Managing Sustainable Tourism - Softcover

David L Edgell Sr

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0789027712 ISBN 13: 9780789027719

Publisher: Routledge, 2006

Synopsis

Intelligently designed tourism strategies for the twenty-first century!

Successful tourism development and marketing are dependent on maintaining a delicate balance between economic growth and the protection of environments. Managing Sustainable Tourism: A Legacy for the Future tackles the tough issues of tourism such as negative environmental impact and cultural degradation, and provides answers that don’t sacrifice positive economic growth. This essential book offers practical plans for fostering harmonious relationships among local communities, the private sector, not-for-profit organizations, academic institutions, and governments at all levels as well as develops management practices and philosophies that protect natural, built, and cultural environments while reinforcing positive and orderly economic growth.

Managing Sustainable Tourism discusses in-depth the sensible guidelines for protecting environment, heritage sites, and local culture while developing realistic tourism goals for compatible economic growth. Useful strategies for sustainable tourism are detailed for each tourism type, along with useful tried-and-true marketing techniques aimed at cooperation and respect for all types of environments. Case studies, research, and supplemental reading lists clearly illustrate ideas and the author’s qualified suggestions.

Managing Sustainable Tourism explores:

• the future of the tourism industry
  
• understanding sustainable tourism
  
• the economics of community growth through tourism
  
• marketing the sustainable tourism product
  
• nature tourism
  
• heritage tourism
  
• cultural tourism
  
• rural tourism
  
• practical guidelines for sustainable tourism
  
• a workable global sustainable tourism initiative
  
  

Managing Sustainable Tourism is an ideal resource for educators, students, developers, entrepreneurs, investors, tourism strategists, planners, policymakers, and anyone interested in sustainable tourism for the new millennium.

About this title

About the Author:

David L. Edgell Sr. is a tenured professor and the Director of the Institute for Tourism at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina.

Review:

"HIGHLY CREDIBLE. . . Dr. Edgell has done it again . . . written A NEW 'MUST-READ' FOR ANYONE IN THE WORLD'S LARGEST BUSINESS—TOURISM." -- Ambassador Fredrick M. Bush, MA, Associate Director for Development and Constituent Relations, Development Office, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

"This book WILL BECOME THE REFERENCE STANDARD FOR FUTURE DISCUSSIONS ON SUSTAINABLE TOURISM." -- Thoric Cederstrom, PhD, Vice President, Counterpart International

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0789027712
• ISBN 13: 9780789027719
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 164