Managing Sustainable Tourism: A Legacy for the Future - Couverture rigide

Edgell Sr, David L.

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ISBN 10 : 0789027704 ISBN 13 : 9780789027702

Editeur : Routledge, 2006

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Sr, David L. Edgell

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0789027704
• ISBN 13: 9780789027702
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 164
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible