Sustainable tourism IX
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Sustainable tourism IX
（WIT transactions on ecology and the environment, 248）
WIT Press, c2020
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Sustainable tourism 9
9th international conference on sustainable tourism : sustainable tourism 2020
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Includes bibliographical references and author index
"Ninth international conference on sustainable tourism : sustainable tourism 2020...Organized by Wessex Institute, UK"--Added t.p. verso
"... this 9th Conference (2020), initially planned to be held in Madrid. "--Pref.
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Today, tourism is an important component of development, not only in economic terms but also for knowledge and human welfare. Tourism today is an activity accessible to a growing number of people.
The phenomenon has many more advantages than disadvantages. New forms of economic development and increasing wealth of human societies depend on tourism. Our knowledge of the world now includes a strong component due to tourism. Human welfare has physiological and psychological elements, which tourism promotes, both because of the enjoyment of knowing new territories and increasing contacts with near or far away societies and cultures.
The tourism industry has nevertheless given rise to some serious concerns, including social costs and ecological impacts. Many ancient local cultures have practically lost their identity. Their societies have orientated their economy only to this industry. Both the natural and cultural – rural or urban - landscapes have also paid a high price for certain forms of tourism. These problems will persist if the economic benefit is the only target, leading to economic gains that eventually become ruinous. It is also important to consider that visitors nowadays are increasingly demanding in cultural and environmental terms.
Never before have transport and communication links been so important as today. Natural ecosystems are now a rarity on the planet and ecologists talk today about ‘socio-ecosystems’. Given this, tourism and environmental education are facing a major challenge.
The 9th International Conference on Sustainable Tourism had the aim of finding ways to protect the natural and cultural landscape through the development of new solutions which minimise the adverse effects of tourism. A selection of the papers presented at the meeting form this volume.
Table of Contents
- Local active engagement as an effective tool for sustainable tourism development: First considerations from the European Cultural Routes case
- Challenges of community participation in community-based tourism in rural areas
- Tapping into the unsung potential of tourist attractions for development in selected municipalities in Uganda
- Alternative view of Croatian tourism
- Sustainable tourism and intangible cultural heritage: The Cimbrian language in Luserna/Lusèrn and Giazza, Italy
- Review of short-term rentals and their potential social impact
- Tourist behaviour and tick-borne disease risk
- Evidence-based design of a tourist brochure based on worshiping behavior in Longshan Temple, Taiwan
- Disaster information provision for international tourists using an interpreter application
- Getting responsible travellers on board
- Understanding the sustainability stance of micro and small-sized accommodation owner-managers to enter into (sustainable) entrepreneurship
- Illuminating green hotels: University students’ real-world educational activities
- Applying carbon footprint method possibilities to the sustainable development of sports tourism
- Remote island tourism: A case study in Fiji
- Rewilding urban areas to maintain ecosystem services and ecological tourism: The case of Saler’s Devesa, València, Spain
- Tourism carrying capacity for beaches in Tulum National Park, Mexico
- Need for innovation in tourism development of the landscape during the mature stage of the destination: Pie de la Cuesta, Acapulco, Mexico
- Participatory rural planning and local capabilities toward offering nature tourism
- Challenges to community participation in heritage tourism development: Case studies of Shahjahanabad and Nizamuddin Basti in New Delhi, India
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