Tourism, Recreation And Sustainability

Description:
Sustainable development is the single most important consideration for those working in the tourism industry. Presenting a discussion by leading contributors on the impacts of tourism on local culture and the environment, this new edition moves forward the debates in sustainable tourism, covering new locations, concepts and perspectives, and new case studies providing a global outlook for a universal issue.

Table of Contents:
1 Introduction: Pathways and Pitfalls in the Search for Sustainable Tourism; PART I: Frameworks and Approaches; 2 Recreation Ecology in Sustainable Tourism and Ecotourism: a Strengthening Role; 3 Ecotourism and Nature-Based Tourism: One End of the Tourism Opportunity Spectrum?; 4 Hypothesizing the Shifting Mosaic of Attitudes through time: a Dynamic Framework for Sustainable Tourism Development on a 'Mediterranean Isle'; 5 Tourism, Sustainability and the Social Milieux in Lake Superior's North Shore and Islands; 6 Development and Evaluation of Sustainable Tourism Principles: the WWF Arctic Tourism Guidelines Initiative; PART II: Tourism and Place; 7 From 'Guiding Fiction' to Action: Applying 'The Natural Step' to Sustainability Planning in the Resort of Whistler, British Columbia; 8 Destination and Place Branding: a Lost Sense of Place?; 9 Yellowstone National Park, Sustainable Tourism and 'Sense of Place'; 10 Community Perspectives in Sustainable Tourism: Lessons from Peru; 11 Local Participation and Attaining Sustainable Tourism: a Comparative Study of Honduran Ecotourism Development; PART III: Emerging Issues in Culture and Tourism; 12 Tourism and Poverty Alleviation: Lessons from Southern Africa; 13 Cultural Inscriptions of Nature: Some Implications for Sustainability, Nature-based Tourism and National Parks; 14 The Attitudes of Community Residents Towards Tourism; 15 Tourism and Indigenous Peoples; 16 Sustainable Tourism in the 21st Century: Lessons from the Past, Challenges to Address.