Elephant tourism is a growing activity in many countries across Asia and Africa and is popular with tourists from all parts of the world. Elephant tourism has grown rapidly, providing the only viable way for elephants and their owners to survive since the banning of logging. Old logging camps have been developed into sanctuaries for some elephants, but many other camps were established as entertainment centres, resulting in serious welfare issues for the elephants and their mahouts. The profits from elephant tourism in Asia have encouraged African operators to follow a similar business model. This book draws attention to the need for a comprehensive and rigorous focus on local solutions to improve the welfare of captive elephants, their mahouts and local residents, and to enhance tourists' experiences of elephant tourism.

"The Clouded Side of Elephant The travel industry: Tending to Government assistance Concerns" is a strong investigation of the moral mess encompassing the thriving business of elephant the travel industry. With elephants customarily worshipped and profoundly implanted in different societies, their change from adored images to commodified attractions brings up significant issues about government assistance and moral treatment. This astute work dives into the authentic development of elephant the travel industry, following the underlying foundations of its fame and the resulting influence on these great animals. From social importance to financial drivers, the book carefully looks at the powers adding to the double-dealing of elephants for the travel industry purposes. The core of the story lies in figuring out the knowledge and regular ways of behaving of elephants, both in the wild and in bondage. The mental cost of imprisonment on these profoundly astute creatures is investigated, uncovering the conspicuous difference between their normal territories and the frequently binding states of vacationer arranged offices. Through convincing contextual investigations from prestigious traveler objections like Thailand, India, and Africa, the book divulges explicit occasions of government assistance infringement. It takes a gander at a basic eye on the job of nearby legislatures and guidelines, scrutinizing their viability in defending the prosperity of these delicate monsters. Moral difficulties are disentangled, convincing perusers to defy the ethical ramifications of their decisions as vacationers. The obligation of travel services and visit administrators in advancing moral the travel industry rehearses is examined, moving the business to focus on government assistance over benefit. In the midst of the obscurity, the book offers a promising sign by featuring effective preservation endeavors and models of capable elephant the travel industry. It advocates for a change in outlook towards safe-havens, local area based drives, and capable travel rehearses. The legitimate system overseeing elephant the travel industry is examined, with a call for more grounded securities and a reexamination of existing regulations.

While the study of animal-human interactions within the context of tourism has been explored in a greater number and diversity of ways within the last decade, the discourse remains divided between traditional tourism academia and outside disciplines 'looking in'. Tourism academia has borrowed philosophical, ethical, gender studies, sociological, ecological conservation, and economic lenses to explore animals in tourism, however collaboration with authors external to tourism studies remains few. This edited volume strengthens the bridge between tourism academia and other disciplines by highlighting the fresh perspectives, emerging methodologies and innovative interdisciplinary conventions at the forefront of animals in tourism research, whilst critically working towards more ethical human-animal interactions within the tourism and leisure space. Split into four parts 'emerging motivations', 'emerging cultures', 'emerging narratives', and 'emerging reflections', this unique text will be widely applicable to scholars working towards equitable human-animal interactions within tourism.

A study of elephant tourism in Nepal from its origins in the 1960s to the present day, this book examines the challenges faced by captive elephants. Used as human conveyance, on anti-poaching patrol teams, as rescue vehicles, and in forestry service, elephants have worked with and for humans for hundreds of years. However, the use of elephants in tourism is a fairly new development within Nepal. Because the health and welfare of tourism elephants is vital to the conservation of wild individuals, this book offers an assessment of captive elephant needs and an examination of their existing welfare statuses. This book seeks to examine the motivations of these NGOs and INGOs, and to consider their ethical approaches to elephant health and welfare. Are the motivations of these organizations similar enough to work together towards a common goal, or are their ethical norms so different that they get in one another's way? Using an ordinary language and ethics framework, this text aims to identify the norms of cultures and organisations and reframe them in ways which may allow for more successful interactions.

As the global tourism industry continues to expand and to become more complex, it is vital that those in the industry are equipped with a thorough knowledge of all topics involved. New Tourism Consumers Products and Industry: Present and Future Issues provides this comprehensive coverage and more. Written by a team of globally renowned thinkers and researchers, it not only provides a brief historical overview of tourism, but delves deeper, to discuss emerging trends, consumer types and looks at the way the industry itself is changing and developing. It provides the manager of tomorrow with the ability to look beyond normal planning horizons and identify potential opportunities from these changes. New Tourism Consumers Products and Industry: Present and Future Issues is part of a two part set with its companion text, Tourism Dynamics, Challenges and Tools: Present and Future Issues which takes the reader on a logical progression to look at issues relating to the external environment in which the tourism industry functions. Both texts thereby provide the reader with a complete set of tools and knowledge recognise the key areas of growth and change, and the ability to use the new tools and technologies available to develop them and maximise business potential.