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This insightful Handbook brings together the practical guidance of
over 50 international practitioners in sustainable tourism.
Applying strong research design principles it provides a workable
and rational toolkit for investigating practical challenges while
accounting for modest timeframes and resources. Expert contributors
illustrate how to undertake environmental, socio-cultural and
economic assessments that establish the feasibility of new tourism
ventures and ascertain their impact over time. Chapters cover
fundamentals including how to conduct feasibility studies and
business plans, and address key topics such as visitor management
and overcrowding. Offering how-to tools and step-by-step guidance,
this Handbook combines academic insight with extensive professional
experience to outline the best practices for an array of tasks to
inform sustainable tourism planning, development and operation.
Incorporating concrete solutions employed in numerous contexts,
this Handbook is crucial reading for practitioners of sustainable
tourism and agencies commissioning sustainable tourism assignments
who are in need of innovative methods and up-to-date guidance in
the field. It will also benefit tourism scholars, particularly
those investigating practical methodologies for creating
sustainable tourism experiences.
This insightful Handbook brings together the practical guidance of
over 50 international practitioners in sustainable tourism.
Applying strong research design principles it provides a workable
and rational toolkit for investigating practical challenges while
accounting for modest timeframes and resources. Expert contributors
illustrate how to undertake environmental, socio-cultural and
economic assessments that establish the feasibility of new tourism
ventures and ascertain their impact over time. Chapters cover
fundamentals including how to conduct feasibility studies and
business plans, and address key topics such as visitor management
and overcrowding. Offering how-to tools and step-by-step guidance,
this Handbook combines academic insight with extensive professional
experience to outline the best practices for an array of tasks to
inform sustainable tourism planning, development and operation.
Incorporating concrete solutions employed in numerous contexts,
this Handbook is crucial reading for practitioners of sustainable
tourism and agencies commissioning sustainable tourism assignments
who are in need of innovative methods and up-to-date guidance in
the field. It will also benefit tourism scholars, particularly
those investigating practical methodologies for creating
sustainable tourism experiences.
Responsible Tourism presents a wide variety of valuable lessons
learned in responsible tourism initiatives in Southern Africa that
many tourism practitioners can use in their efforts to make the
tourism sector work for the poor and for the environment. Dr Harsh
Varma, Director, Development Assistance Department, World Tourism
Organization (UNWTO) For those interested in how tourism can assist
in the economic and social development of societies in need,
Responsible Tourism effectively integrates scales and types of
knowledge to present an informative, stimulating perspective. It
will be on my bookshelf. Steve McCool, Professor Emeritus, Wildland
Recreation Management, University of Montana Responsible tourism is
one of the most significant contemporary issues for tourism
scholars and practitioners alike. This useful and clearly written
collection of new research demonstrates the innovations in
responsible tourism occurring within southern Africa and provides
lessons for international research and practice. Professor
Christian Rogerson, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa
Conservation efforts are often seen to be in conflict with local
livelihoods and resource use - the park versus people debate.
Responsible tourism and Ecotourism are often invoked as a third way
that serve both ends. Yet do they actually work in practice? This
volume delves deep into practice in southern Africa, the hotbed of
innovation on the issue, and provides a comprehensive,
evidence-based examination of what works and what fails, using a
wealth of information from scholars and practitioners working in
the region. This book opens with an overview of the issues, looks
at what sustainable and responsible tourism are in practice and how
they may contribute to conservation, poverty alleviation and local
economic development. Part 1 examines policies and institutional
activities in responsible tourism by governments, donor agencies
and nongovernmental organizations, and addresses the market for
responsible travel. Part 2 considers responsible nature-based
tourism, the economics of wildlife tourism and ecotourism,
transfrontier conservation areas, ecological impacts of tourism and
other issues. Part 3 looks at more detailed case studies of
community-based tourism projects, and highlights the reasons for
successes and failures in this sector. The book concludes with a
synthesis of the key findings with implications for policy,
destination planning, business management, and future private
sector and donor interventions. Published with the Southern African
Sustainable Use Specialist Group (SASUSG) of IUCN
Over the past decade, there have been an increasing number of
publications that have analysed and critiqued the potential of
tourism to be a mechanism for poverty reduction in less
economically developed countries (LEDCs). This book showcases work
by established and emerging researchers that provides new thinking
and tests previously made assumptions, providing an essential guide
for students, practitioners and academics. This book advances our
understanding of the changes and ways forward in the field of
sustainable tourism development. Five main themes are illustrated
throughout the book: (1) measuring impacts of tourism on poverty;
(2) the need to evaluate whether interventions that aim to reduce
poverty are effective; (3) how unbalanced power relations and weak
governance can undermine efforts; (4) the importance of the private
sector's use of pro-poor business practices; and (5) the value of
using multidisciplinary and multi-method research approaches.
Furthermore, the book shows that academic research findings can be
used practically in destinations, and how practitioners can benefit
from sharing their experiences with academic scholars. This book
was based on a special issue and various articles from the Journal
of Sustainable Tourism.
"Using a rich set of detailed case studies, this volume furnishes
the first comprehensive analysis of the role of the private sector
in conservation areas. For researchers of tourism, development
studies and biodiversity conservation this book is a new and
important benchmark in African scholarship." -Christian M.
