The High Coast in north-eastern Sweden has become a popular tourist site annually attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors from throughout the world. Its environment is not only considered pleasing from a recreational aspect, but also of extraordinary intrinsic value.
This paper argues that far from having been an empty space, much of the area currently devoted to tourism once played an important role within global markets, especially through the production of dyewoods, chicle (the original raw material for chewing gum), and other natural resources.
Feelings of hatred, fear and alienation towards the Australian environment have been amongst the major themes of Australian history. Farmers especially have been characterised as hating trees, particularly in the densely treed, difficult to clear rainforests of eastern Australia…
Abruzzo National Park opened as Italy’s second national park.
The Touring Club Italiano is the largest Italian association for the promotion of tourism.
The US President Theodore Roosevelt publicizes safaris with his own hunting trip to East Africa.
Dedicated under US President Ulysses S. Grant, Yellowstone becomes not just the world’s first national park, but also one of its most famous.
This state organization is founded to manage the conservation of New Zealand’s natural heritage.
The eruption of this volcano kills over 150 people and transforms the landscape of New Zealand’s North Island.
