management frameworks

Appendix E European Charter for Sustainable Tourism in Protected Areas