| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 328 pages) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The challenge of sustainably managing tourism on a finite planet -- Managing a spider web : the tourism industry supply chains & sustainability -- Economic development of tourism in emerging economies -- Hotels : the backbone of the tourism industry -- I'll fly away : airlines, airports and the global circulation of travelers -- Tour operators : exporting and importing customers worldwide -- The cruise industry : empire of the seas -- The Zeigeist of sport and tourism -- Destinations : the heart of the tourism sustainability -- Conclusions : the future of sustainable tourism. |
| Summary |
Sustainable Tourism on a Finite Planet" challenges readers to consider the new skills, tools and investments required to protect irreplaceable global resources from the impacts of escalating tourism demand in the next 50 years. This volume documents how technology is driving a travel revolution and propelling the growing global middle class to take leisure trips at unprecedented rates. Travel and tourism supply chains and business models for hotels, tour operators, cruise lines, airlines and airports are described with key environmental management techniques for each sector. This book recommends that decision makers assess the current and future value of natural, social and cultural capital to guide investment in destinations and protect vital resources. Case studies illustrate why budgets to protect local destinations are consistently underestimated and offer guidance on new metrics. Innovative approaches are proposed to support the transition to green infrastructure, protect incomparable landscapes, and engage local people in the monitoring of vital indicators to protect local resources. |
| Biography |
Megan Epler Wood founded and led The International Ecotourism Society (TIES) from 1990 to 2002. She is the Director of the International Sustainable Tourism Initiative at the Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, an instructor of online courses in sustainable tourism at Harvard Extension's Graduate School of Sustainability, and a Senior Project Associate at the Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise, Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University. Her consulting practice EplerWood International fosters sustainable tourism development in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Sustainable tourism.
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Tourism -- Environmental aspects.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Sustainable Development. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Hospitality, Travel & Tourism. |
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NATURE -- Ecology. |
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Sustainable tourism |
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Tourism -- Environmental aspects |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Epler Wood, Megan. Sustainable tourism on a finite planet. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2017 9781138217584 (DLC) 2016025172 (OCoLC)958585786 |
| ISBN |
9781315439792 (electronic bk.) |
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1315439794 (electronic bk.) |
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9781315439808 (electronic book) |
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1315439808 |
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9781315439785 (ePub ebook) |
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1315439786 |
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9781315439778 (Mobipocket ebook) |
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1315439778 |
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9781138217584 |
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1138217581 |
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9781138217614 |
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1138217611 |
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