The emergence of slow travel -- The impacts of transport for tourism -- Tourism, transport and environment: theoretical perspectives -- Slow travel--the ingredients -- Train tourism -- Walking and tourism -- Cycling and tourism -- Bus and coach tourism -- Water-based travel -- The future of slow travel
Summary
It is widely recognized that travel and tourism can have a high environmental impact and make a major contribution to climate change. It is therefore vital that ways to reduce these impacts are developed and implemented. 'Slow travel' provides such a concept, drawing on ideas from the 'slow food' movement with a concern for locality, ecology and quality of life. The aim of this book is to define slow travel and to discuss how some underlining values are likely to pervade new forms of sustainable development. It also aims to provide insights into the travel experience; these are explored in seve