Ecotourism has led to a rise in travel to destinations offering a wealth of unspoiled nature. This book examines the problems and prospects from the points of view of host populations, tourist guests, environmentalists and tourism organizations. The diverse backgrounds and disciplines of the contributors have been well represented: decision makers, practitioners, conservationists, consultants, advisors and academics. The geographical coverage of the text is equally diverse, incorporating case studies which range from local to national, polar to tropical, developing to developed.