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Forest tourism

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Forest tourism is broadly applied to describe a variety of uses of forested landscapes as distinct attractions or environments. It has evolved to encompass product concepts like ecotourism, nature-based tourism, and outdoor recreation. Its unifying element is the recreational use of a forest environment.

With trees as the principal attribute, the world’s forest biomes range from boreal (taiga) forests in the northern latitudes to temperate deciduous forests in midlatitudes and to tropical rainforests in equatorial regions and southern latitudes. These endowed forests attract millions of tourists and recreationists with varied interests. Early attention focused on outdoor recreation within forests and social science research was descriptive, characterizing topics like site use, visitor behavior, crowding, and implications of negative impacts.

Geographically, the use and attractionof European and US boreal and deciduous forest areas received early attention. Eventually, interest in...

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Erkkila, D.L. (2014). Forest tourism. In: Jafari, J., Xiao, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Tourism. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01669-6_363-1

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