This chapter looks at the growth and impact of guided snowmobiling tours in British Columbia, Canada. Many challenges to snowmobile guiding operations are also discussed, as well as the opportunities for the growth and development of this sector.

Utilizing a 'tourism-led amenity migration framework', this chapter employs a case study of second-home migrants in the small mountain town of Fernie, British Columbia. The chapter provides insight into the quality-of-life aspects and implications for planning and development within amenity-rich...

In this chapter, the aetiological agent, geographical distribution, epidemiology, host range, economic importance, transmission, genomic structure, control, and treatment of Piscirickettsia, Francisella and Epitheliocystis were presented.

This chapter presents a case study of the implications of amenity migration on housing supply and availability in the mountain resort community of Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. Specifically, it (i) describes trends in the growth and magnitude of amenity migration to Whistler; (ii) summarizes...

This chapter describes amenity migration to the mountain area known to the Secwepemc as Skwelkwekwelt (British Columbia, Canada), and its environmental and socioeconomic impacts. The chapter gives an insight into the struggle of for cultural survival of an indigenous people, the Secwepemc,...

This chapter begins with a review of the evolution of the Alaska cruise industry. Both Canadian and US entrepreneurs and firms played roles in the development of this market, although the context today is multinational. This leads to a discussion of the economic impacts of the Alaska cruise...