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Sustainable Tourism Development (Hardcover)
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Tourism is one of the world's fastest growing industries and is a
major source of income for many countries. Being a people-oriented
industry, tourism also provides many jobs which have helped
revitalize local economies. However, like other forms of
development, tourism can also cause its share of problems, such as
social dislocation, loss of cultural heritage, economic dependence
and ecological degradation. Learning about the impacts of tourism
has led many people to seek more responsible holidays. These
include various forms of alternative or sustainable tourism such
as: `nature-based tourism', `ecotourism' and `cultural tourism'.
Sustainable tourism is becoming so popular that some say that what
we presently call `alternative' will be the `mainstream' in a
decade. All tourism activities of whatever motivation - holidays,
business travel, conferences, adventure travel and ecotourism -
need to be sustainable. Sustainable tourism is defined as "tourism
that respects both local people and the traveler, cultural heritage
and the environment". It seeks to provide people with an exciting
and educational holiday that is also of benefit to the people of
the host country. Sustainable tourism is the concept of visiting a
place as a tourist and trying to make only a positive impact on the
environment, society and economy. A key aspect is respect for the
people who call the location home, the culture and customs of the
area, and the socio-economic system. While sustainable tourism is
sometimes confused with ecotourism, ecotourism is actually only one
aspect of sustainable tourism. Sustainable tourism focuses on
respect for an area's cultures and customs. The concept is not to
hide your own culture, but to try to absorb and understand the
local way of life. The social aspect of sustainable tourism pays
special attention to human rights and increasing the opportunities
for all members of a society. While economic sustainability
promotes the idea that tourism profits be kept within the local
community, social sustainability deals with the distribution of
these profits. The emphasis is on preventing the exploitation of
one group of a society for the financial gain of another. While the
majority of sustainable tourism's aspects are focused on local
sustainability, they should not overshadow the concept of tourist
satisfaction. Many locations rely heavily on the tourism industry,
so providing tourists with a rewarding experience is essential to
economic success.
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