SUSTAINABLE TOURISM ON A FINITE PLANET Environmental, Business and Policy Solutions

• Main Author: Epler Wood, Megan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, earthscan from Routledge 2017
• Subjects: Sustainable tourism; Tourism > Environmental aspects
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• Item Description: The challenge of sustainably managing tourism on a finite planet -- Managing a spider web : the tourism industry supply chains & sustainability -- Economic development of tourism in emerging economies -- Hotels : the backbone of the tourism industry -- I'll fly away : airlines, airports and the global circulation of travelers -- Tour operators : exporting and importing customers worldwide -- The cruise industry : empire of the seas -- The Zeigeist of sport and tourism -- Destinations : the heart of the tourism sustainability -- Conclusions : the future of sustainable tourism.
• Physical Description: viii, 328 pages 24 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9781138217614; 9781138217584

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.