Tourism is worldwide a major and still increasing economic sector. It causes, however, not only benefits like economic profit and jobs but also a lot of harms: CO2 emissions, environmental degradation, biodiversity loss, and social imbalance. The idea of sustainability may help to make human activities in tourism less destructive by changing the behavior of the common run of tourists. The general framework helps students and stakeholders to better understand the long-term interactions between economy and environmental protection, and each tourist will find a guideline how to organize the next holiday trip in a more responsible way.…mehr
Tourism is worldwide a major and still increasing economic sector. It causes, however, not only benefits like economic profit and jobs but also a lot of harms: CO2 emissions, environmental degradation, biodiversity loss, and social imbalance. The idea of sustainability may help to make human activities in tourism less destructive by changing the behavior of the common run of tourists. The general framework helps students and stakeholders to better understand the long-term interactions between economy and environmental protection, and each tourist will find a guideline how to organize the next holiday trip in a more responsible way.
Fischer, AntonProf. Dr. Anton Fischer lehrt im Bereich Geobotanik an der TU München.
Inhaltsangabe
1 Introduction72 Tourism132.1 Definition132.2 Pre-tourism forms of travelling142.3 The economic power of tourism152.4 Mass tourism and its"ecologicalcosts"172.5 Money flow to and at destinations202.6 The ecologicalfootprint222.7 Negative consequences of mobility272.8 Mass tourism and its"socialcosts"323 Alternative forms of tourism353.1 Forms and definitions353.1.1 Alternative and sustainable tourism363.1.2 Nature-based tourism403.1.3 Environmentallyandsociallyfriendlytourism and ecotourism413.1.4 Special forms of ecotourism: conservation and volunteer tourism453.1.5 Farm tourism463.1.6 Pro-poor tourism473.1.7 Adventure tourism473.1.8 Criticism of there levance of definitions with regard to sustainability483.2 Low-carbon travelling493.2.1 Soft mobility493.2.2 CO2-sequestration by treeplanting523.3 Touristic attractiveness of natural areas534 Combining nature conservation and sustainable tourism554.1 Finding the right balance554.2 Should there be entrance fees for national parks?554.3 Disturbances in protected areas caused by tourism594.4 The concept of carrying capacity604.5 Big-game hunting654.6 PAN parks: combining wilderness protection and Economic benefits694.6.1 The Protected Areas Network and ist objectives694.6.2 Acceptance by local communities734.7 Implementation of ecotourism projects744.8 Tourism and ethics775 From the analysis of tourist trips to an evaluation schema795.1 Important issues in evaluating tourist trips795.2Analysis of tourist trips855.3 A systematic approach to tourist trip evaluation1016 Guidelines for planning and managing sustainable tourism1076.1 Guidelines for sustainable tourism at the destination1076.2 Guidelines for sustainable tourism in protected areas1097 The future of sustainable tourism1137.1 Towards a general concept of sustainable tourism1137.2 "Sustainable mass tourism"?1168 References1199 Acknowledgements12510 Index127
1 Introduction72 Tourism132.1 Definition132.2 Pre-tourism forms of travelling142.3 The economic power of tourism152.4 Mass tourism and its"ecologicalcosts"172.5 Money flow to and at destinations202.6 The ecologicalfootprint222.7 Negative consequences of mobility272.8 Mass tourism and its"socialcosts"323 Alternative forms of tourism353.1 Forms and definitions353.1.1 Alternative and sustainable tourism363.1.2 Nature-based tourism403.1.3 Environmentallyandsociallyfriendlytourism and ecotourism413.1.4 Special forms of ecotourism: conservation and volunteer tourism453.1.5 Farm tourism463.1.6 Pro-poor tourism473.1.7 Adventure tourism473.1.8 Criticism of there levance of definitions with regard to sustainability483.2 Low-carbon travelling493.2.1 Soft mobility493.2.2 CO2-sequestration by treeplanting523.3 Touristic attractiveness of natural areas534 Combining nature conservation and sustainable tourism554.1 Finding the right balance554.2 Should there be entrance fees for national parks?554.3 Disturbances in protected areas caused by tourism594.4 The concept of carrying capacity604.5 Big-game hunting654.6 PAN parks: combining wilderness protection and Economic benefits694.6.1 The Protected Areas Network and ist objectives694.6.2 Acceptance by local communities734.7 Implementation of ecotourism projects744.8 Tourism and ethics775 From the analysis of tourist trips to an evaluation schema795.1 Important issues in evaluating tourist trips795.2Analysis of tourist trips855.3 A systematic approach to tourist trip evaluation1016 Guidelines for planning and managing sustainable tourism1076.1 Guidelines for sustainable tourism at the destination1076.2 Guidelines for sustainable tourism in protected areas1097 The future of sustainable tourism1137.1 Towards a general concept of sustainable tourism1137.2 "Sustainable mass tourism"?1168 References1199 Acknowledgements12510 Index127
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