Sustainable Tourism

Sustainable Tourism is vital reading for anyone seeking to understand the complexities associated with sustainable tourism development, and how government and industry have responded to the challenges the concept poses. The major areas addressed in this edited volume are: * perspectives and issues associated with the concept of sustainable tourism development * accreditation, education and interpretation, including specific examples such as Green Globe 21, the European Blue Flag Campaign and the WWF's PAN Parks Programme * sustainable tourism case studies of tourist destination regions, natural areas and tourism enterprises drawn from Africa, Australia, the South Pacific, North America, South-east Asia and the Caribbean An impressive international editorial team has combined to present in this text not only a variety of perspectives on sustainable tourism development, but also significant insights into barriers, challenges and current industry and government responses to it in various parts of the globe. 'Sustainable Tourism' will be a welcome addition to the libraries of tourism industry professionals, individuals involved in the management of natural areas; tourism policy makers; tourism academics; and students with an interest in the future sustainability of tourism and the industry that supports it.

Rob Harris, Tony Griffin, Peter Williams

Part 1 Issues and Perspectives; Chapter 1 Aspects of the sustainable tourism debate from a natural resources perspective, ColinHunter; Chapter 2 An optimistic perspective on tourism's sustainability, TonyGriffin; Part 2 Accreditation, Education and Interpretation; Chapter 3 Interpretation as the centrepiece of sustainable wildlife tourism, Sam H.Ham, BettyWeiler; Chapter 4 Travel ecology and developing naturally, Thomas D.Potts, RichHarrill; Chapter 5 Green Globe, TonyGriffin, TerryDeLacey; Chapter 6 The European Blue Flag campaign for beaches in Slovenia, MihalicTanja; Chapter 7 PAN Parks, XavierFont, AndréBrasser; Part 3 Tourist Destination Areas; Chapter 8 Perspectives on sustainable tourism in the South Pacific, David B.Weaver; Chapter 9 How sustainable is Mekong tourism?, AnitaPleumarom; Chapter 10 Towards sustainability, DavidJohnson; Chapter 11 Steps towards sustainability monitoring, DavidWaldron, Peter W.Williams; Chapter 12 Farm tourism - its contribution to the economic sustainability of Europe's countryside, LesleyRoberts; Part 4 Tourism Enterprises and Attractions; Chapter 13 Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, AndrewLepp; Chapter 14 Convicts and conservation, GregRinger; Chapter 15 The tale of the Little Penguins and the tourists - making tourism sustainable at Phillip Island Nature Park, RobHarris; Chapter 16 Making paradise last, ChristinaSymko, RobHarris; Chapter 17 The Fairmont Chateau Whistler Resort, EstherSpeck; Chapter 18 Wildlife conservation, tourism and the private sector, RobHarris;