Planning and managing tourism in protected areas

[Zoltan Kun]

If you are a protected area managers, this course in the US might be of interest to you

https://warnercnr.colostate.edu/cpamt-tourism-course

[Elina Sarantou]

While I am sure many of you are already aware of this, there is also a World Commission on Protected Areas report, commissioned by UNEP, WTO and IUCN with helpful Guidelines for Planning and Management  entitled "Sustainable Tourism in Protected Areas".

You can download it here: http://cmsdata.iucn.org/downloads/pag_008.pdf  

[Kathy Velander]

This is an excellent piece of work and well worth reading.  For businesses interested in some of the techniques required to carry out research related to managing their business in a protected area, I recommend you look at the Linking Tourism, Communities and Conservation, A tourism assessment process by Gutierrez, et. al. which is an excellent practical guide. 

http://www.conservation.org/Documents/CI_ecotourism_tourism_assessm...

 

and I should add that we have three MSc courses here at Edinburgh Napier which might be of interest:  MSc Ecotourism, MSc Wildlife Biology and Conservation and MSc Conservation and Management of Protected Areas.  

http://www.courses.napier.ac.uk/Ecotourism_W74704.htm (also offered part time)

http://www.courses.napier.ac.uk/WildlifeBiologyAndConservation_W747... (also offered part time and as distance learning)

http://www.courses.napier.ac.uk/ConservationAndManagementOfProtecte... (also offered part time and as distance learning)