Handbook for sustainable tourism practitioners : the essential toolbox / edited by Anna Spenceley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Spenceley, Anna, editor.

Series:

Research handbooks in tourism.

Research handbooks in tourism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable tourism--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Sustainable tourism.

Sustainable tourism--Research--Methodology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 526 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2021]

Summary:

"This insightful Handbook brings together the practical guidance of over 50 international practitioners in sustainable tourism. Applying strong research design principles it provides a workable and rational toolkit for investigating practical challenges while accounting for modest timeframes and resources. Expert contributors illustrate how to undertake environmental, socio-cultural and economic assessments that establish the feasibility of new tourism ventures and ascertain their impact over time. Chapters cover fundamentals including how to conduct feasibility studies and business plans, and address key topics such as visitor management and overcrowding. Offering how-to tools and step-by-step guidance, this Handbook combines academic insight with extensive professional experience to outline the best practices for an array of tasks to inform sustainable tourism planning, development and operation. Incorporating concrete solutions employed in numerous contexts, this Handbook is crucial reading for practitioners of sustainable tourism and agencies commissioning sustainable tourism assignments who are in need of innovative methods and up-to-date guidance in the field. It will also benefit tourism scholars, particularly those investigating practical methodologies for creating sustainable tourism experiences"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: Foreword

1. Introduction to the handbook for sustainable tourism practitioners: The essential toolbox / Anna Spenceley

Part I: Planning and designing sustainable tourism: 2. Tourism theory of change: a tool for planners and developers / Louise Twining-Ward, Hannah R. Messerli, Jose Miguel Villascusa and Amit Sharma

3. Guidelines for tourism policy formulation in developing countries / Mike Fabricius

4. Tourism master planning: the key to sustainable long-term growth / Roger Goodacre

5. Commercialization strategies for tourism within parks and protected areas / Paul F. J. Eagles

6. Feasibility studies, business plans and predicting returns for new lodging facilities / P. J. Massyn

7. Funding proposals for new tourism ventures / Michael Wright

8. Planning for optimal local involvement in tourism and partnership development / Amran Hamzah

9. Touching the earth, touching people: approaches to sustainability design / Nicholas Coetzer

10. UN indicators programme: informing sustainable development for tourism destinations / Edward W. (Ted) Manning

Part II: Enhancing the sustainability of existing tourism: 11. Sustainable supply chains in travel and tourism: towards a circular approach / Jos van der Sterren

12. Using mainstream development economics to improve sustainability: a value chain approach / Jonathan Mitchell

13. Establishing sustainability standards in tourism / Randy Durband

14. Designing and delivering wildlife viewing protocols that enhance sustainability / Jeff R. Muntifering and Wayne L. Linklater

15. Consultation approaches in sustainable tourism / Carolin Lusby

Part III: Balancing overtourism and undertourism: visitor management in practice 16. A research strategy to understand what biophysical and social conditions are appropriate and acceptable in tourism destinations / Stephen F. McCool

17. Visitor use management framework / William T. Borrie and Elena A. Bigart

18. Developing targets for visitation in parks / Paul F. J. Eagles, Andjelko Novosel, Ognjen Škunca and Vesna Vukadin

19. Optimization of tourism development in destinations: an approach used to alleviate the impacts of overtourism in the mediterranean region / Ante Mandić

Part IV: Monitoring and evaluation: 20. Visitor counting and surveys / Joel Erkkonen and Liisa Kajala

21. economic effects assessment approaches: Us national parks approach / Cathy Cullinane Thomas and Lynne Koontz

22. Economic effects assessment approaches: tourism economic model for protected areas (tempa) for developing countries / Thiago do Val Simardi Beraldo Souza, Alex Chidakel, Brian Child, Wen-Huei Chang and Virginia Gorsevski

23. Biodiversity and stressors rapid assessment / Shane Feyers, Gretchen Stokes and Vanessa Hull

24. Social and cultural impact assessment of tourism / Jacqueline N. Kariithi

25. Tourism certification audits: reviewing sustainable certification programs / Monica Mic

26. Case study research for sustainable tourism: towards inclusive community-based tourism / Regis Musavengane and Darlington Muzeza

27. Establishing and managing research programmes in tourism destinations: the case of South African national parks / Liandi Slabbert

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 24, 2023)

ISBN:

1-83910-089-3

9781839100895

OCLC:

1249470261