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Sustainable Tourism X (Hardcover)
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Sustainable Tourism X (Hardcover)
Series: WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment, 256
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The tenth volume from the successful international conference
series on sustainable tourism. Tourism is an important component of
development, not only in economic terms but also for knowledge and
human welfare. Today, tourism 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. 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. The
research papers included in this book focus on finding ways to
protect the natural and cultural landscape through the development
of new solutions that minimise the adverse effects of tourism.
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