Contents: Foreword, D Sheppard, WCPA; Preface, Eugenio Yunis, WTO; Section 1: Tourism and Conservation in the 21st Century; Tourism and Protected Areas: Benefits Beyond Boundaries, R Bushell, R Staiff, University of Western Sydney, Australia, and P Eagles; Tourism as a Tool for Conservation and Support of Protected Areas: Setting the Agenda, R Bushell, and S F McCool, The University of Montana, USA; Global Trends Affecting Tourism in Protected Areas, P F Eagles; Key Principles and Directions for Tourism in Protected Areas: A Review of Existing Charters, Guidelines and Declarations, J Foxlee, Darwin, Australia Section 2: Management Issues and Case Studies: Tourism, Indigenous and Local Communities and Protected Areas in Developing Nations, L M Scherl, Arcadia, Australia and S Edwards, Recreation and Conservation International, Ecuador Joint Management: Aboriginal involvement in tourism in the Kakadu World Heritage Area, P Wellings, Darwin, Australia Tourism as a tool for community-based conservation and development, P Figgis, World Commission on Protected Areas, Australia, T Berno and R Bushell; The World Heritage Tourism Programme: Lessons Learned, A Pederse, UNESCO World Heritage Centre, France; Transfrontier Conservation Areas and Sustainable Nature-based Tourism, A Spenceley, Durban, South Africa Sustainable Nature Tourism in Europe: An Overview of NGOs, M Schelhaas, Plantage Middenlaan 2K, The Netherlands; Capacity-Building for Ecotourism: Training Programmes for Managers of Protected Areas, W Strasdas, University of Applied Sciences, Eberswalde, Germany, B Corcoran, Howick, South Africa and T Petermann, InWEnt, Germany; The Role of Certification and Accreditation in EnsuringTourism Contributes to Conservation, M Honey, The International Ecotourism Society, USA; Section 3: Economic Issues and Case Studies: Tourism-based Revenue Generation for Conservation, A Drumm, The Nature Conservancy, USA Economic Impacts of Parks on Surrounding Communities: Findings from New South Wales, N Conner, NSW; Department of Environment & Conservation, Australia Management Information Tools for Setting Visitor Fees, K Lindberg, Oregon State University, USA; Conservation and Community Development:The Conservation Corporation Africa Model, L Carlisle, CC Africa, South Africa; Sabi Sabi: A Model for Effective Ecotourism, Conservation and Community Involvement, R Loon, Hoedspruit, South Africa, I Harper, and P Shorten; Financial Parks through Marketing: A Case Study of Ontario Parks, E Halpenny, Waterloo, Canada; Concessions and Commercial Development: Experience in South African National Parks, P Fearnhead, Sunninghill, South Africa; Tourism on the Great Barrier Reef: A Partnership Approach, A Skeat and H Skeat, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Australia; Section 4: Conclusion: Tourism, Protected Areas and the World Parks Congress: Fundamental Lessons, New Horizons and Promising Directions, S F McCool, P F J Eagles, R Bushell and J McNeely, Gland, Switzerland