Tourism, Development and Growth: The Challenge of Sustainability / Edition 1

by John J. Pigram, Salah Wahab

Overview

Distinguishing between sustainable development and sustainable tourism, the authors examine whether, and in what form, tourism can contribute to sustainable development and growth. Focusing on different types of tourism appropriate to particular situations, the team of leading contributors draws on examples from around the world - Canada, USA, Spain, Belgium, UK, Australia - to explore tourism's contribution to the economic, social, political and environmental advancement of developing countries and the importance of tourism in industrialised nations. This book examines the new policies and initiatives established by both the private sector and the state to pursue sustainable tourism growth and identifies the opportunities and challenges inherent in achieving it.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415160018
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/09/1997
Pages:	316
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

John J. Pigram, Salah Wahab

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Trends in Tourism-Limits to Growth? 3. Balancing Tourism Growth with Sustanability 4. Opportunities and Challenges in Sustainable Tourism 5. Perspectives on Sustainable Tourism

Editorial Reviews

'Post graduate tourism students, research scholars, policy framers, managers, product developers and above all those involved in marketing operations, could benefit from the suggestions, ideologies and concepts offered in its contents.' - Shalini Singh, Tourism Recreation Research, Vol. 25, No.2 2000

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