This chapter discusses the emergence of mass tourism, the general pattern of modern mass tourism, and the scholarly approaches to mass tourism. In the concluding section of the chapter, an outline of the key features of an ideal type of mass tourism is presented, in the hope that it can be used in...

This chapter contains questions about the history of applied ecology and conservation along with others concerned with some basic principles.

This chapter outlines the historical transformation of dark tourism sites from the premodern era to the present. This is done through discussing the idea of sacred journeys through pilgrimage and dark tourism. The chapter also examines the growth of dark tourism through different historical phases, ...

This chapter describes the brief history and continuing progress of selection and breed development for desirable traits in livestock.

This chapter contains questions about the history of ecology, historically important scientists who have made significant contributions to the science, along with some basic terminology and founding principles.

This chapter compares the emergence of domestic mass tourism in 19th century England and international mass tourism in the post-1945 period with the later rise of mass tourism in East Asia, notably Japan and China, and suggests that while there were some differences, the processes were broadly...

This chapter describes the history and evolution of the human-elephant relationship in terms of regulations, behaviour, health, welfare, attitudes and tourism.

This chapter explores changes in travel motivation to pilgrimage sites in Japanese society across different historical contexts, mainly during the post-war period. It also discusses the increasing presence of western visitors in Japanese pilgrimage sites, who are motivated by a variety of factors...

This chapter explores the relationship between higher education and tourism and development. It briefly traces the historical development of tourism higher education in China and identifies contemporary opportunities and challenges before going on to consider potential future trends that, in...

The huge variety of animal and other species that we see today, together with those now extinct, evolved by the process of natural selection. The key to natural selection, and to the artificial selection practised by breeders, is the inherited variation in many characteristics that exists between...