Elephant Tourism Business

Eric Laws (Edited By) Eric Laws has an MPhil from the University of Surrey and a PhD from Griffith University. He has retired from full time academic life, and is Visiting Professor at Leshan Normal University, Sichuan, P.R. China. His research interests include tourism service quality, destination management, crisis management and elephant tourism. Eric's publications include nearly 100 journal articles, book chapters and conference papers. The Elephant Tourism Business is Eric's twentieth authored or edited book.Noel Scott (Edited By) Noel Scott is Adjunct Professor of Tourism Management in the Sustainability Research Centre, University of the Sunshine Coast. His research interests include the study of wildlife tourism, tourism experiences, destination management and marketing, and stakeholder organization. He has over 300 academic articles published including 16 books. He is on the Editorial Board of 10 journals, a Fellow of the Council of Australian University Tourism and Hospitality Educators, and a member of the International Association of China Tourism Scholars.Xavier Font (Edited By) Xavier Font is professor of sustainability marketing at the University of Surrey. He researches and develops methods of sustainable tourism production and consumption. He has published widely about sustainable tourism certification, and has consulted on sustainable product development, marketing and communication for UNEP, UNCTAD, UNWTO, IFC, EC, VisitEngland, Fáilte Ireland, WWF and the Travel Foundation amongst others. Since January 2019, he is the new co-editor of the Journal of Sustainable Tourism. He has conducted over 130 courses for more than 2500 businesses on how to market and communicate sustainability, see www.travindy.comJohn Koldowski (Edited By) John Koldowski As a Professor and Foreign Expert within the School of Tourism at Leshan Normal University (LSNU), John continues in his role as a researcher and educator across a number of research areas, including the responsible and sustainable development of mountain-area tourism, rural tourism development and the development of metrics for the better measurement of the impact of tourism in fragile areas and on the intangible assets of tourism. Prior to joining LSNU, John was with the College of Innovation at Thailand's Thammasat University, and a founding member of the Tourism Action Group (TAG) at the same institution. He was also part of the Secretariat for the PATA Thailand Chapter for a number of years, while living and working in Thailand. Before entering academia, Mr. Koldowski was Deputy CEO of PATA where over a fifteen-year span he came to be regarded as one of the travel and tourism sector's leading analysts. He still maintains his relationship with PATA through his appointment as a special advisor to the CEO.

• 1: Personal Experiences of Elephant Tourism 1: Managing the Anantara Golden Triangle Elephant Camp. Eric Laws Interviews John Edward Roberts 2: PATA and Jetwing. John Koldowski Interviews Chi Lo and Senal Siriwardene 3: The Elephant in the Room: an Auto Ethnographic Approach. Vinathe Sharma Brymer and Eric Brymer. 2: Expectations and Experiences of Interactions with Elephants 4: Drivers of Elephant Tourism in Thailand. Bongkosh Rittichainuwat, Noel Scott and Eric Laws. 5: Visitor Expectations and Behaviours at Elephant Camps. Saranphat Chotmanakul and Somyot Onghlualp 6: Alternative Forms of Elephant Tourism. Susanna Curtin and Charlotte Day 7: Elephant Visitor Preferences and Experiences in Sri Lanka. Ramona Strödecke and Nicole Häusler. 3: Ethical and Moral Perspectives 8: Moral Tensions for Elephant Visitors. Anja Pabel and Mucha Mkono 9: The Valuation of Ethical Encounters with Elephants. Quingmong Cui and Honggang Xu 10: Community, Collaboration, Elephant Conservation and Protection. Liv Baker, Sarah Blaine and Rebecca Winkler 11: Conservation-based Elephant Tourism: an Importance-Performance Analysis. Daminda Sumanpala, Nilakshi Galahtiyawe and Isabelle Wolf. 4: Frameworks for Modern Elephant Tourism Management 12: The Effectiveness of Elephant Welfare Regulations in India. Sumanth Bindumadhav, Alakparna Sengupta and Shilapa Mahbubani. 13: Elephant Tourism Conservation and the Need for a New Strategy: Thai Stakeholder Attitudes. Ann Suwaree Ashton. 14: Elephant Tourism, the ABTA Animal Welfare Guidelines. Claire Jenkinson 5: Elephants and Their Stories 15: A Case Study of Elephant Venue Narratives. Jeffrey Dale Hobbs and Pienpeng Na Pattalung 16: The Valuation of Elephant Sightings in Protected Areas. Andrea and Melville Saayman 17: Social Media: a Proxy Voice of Elephants. Kannapa Pongponrat and Naphawan Chantradoan 6: What Next? Proxy Voices for Elephants 18: Modernising Human-Elephant Interactions. Andrew McLean 19: Validating a Captive Elephant Welfare Index. Vivek Gurswamy and Clive Phillips 20: Promoting Elephant Friendly Tourism. Marjorie Van Strien and Jan Schmidt-Burback 21: The Paradox of Elephant Friendly Tourism. Daniel Turner and Naut Kusters 22: Conclusion. Xavier Font, Noel Scott, John Koldowski and Eric Laws. 23: Postscript. COVID-19 and The Elephant Tourism Business, a Preliminary Analysis. Eric Laws, John Koldowski, Xavier Font, Noel Scott, Taweepoke Angkawanish, Nina Brask , Daniel Turner, Bongkosh Rittichainuwat and Suphaporn Rattanaphinanchai

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