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Zoos and Tourism: Conservation, Education, Entertainment?: 46 Paperback – Illustrated, 15 December 2010

by Warwick Frost (Author)
4.4 out of 5 stars 6
Edition: Illustrated
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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.

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  1. ISBN-10
    1845411633
  2. ISBN-13
    978-1845411633
  3. Edition
    Illustrated
  4. Publisher
    Channel View Publications
  5. Publication date
    15 December 2010
  6. Part of series
    Aspects of Tourism
  7. Language
    English
  8. Dimensions
    15.62 x 1.5 x 23.4 cm
  9. Print length
    272 pages
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Overall, 'Zoos and tourism' fulfils its aims and is a very useful book for anyone who is starting research, or for someone who wants to get new ideas about, potential research topics in zoo tourism, especially with regards to the conflicting roles of zoos in conservation, education and entertainment.



This book provides a detailed and critical examination of the conflicting roles and identities of the modern zoo from a tourism perspective and as such reminds us that zoos are as much about the people who visit them as about the animals that they display. At a time when they are under continual critical scrutiny, this book delivers a fresh approach to our understanding and appreciation of zoos and of the challenges and opportunities that they face as they strive to remain relevant within modern society.



This book, edited by Frost (La Trobe Univ., Australia), fills a long-standing gap in the tourism literature by examining the complex relationship between zoos (including aquariums) and tourism....The book sets a positive tone by showing that tourism can and should play an active role in transforming zoos into institutions of nature conservation. This, in turn, contributes to meaningful visitor experiences--a key output of sustainable nature-based tourism. This book has ce11ainly built a foundation for future tourism research and practice involving zoos and aquariums. It will serve very well as a primary or supplemental resource in tourism and conservation courses. Summing Up: Highly recommended.

About the Author

Warwick Frost is Professor of Tourism, Heritage and the Media at La Trobe University, Australia. His research interests include heritage tourism, tourism and the media, events and environmental history. With Associate Professor Jennifer Frost, he is Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Heritage Tourism. He is the author or editor of 16 books. His most recent are, Jennifer Frost and Warwick Frost, Medieval Imaginaries in Contemporary Media, Heritage and Tourism (Routledge, 2022) and Warwick Frost, An Environmental History of Australian Rainforests until 1939: Fire, Rain, Settlers and Conservation (Routledge, 2021).

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Channel View Publications; Illustrated edition (15 December 2010)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 272 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1845411633
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1845411633
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.62 x 1.5 x 23.4 cm
  • Customer Reviews:
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I had to buy it in order to write a paper on zoos and tourism and it was really helpful !
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