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Tourism as a challenge / edited by M.F. Schmitz, Complutense University, Spain & P. Diaz, University of La Laguna, Spain and P. Olavide University, Spain.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Tourism Today
- Tourism today, 2052-2282 ; volume V
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tourism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (169 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Southampton : WIT Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This fifth volume of the Tourism Today Series presents a collection of papers addressing how to manage new opportunities in tourism at a variety of destinations and in multiple contextual realities. These papers address important issues related to tourism as a tool for development which will give a better understanding of some of the current challenges.
- Contents:
- Cover; Tourism as a Challenge; Copyright Page; Preface; About the Editors; Contents; Sustainability of team building offers: survey of a growing market; Ecotourism and sustainability in community-driven ecological restoration: case studies from New Zealand; Sustainable tourism in mountainous regions; Tourism modelling for the Space Coast; Sustainability and the traditional tourism model in Baja California Sur, Mexico; Degradation and environmental risk at the Diamond Zone, Acapulco, Mexico
- A conceptual framework for environmental governance networks: an analysis of small island destinations in Indonesia and the Coral TriangleCarbon offsetting programs in North America: assessing the involvement of the hospitality and tourism industry; Hotel certification and its relevance for sustainable development: examples from the European Alps; Valuing water in dry land tourism regions; Costanera Sur: gateway to the Osa - a scenic conservation and development corridor in Costa Rica; Sustainable tourism development on Curaçao: the implementation challenge; Author index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 18, 2013).
- ISBN:
- 1-84564-815-3
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