| Titre | Attitudes towards large carnivores and carnivore tourism among tourism entrepreneurs in Sweden | |
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| Auteur | Marcus Ednarsson | |
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Revue | Revue de Géographie Alpine |
| Numéro | vol. 94, no 4, 2006 | |
| Page | 58-67 | |
| Résumé anglais |
The return and the growth of large carnivore populations and especially the wolf population have caused a fierce public debate between advocates and opponents. In this debate the tourist perspective has been overshadowed by other interests, mostly by farmers and hunters, disregarded by the research and mostly promoted by environmental movement. Even if the tourism perspective has played a nearly non-existing role in the public debate it has become a much more important perspective due to growth in segments of eco- and nature-based tourism as a tool for rural development and nature conservation. Previous research on attitudes towards large carnivores has systematically focused on public attitudes and attitudes among interests, negatively touched by these animals. The purpose of this article is to analyze the attitudes towards large carnivores and carnivore tourism among tourism entrepreneurs in the county of Varmland, Sweden. The main objective is to scrutinize the relationship between the entrepreneur's attitudes toward large carnivores and their attitudes towards and opinion about the potential for large carnivores as resource for tourism. The empirical data is based on survey responses from 134 entrepreneurs in spring 2004. Among other findings, the results suggest that we have to take place attachment and other place dependent aspects into account to fully understand how tourism entrepreneurs, who best represent the tourism perspective, and their attitudes affect their perceived potential for large carnivores as resources for tourism. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/doc/rga_0035-1121_2006_num_94_4_5591 |
