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Sustainable Tourism A Global Perspective

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ISBN-10: 0585459673

ISBN-13: 9780585459677

Edition: N/A

Authors: Rob Harris, Tony Griffin, Peter Williams

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Sustainable Tourism is vital reading for anyone seeking to understand the complexities associated with sustainable tourism development, and how government and industry have responded to the challenges the concept poses. The major areas addressed in this edited volume are: * perspectives and issues associated with the concept of sustainable tourism development * accreditation, education and interpretation, including specific examples such as Green Globe 21, the European Blue Flag Campaign and the WWF's PAN Parks Programme * sustainable tourism case studies of tourist destination regions, natural areas and tourism enterprises drawn from Africa, Australia, the South Pacific, North America,…    
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List price: $39.95
Publisher: Elsevier
Binding: E-Book 
Language: English

About the authorsp. vi
Forewordp. vii
Prefacep. ix
Structure of the bookp. xiii
Acknowledgementsp. xv
List of figuresp. xvi
List of tablesp. xvii
The Context; the Issues; A Global Overview
Environment; tourism; a marketing perspectivep. 3
Global environmental issuesp. 15
International summary of tourism and environment: north Europe, the Mediterranean region and North Americap. 26
International summary of tourism and environment: East Asia and the Pacific; the Caribbean; Eastern Europe and states of the former USSR, and rest of the worldp. 38
Travel and tourism: the world's largest industryp. 50
The environmental significance of holiday and leisure tourismp. 64
Managing Tourism for Sustainability at Specific Destinations
Managing tourism - the local destination focusp. 81
Managing tourism at local destinations - the public sector rolep. 93
Managing tourism at local destinations - the private sector rolep. 106
The marketing process for sustainable tourism at destinationsp. 118
The Issues and Cases of Good Management Practice in the Main Sectors of Travel and Tourism
The 'R Word' guide to corporate action on sustainabilityp. 133
Sustainability in the accommodation sector - with international illustrationsp. 144
Sustainability in the visitor attractions sectorp. 160
Sustainability in the transport sector - with international illustrationsp. 170
Sustainability in the tour operator sector - with international illustrationsp. 184
International Cases of Good Management Practice for Sustainability
Kruger National Park, South Africap. 201
Quicksilver Connections Ltd, Great Barrier Reef, Australiap. 208
Edinburgh's Old Town, UKp. 213
Anglian Water Services Ltd: Rutland Water, UKp. 218
Ironbridge Gorge Museums, UKp. 224
Epilogue: Positive visions for sustainable tourismp. 230
Select glossary of environment, tourism and marketing termsp. 238
Environmental regulations, market mechanisms and self-regulatory codes of conduct influencing the tourism industryp. 250
Select bibliographyp. 258
Indexp. 263
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