As one of the world's largest industries, tourism carries with
it significant social, environmental, economic and political
impacts. Although tourism can provide significant economic benefits
for some destinations, the image of tourism as a benign and
environmentally friendly industry has often been challenged. There
is a clear and growing body of evidence that suggests that the
effects of tourism development are far more complex than
policy-makers usually suggest and that the impacts of tourism occur
not just at the destination but at all stages of a tourist's trip.
Furthermore, tourism does not exist in a vacuum. Broader social and
environmental changes also shape the form, growth and experience of
tourism development.
This text provides a clear, accessible and up-to-date synthesis
of tourism's role in our contemporary world, both as an agent of
change, and as a response to it. Tourism-related change is
approached from a framework that illustrates the changing
environments in which they occur, including the spatial scale of
such impacts and the effects of these impacts over time. This
framework is then applied to the economic, socio-cultural and
physical dimensions of tourism. After examining the different forms
of tourism-related impacts, the book then discusses the role of
planning as part of an integrated approach to the mitigation of
undesirable impacts and the maximization of the desirable benefits
of tourism development. Case studies and illustrations from a
variety of locations from around the world are used throughout the
book to exemplify key themes and issues; additionally figures and
tables serve to elucidate statistical data.
Understanding and Managing Tourism Impacts illustrates that when
well managed tourism can make a positive contribution to
destinations. The books use of issues of scale, time and form to
illustrate the effects of tourism provide an accessible and
significant reminder that tourism's impacts vary over time and
space, affects both the visitor and the host community, and can be
unpredictable in its consequences. Chapter objectives, recommended
readings, and links to web-based material help students,
practitioners and researchers to grasp the broader implications of
tourism development in today's world. With tourism increasingly
being implicated as a factor in climate and environmental change,
and with the benefits and costs of tourism as a form of economic
development being examined more closely than ever, this book
provides a timely contribution to help clarify the potentials and
pitfalls of contemporary tourism.
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