Ecotourism Impacts on Indigenous Peoples

This book examines the effects of ecotourism on Indigenous peoples chronicling the costs and benefits of ecotourism from a comparative and anthropological perspective.

List of contents

List of Figures and Tables
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Ecotourism, Indigenous Peoples, and Societal Impacts
Wayne A. Babchuk and Robert K. Hitchcock
Chapter 2. Sustainable Tourism: Marketing Indigenous Identity in the Plurinational State of Bolivia
F. Sonia Arellano-López
Chapter 3. Challenges of Ecotourism among the San of Botswana, Namibia, and Zimbabwe
Robert K. Hitchcock, Wayne A. Babchuk, and Melinda C. Kelly
Chapter 4. Ecotourism, Anthropology, and San Community Docents and Activists:
Some Interactions
Megan Biesele
Chapter 5. 'Your Soul Will Remember': Reconnecting with the Kalahari, Celebrating Traditional Knowledge, Sharing the Meat, and Becoming a Community on the ¿Khomani San Lands Today
R. Fleming Puckett
Chapter 6. The Mayanization of the Ch'orti': Indigenous Identity amid Tourism-based Development Initiatives in Copán, Honduras
Fredy Rodriguez-Mejia
Chapter 7. Aboriginal Alternative Tourism in Arnhem Land: Tourism as Cultural Learning
Sachiko Kubota
Chapter 8. How Does Cultural Tourism in a National Monument Affect its Affiliated Pueblo Tribes?
Vidal Gonzales, Robert K. Hitchcock and Melinda C. Kelly
Chapter 9. Covid-19 and the Limits of Community-Based Ecotourism as a Sustainable Livelihood Diversification Strategy: The Case of the Indigenous Karo of Batu Katak, North Sumatra, Indonesia
Roderick T.J. Buiskool and Stasja Koot
Chapter 10. Change among the Wannilaeto of Sri Lanka: Land, Livelihoods, and Ecotourism Impacts
Wiveca Stegeborn
About the Contributors

About the author

Edited by Wayne A. Babchuk and Robert K. Hitchcock - Contributions by Wayne A. Babchuk; Robert K. Hitchcock; F. Sonia Arellano-Lopez; Megan Biesele; Roderick Taufan Jan Buiskool; Vidal Gonzales; Melinda C. Kelly; Stasja Koot; Sachiko Kubota; R. Fleming Pu

Product details

• Authors: Wayne A. Hitchcock Babchuk
• Assisted by: Wayne A. Babchuk (Editor), Robert K. Hitchcock (Editor), Hitchcock Robert K. (Editor)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.10.2024
• EAN: 9781793643841
• ISBN: 978-1-79364-384-1
• No. of pages: 262
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; Ethnic Studies, NATURE / Ecology, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Applied ecology, Social & cultural anthropology, Social and cultural history, Social and cultural anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General