Rogerson, Research Professor, School of Tourism & Hospitality,
University of Johannesburg. "This is an impressive book that will
make an important contribution to the literature on private-sector
involvement in the delivery of tourism services in parks and
protected areas in Africa." - Dr. Paul F. J. Eagles, Distinguished
Professor Emeritus, Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies,
University of Waterloo. Tourism in Africa's protected and conserved
areas involves partnerships and interactions between numerous
stakeholders such as governments, communities, NGOs, the private
sector and academics. Through the use of 32 comprehensive case
studies from 11 African countries, this book presents guidelines to
ensure optimal benefits for stakeholders as well as promoting the
sustainability of tourism in Africa. It includes descriptions of
the various models for the private sector to engage in tourism in
conservation areas in Africa, such as pure private sector
ownership, joint ventures, tripartite agreements and government
leases. End-to-end coverage of the processes used to develop these
partnerships is provided, as well as best practices for the private
sector engaging in tourism. The book provides guidance on
identifying the most suitable private sector tourism options based
on guidelines of conditions and desired outcomes, to promote the
long-term sustainability of African tourism in protected areas. Key
features include: - The first book to provide a detailed analysis
of private sector involvement and partnerships in tourism in
Africa. - Includes best practice examples to develop tourism
partnerships with the private sector. - Highlights important tools
to enhance the sustainability of tourism in Africa, involving
numerous stakeholders. This book is recommended for academics,
students and practitioners working in sustainable tourism,
including community, private sector and government stakeholders.
Over the past decade, there have been an increasing number of
publications that have analysed and critiqued the potential of
tourism to be a mechanism for poverty reduction in less
economically developed countries (LEDCs). This book showcases work
by established and emerging researchers that provides new thinking
and tests previously made assumptions, providing an essential guide
for students, practitioners and academics. This book advances our
understanding of the changes and ways forward in the field of
sustainable tourism development. Five main themes are illustrated
throughout the book: (1) measuring impacts of tourism on poverty;
(2) the need to evaluate whether interventions that aim to reduce
poverty are effective; (3) how unbalanced power relations and weak
governance can undermine efforts; (4) the importance of the private
sector's use of pro-poor business practices; and (5) the value of
using multidisciplinary and multi-method research approaches.
Furthermore, the book shows that academic research findings can be
used practically in destinations, and how practitioners can benefit
from sharing their experiences with academic scholars. This book
was based on a special issue and various articles from the Journal
of Sustainable Tourism.
Tourism is one of the world's biggest industries. Responsible
tourism is concerned with the effects of tourism on people,
ecology, and communities, and seeks to ameliorate these impacts by
providing tourism which benefits host communities, improves working
conditions, involves the local community, promotes cultural
heritage, and benefits the environment. This book discusses
responsible tourism as a whole, including the politics, policy and
planning behind it, and major sub-topics such as poverty reduction,
the environment, transport, governance, wildlife tours and
heritage.
?Responsible Tourism presents a wide variety of valuable lessons
learned in responsible tourism initiatives in Southern Africa that
many tourism practitioners can use in their efforts to make the
tourism sector work for the poor and for the environment.?Dr Harsh
Varma, Director, Development Assistance Department, World Tourism
Organization (UNWTO)?For those interested in how tourism can assist
in the economic and social development of societies in need,
Responsible Tourism effectively integrates scales and types of
knowledge to present an informative, stimulating perspective. It
will be on my bookshelf.?Steve McCool, Professor Emeritus, Wildland
Recreation Management, University of Montana?Responsible tourism is
one of the most significant contemporary issues for tourism
scholars and practitioners alike. This useful and clearly written
collection of new research demonstrates the innovations in
responsible tourism occurring within southern Africa and provides
lessons for international research and practice.?Professor
Christian Rogerson, University of Witwatersrand, South
AfricaConservation efforts are often seen to be in conflict with
local livelihoods and resource use - the ?park versus people?
debate. ?Responsible tourism? and ?Ecotourism? are often invoked as
a third way that serve both ends. Yet do they actually work in
practice?This volume delves deep into practice in southern Africa,
the hotbed of innovation on the issue, and provides a
comprehensive, evidence-based examination of what works and what
fails, using a wealth of information from scholars and
practitioners working in the region. This book opens with an
overview of the issues, looks at what sustainable and responsible
tourism are in practice and how they may contribute to
conservation, poverty alleviation and local economic development.
Part 1 examines policies and institutional activities in
responsible tourism by governments, donor agencies and
nongovernmental organizations, and addresses the market for
responsible travel. Part 2 considers responsible nature-based
tourism, the economics of wildlife tourism and ecotourism,
transfrontier conservation areas, ecological impacts of tourism and
other issues. Part 3 looks at more detailed case studies of
community-based tourism projects, and highlights the reasons for
successes and failures in this sector. The book concludes with a
synthesis of the key findings with implications for policy,
destination planning, business management, and future private
sector and donor interventions.Published with the Southern African
Sustainable Use Specialist Group (SASUSG) of IUCN
Tourism is one of the world's biggest industries. Responsible
tourism is concerned with the effects of tourism on people,
ecology, and communities, and seeks to ameliorate these impacts by
providing tourism that benefits host communities, improves working
conditions, involves the local community, promotes cultural
heritage, and benefits the environment. This book discusses
responsible tourism as a whole, including the politics, policy and
planning behind it, and the major subject sub-topics, such as
poverty reduction, the environment, transport, governance, wildlife
tours and heritage.
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