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1 online resource (497 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures and tables; Contributors; Foreword; Editors' preface; Editors' biography; An overview of the book; How to use this book; 1 Introduction: scarcity of natural resources or 'Cockaigne'?; Part 1: What do we mean by development?; Part 2: Sustainability in tourism and hospitality; 2 The case of Inkaterra: pioneering ecotourism in Peru; 3 Integrated circuits as a tool for the development of sustainable tourism in the Amazon; 4 Bringing sustainability to the Brazilian hotel industry |
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5 Preferences regarding restoration and development at Copan Archeological Park, Honduras: linkages between setting, visitor experiences and sustainability6 Mamirauá: community based ecotourism in a sustainable development reserve in the Amazon Basin; 7 Ecuador: Huaorani Ecolodge; 8 Tourism in the Peruvian Amazon: experiences of a private-communal partnership; 9 Key issues and challenges to the development of community-based ecotourism in Guatemala; 10 Tourism cluster among livestock: the case of Bonito (MS), Brazil; 11 Diversified nature tourism on St. Vincent |
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12 Can ecotourism support coral reef conservation? Experiences of Chumbe Island Coral Park Ltd in Zanzibar/Tanzania13 Blossoms & Butterflies, Waterfalls & Dragonflies: integrating insects in the hospitality and tourism industries through Swarm supposition; 14 Sustainable tourism development in the Masai Mara National Reserve Kenya: stakeholder perspectives; 15 Ecotourism in vulnerable regions: opportunities and obstacles to development -- the case of Cantanhez, Guiné-Bissau; 16 Minimission-Tourism in Ethiopia: a new subspecies of sustainable volunteer tourism?; 17 Botswana: The Selinda Reserve |
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18 Sustainable development of a remote tourist destination: the case of Soomaa National Park, Estonia19 Challenges in rural ethnic tourism development: a case study from Yunnan, China; 20 Hotel Management education in Bhutan: teaching sustainable principles; 21 Investigating potential benefits of proposed eco-retrofits to an existing tourist lodge in The Sundarbans, India; 22 Urban green parks: sustainable tourism, biodiversity and quality of life: a case study; 23 Philippine sustainable tourism initiatives: issues and challenges |
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24 Turtle night watch nature tourism: sharing benefits to sustain local community and Sea Turtles in Rekawa sanctuary, Sri Lanka25 Six Senses Hideaway, Ninh Van Bay, Vietnam: where luxury meets sustainable tourism; 26 Tourist destinations with planned interventions: the success of Kumily in Kerala, India; 27 The development and promotion of guidelines for organic farms for sustainable tourism; Glossary; Index |
| Summary |
It is now widely agreed that the climate is changing, global resources are diminishing and biodiversity is suffering. Developing countries - many of them considered by the World Tourism Organization to be 'Top Emerging Tourism Destinations' (UNWTO, 2009) - are already suffering the full frontal effect of environmental degradation. The challenge for developing countries is a triple-edged sword, how can economic prosperity be achieved without the perpetual depletion of nature's reserves, the destruction of rural habitat and the dislocation of traditional societies? Many emerging nations are look |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Sustainable tourism -- Developing countries -- Case studies
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Hospitality industry -- Developing countries -- Case studies
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Hospitality industry
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Sustainable tourism
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Developing countries
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Simons-Kaufmann, Claudia
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Sloan, Philip
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| ISBN |
9781136001383 |
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1136001387 |
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