ISBN10: 1845411641, ISBN13: 9781845411640, [publisher: Channel View Publications Ltd, Bristol] Hardcover Hardcover. Zoos are important and popular tourist attractions. Spread around the world, they are typically located in major cities, with visitation levels comparable to other major attractions. Nature-based attractions constructed in artificial settings, they face the challenge of trying to balance potentially conflicting aims of conservation, education and entertainment. The best are continually developing fresh and effective techniques on visitor interpretation and management, the worst highlight the manipulation of animals for human gratification. Taking a global approach, this book examines the problems and paradoxes of zoos as they try to balance their roles as visitor attractions while repositioning themselves as leading conservation agencies. This is the first book to specifically examine zoos as tourist attractions. Taking a global approach, it considers the multiple roles of zoos, particularly the difficulty of balancing conservation, education and entertainment. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
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ISBN10: 1845411641, ISBN13: 9781845411640, [publisher: Multilingual Matters] Hardcover pp. ix + 262
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Bristol Channel View Publications 2010 Hard cover New. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 272 p. Aspects of Tourism, 46.