Sustainable Tourism IX (Hardcover)

Today, tourism is an important component of development, not only in economic terms but also for knowledge and human welfare. Tourism today is an activity accessible to a growing number of people. The phenomenon has many more advantages than disadvantages. New forms of economic development and increasing wealth of human societies depend on tourism. Our knowledge of the world now includes a strong component due to tourism. Human welfare has physiological and psychological elements, which tourism promotes, both because of the enjoyment of knowing new territories and increasing contacts with near or far away societies and cultures. The tourism industry has nevertheless given rise to some serious concerns, including social costs and ecological impacts. Many ancient local cultures have practically lost their identity. Their societies have orientated their economy only to this industry. Both the natural and cultural – rural or urban - landscapes have also paid a high price for certain forms of tourism. These problems will persist if the economic benefit is the only target, leading to economic gains that eventually become ruinous. It is also important to consider that visitors nowadays are increasingly demanding in cultural and environmental terms. Never before have transport and communication links been so important as today. Natural ecosystems are now a rarity on the planet and ecologists talk today about ‘socio-ecosystems’. Given this, tourism and environmental education are facing a major challenge. The 9th International Conference on Sustainable Tourism had the aim of finding ways to protect the natural and cultural landscape through the development of new solutions which minimise the adverse effects of tourism. A selection of the papers presented at the meeting form this volume.

General

Imprint:	WIT Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment, 248
Release date:	September 2020
Editors:	J.J. Casares Long • F. Pineda
Dimensions:	254 x 178mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	252
ISBN-13:	978-1-78466-407-7
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > General Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Service industries > Tourism industry Promotions
LSN:	1-78466-407-3
Barcode:	9781784664077

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