Elephant tourism is a growing attraction across Asia and Africa and is popular with many tourists. This book highlights the need for a comprehensive and rigorous focus on local solutions to improve the welfare of captive elephants and tourists' experiences of elephant tourism, which will be to the benefit of local communities.

Contributions by: Ann Suwaree Ashton, Liv Baker, Sumanth Bindumadhav, Sarah Blaine, Eric Brymer, Naphawan Chantradoan, Saranphat Chotmanakul, Qingming Cui, Susanna Curtin, Charlotte Day, Nilakshi Galahitiyawe, Vivek Gurusamy, Xavier Font, Nicole Hausler, Jeffrey Dale Hobbs, Claire Jenkinson, John Koldowski, Naut Kusters, Eric Laws, Shilpa Mahbubani, Andrew McLean, Mucha Mkono, Somyot Ongkhluap, Anja Pabel, Piengpen Na Pattalung, Clive J C Phillips, Kannapa Pongponrat, Bongkosh Rittichainuwat, John Edward Roberts, Andrea Saayman, Melville Saayman, Jan Schmidt-Burbach, Noel Scott, Alokparna Sengupta, Vinathe Sharma-Brymer, Ramona Strödecke, Daminda Sumanapala, Daniel Turner, Marjorie Van Strein, Rebecca Winkler, Isabelle Wolf, Honggang Xu