Ecotourism and Adventure Tourism

3 credits · Undergraduate

This course provides students with an understanding of ecotourism and adventure tourism along with other related types of tourism (e.g., nature-based, alternative, green tourism). The course covers the history and origins of ecotourism and adventure tourism; definitional debates surrounding the terms; principles of ecotourism; the application of ecotourism and adventure tourism in northern British Columbia, Canada and the world; and planning and management aspects of ecotourism and adventure tourism.