Sustainable Tourism on a Finite Planet
eBook - ePub

Sustainable Tourism on a Finite Planet

Environmental, Business and Policy Solutions

  1. 328 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Sustainable Tourism on a Finite Planet

Environmental, Business and Policy Solutions

About this book

This book helps all those involved in international tourism develop the new skills, tools and investments required to protect irreplaceable global resources from the impacts of escalating tourism demand over the next 50 years. It documents how technology and the growing global middle class are driving a travel revolution which requires a new paradigm in managing tourism destinations. Travel and tourism supply chains and business models for hotels, tour operators, cruise lines, airlines and airports are analysed and environmental management techniques are proposed for each sector. A pragmatic set of solutions are offered to support the transition to lower impact tourism development worldwide.

It recommends that decision makers assess the current and future value of natural, social, and cultural capital to guide investment in destinations and protect vital resources. Case studies illustrate why budgets to protect local destinations are consistently underestimated and offer guidance on new metrics. Innovative approaches are proposed to support the transition to green infrastructure, protect incomparable landscapes, and engage local people in the monitoring of vital indicators to protect local resources.

It provides students, professionals, and policy makers with far-reaching recommendations for new educational programs, professional expertise, financing, and legal frameworks to lower tourism's rapidly escalating carbon impacts and protect the health and well-being of local populations, ecosystems, cultures, and monuments worldwide.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Illustrations
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Introduction
  8. 1 The challenge of sustainably managing tourism on a finite planet
  9. 2 Managing a spider web: the tourism industry supply chains and sustainability
  10. 3 Economic development of tourism in emerging economies
  11. 4 Hotels: the backbone of the tourism industry
  12. 5 I’ll fly away: airlines, airports, and the global circulation of travelers
  13. 6 Tour operators: exporting and importing customers worldwide
  14. 7 The cruise industry: empire of the seas
  15. 8 Destinations: the heart of tourism sustainability
  16. 9 Conclusions: the future of sustainable tourism
  17. Index