Managing Sustainable Tourism
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Managing Sustainable Tourism

A Legacy for the Future

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Managing Sustainable Tourism

A Legacy for the Future

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Intelligently designed tourism strategies for the twenty-first century!Successful tourism development and marketing are dependent on maintaining a delicate balance between economic growth and the protection of environments. Managing Sustainable Tourism: A Legacy for the Future tackles the tough issues of tourism such as negative environmental impact and cultural degradation, and provides answers that don't sacrifice positive economic growth. This essential book offers practical plans for fostering harmonious relationships among local communities, the private sector, not-for-profit organizations, academic institutions, and governments at all levels as well as develops management practices and philosophies that protect natural, built, and cultural environments while reinforcing positive and orderly economic growth.Managing Sustainable Tourism discusses in-depth the sensible guidelines for protecting environment, heritage sites, and local culture while developing realistic tourism goals for compatible economic growth. Useful strategies for sustainable tourism are detailed for each tourism type, along with useful tried-and-true marketing techniques aimed at cooperation and respect for all types of environments. Case studies, research, and supplemental reading lists clearly illustrate ideas and the author's qualified suggestions.Managing Sustainable Tourism explores:

  • the future of the tourism industry
  • understanding sustainable tourism
  • the economics of community growth through tourism
  • marketing the sustainable tourism product
  • nature tourism
  • heritage tourism
  • cultural tourism
  • rural tourism
  • practical guidelines for sustainable tourism
  • a workable global sustainable tourism initiative

Managing Sustainable Tourism is an ideal resource for educators, students, developers, entrepreneurs, investors, tourism strategists, planners, policymakers, and anyone interested in sustainable tourism for the new millennium.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2013
ISBN
9781136772870
Edition
1
Topic
Business
Subtopic
Hospitality, Travel & Tourism Industry
Index
Business

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Halftitle
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. About the Author
  7. Contents
  8. Foreword
  9. Preface
  10. Acknowledgments
  11. Chapter 1. Tourism Today and Tomorrow
  12. Chapter 2. A Philosophic Approach to Sustainable Tourism
  13. Chapter 3. Is Sustainable Tourism Economically Viable?
  14. Chapter 4. Nature-Based Tourism: Don’t Fool with Mother Nature
  15. Chapter 5. What Is Our Heritage?
  16. Chapter 6. Culturally, Tourism Is Important
  17. Chapter 7. Tourism Goes Country
  18. Chapter 8. Strategies for Sustainable Tourism
  19. Chapter 9. Managing Sustainable Tourism
  20. Chapter 10. More to Say About the Future
  21. Notes
  22. Bibliography
  23. Index