Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: tourism, health and wellbeing and protected environments / Iride Azara, Federico Niccolini, B. Derrick Taff, Eleni Michopoulou and Alan Clarke -- The European protected areas approach to organizing ecotourism : a study of benchmark protected areas / Federico Niccolini, Iacopo Cavallini, Marco Giannini and Michele Contini -- Tourism, wellbeing and cultural ecosystem services : a case study of �Ors�eg National Park, Hungary / Melanie K. Smith and Barbara Csurg�o -- Sustainable tourism in natural protected areas : the points of view of hosts and guests in Sila National Park / Sonia Ferrari and Monica Gilli -- Wellness tourism as a complementary activity in saltpans regeneration / Helena Albuquerque, Ana Margarida Ferreira da Silva, Filomena Martins and Carlos Costa -- A model for developing evidence-based health tourism : the case of "Alpine health region Salzburg, Austria" / Georg Christian Steckenbauer, Stephanie Tischler, Arnulf Hartl and Christina Pichler -- Participatory location-based learning and ICT as tools to increase international reputation of a wellbeing destination in rural areas: a case study / Alessio Cavicchi, Emanuele Frontoni, Roberto Pierdicca, Chiara Rinaldi, Giovanna Bertella and Cristina Santini -- Exploring how medical voluntourism contributes to health and wellbeing in Haiti / Jennifer Thomsen and Margaret Keneman -- The interrelationship between place symbolism, memory and voluntary income schemes (VIS) : the "stick up for Stanage" campaign / Duncan Marson and Emma Pope -- The visitor : connecting health, wellbeing and the natural environment / Andreas Skriver Hansen -- Reinventing coastal health tourism through lifestyle sports : the complexities of kiteboarding in practice / Timo Derriks -- Revitalizing rural communities in Costa Rica through sustainable tourism / Linda A. Heyne and Jos�e Vargas Camacho -- Experiencing a watersports holiday as part of a rehabilitation trajectory : identifying the salutogenic mechanisms / Marlijn Wagenaar and Lenneke Vaandrager -- The potential role of public aquaria in human health and wellbeing / Deborah L. Cracknell, Sabine Pahl, Mathew P. White and Michael H. Depledge -- Health effects of recreation vehicle noise : laboratory evidence for mood and heartrate / Jacob A. Benfield, David Weinzimmer, B. Derrick Taff and Peter Newman -- A dynamic view of visitors : the impact of others on recreation and restorative nature experiences / Benjamin Cherian and Jacob A. Benfield -- Reconsidering the links between tourism, health, wellbeing and protected area / Alan Clarke, Iride Azara, Eleni Michopoulou, Federico Niccolini and B. Derrick Taff.

This book offers a compilation of transdisciplinary contributions that demonstrate the features of the relationship between tourism, health, wellbeing and protected areas. Attention is given to case studies stemming from current and future trends around these topics. Many of these case studies take place in European settings. The book has been divided into two sections. The first section (chapters 1-9) focuses on exploring the challenges and opportunities to achieve sustainable human and natural ecosystems' development through tourism. The second section (chapters 10-17) forwards important discussions on the intrinsic and extrinsic relationships between tourists, visitors and protected areas and the health and wellbeing benefits that these and other nature-based restorative and recreational environments can have on individuals. The book has a subject index.

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