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This 8 page paper is an annotated bibliography looking at 10 articles concerning special interest tourism, specifically eco-tourism. The paper summarises each article or book and looks at how they are useful in writing a paper about special interest tourism in the global tourist industry.
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threatened jaguar. Americas, v54 i5 p6(8). This is a lengthy article that looks at a specific eco-tourism project in Venezuela. The am of the project has been to save jaguars
that were being hunted as they were seen by the locals as pests. This article shows the importance and value of working with the local community. By developing the area
into a tourist attraction which would bring money into the economy the locals have stopped hunting the jaguars due tot their won cost benefit analysis. The locals are
paid not to shot the Jaguars, and the set up of this project was complex involving Wildlife Conservation Society who were sponsored by Jaguar cars for this project and also
input from expertise. The result was a project that has been satisfactory for all and the fears regarding the Jaguars being pests have not been realised as cattle, who the
hunters were protecting, traditionally make up less tan 15% of a Jaguars diet. This is a good case study that demonstrates how different stakeholders need to reach agreement for SIT
to be successful. Douglas Norman; Douglas Ngaire; Derrett Ros, (2002), Special Interest Tourism, University of Queensland. This book is a
comprehensive look at different types of special interest tourism (SIT). A goof introduction gives a strong overview of the concept and practice of special interest tourism from educational tourism to
heritage interests. On page three special interest tourism is defined as "the provision of customised leisure and recreational experiences driven by the specific expressed interests of individual and groups".
The book is divided into 18 chapters, this is a good foundation book, and is useful in the way it presents the need for customisation. One chapter (chapter 2), looks
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