1. Introduction: Nature-based Tourism and Regional Development in Peripheral Areas - C. Michael Hall and Stephen Boyd Section One: Nature-based Tourism in Alpine, Forest and Sub-Polar Environments 2. Ecotourism and the Resource Hinterland in Northern Ontario - Margaret Johnston and Robert Payne 3. Wilderness Discourses and the Development of Nature-Based Tourism in Northern Finland - Jarkko Saarinen 4. Mountain Scenic Flights: A Low Risk, Low Impact Ecotourism Experience Within South Island, New Zealand - Nicholas J Westwood and Stephen W Boyd 5. Regional Contrasts in Ecotourism in Rainforests - Warwick Frost 6. Destination Image: Victorian Mountain Parks and Resorts in the Summer - Roslyn Russell and Philippa Thomas 7.
Winter Tourism in Protected Pleasure Peripheries: Time-Space Use Among Cross-Country Skiers in Abisko (Sweden) and Vercor (France) - Ludovic Dupuis and Dieter K. Müller 8. The Importance of Health as a Factor in Achieving Sustainability in a High Altitude Destination of a Less Developed Country - Ghazali Musa 9. Second Home Tourism in the Swedish Mountain Range - Dieter K. Müller Section Two: Island, Coastal and Marine Environments 10. Pest or Precious Tourism Commodity? The Economic Value of White-Tailed Deer Hunting on Stewart Island / Rakiura - Brent Lovelock and Kevin Robinson 11. The Economic Benefits of an Ecotourism Project in a Regional Economy - Filipo Tokalau 12. Growth of Beach Fale Tourism in Samoa: The High Value of Low-Cost Tourism - Regina Scheyvens 13: Doing it Right the First Time? Ecotourism on the Wild Coast of South Africa - Dorothy Queiros and G.
D.H. Wilson 14: Penguins as Sights - Penguins as Site: The Problematics of Contestation - Eric J. Shelton and Hildegard Lubcke 15. Dolphins, Whales and Ecotourism in New Zealand: What are the Impacts and How Should the Industry be Managed? - Mark Orams 16. The State of the Scenic Cruise Industry in Doubtful Sound in Relation to a Key Natural Resource: Bottlenose Dolphins - David Lusseau Section Three: Nature-based Tourism in Peripheral Areas: A Tool for Regional Development? 17. Ecotourism/Egotourism and Development - Brian Wheeler 18. Nature-based Tourism in Peripheral Areas: Making Peripheral Destinations Competitive - Stephen Boyd and C.
Michael Hall.