February 2011

The theory and practice of ecotourism in Southern Africa

  Ecotourism has been advanced as a form of sustainable tourism that is expected to boost conservation and development in the rural communities of Southern Africa. In order to evaluate the contribution of ecotourism to conservation and communities’ development, an in-depth analysis of two ecotourism case studies was conducted from both South Africa and Zimbabwe respectively. A literature review of the...

Author(s): Simon Chiutsi, Memory Mukoroverwa, Pauline Karigambe and Boycen Kumira Mudzengi

February 2011

A visitor-focused study of tourism attraction in Taiwan: Empirical evidence from outbound Chinese tourists

  The outbound Chinese tourists (OCTs) are now becoming a mainstream of tourist resource and serving as a catalyst for economic growth in many countries. However, the literatures so far neglected their travel behavior, travel preference and destination choice. This study has focused solely on OCTs to address behavioral differences among visitors segments and separate the tourist visitations data to look at the...

Author(s):   Toko University, Puzih City, Chiayi County , Taiwan. Graduate University, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. F-, , Sec. , King Ma Road, Changhua, Taiwan.