Format:
1 online resource (221 pages)
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illustrations
ISBN:
9781800623200
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9781800623217
Content:
"The book addresses the introduction and establishment of sustainable tourism in the Americas. It examines what is really meant by sustainable tourism and relates this to the recent criteria and indicators developed by GSTC and other standards and based on the indicators and observatories work associated with UNWTO"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Intro -- Halftitle -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- About the Editors -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- Photographs -- 1 Introduction: Why Does Tourism Need to be Sustainable? -- 2 Tourism as a Tool Supporting Sustainable Development for the Americas -- 3 Measuring Sustainability of Tourism in the Americas -- 4 Certification Systems for Sustainable Tourism in the Americas -- 5 Robust Sustainable Tourism -- Cruise Tourism as a Challenge -- COVID-19 and Tourism in the Americas -- 6 Successful Destinations in the Americas: Case Studies
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Sustainable Destination Management and Resilience: The Case of Thompson Okanagan -- Varadero, Cuba: Sun and Beach Destination -- Ciénaga de Zapata National Park, Matanzas Province, Cuba -- Indicators for the Sustainable Management of Tourism: Cozumel, Mexico-An Early Case Application -- San Miguel de Allende Case: Sustaining What We Have -- Sustaining Nature's Beating Heart-Guyana: Becoming a Leading Sustainable Destination -- Colonia Tovar, Venezuela: Building on our History -- Agua Blanca, Manabí, Ecuador -- Galapagos Islands Case Study -- Tourism and Whales in the Americas
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7 Can Tourism Be an Ethical Solution? -- Ethics and Tourist Practice in the Century of Travel -- Another Tourism for a Sustainable Future? -- 8 Conclusions: The Future of Tourism in the Americas -- Index -- Backcover
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781800623194
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Sustainable tourism in the Americas Wallingford, UK : CABI, 2023 ISBN 9781800623194
Language:
English
Keywords:
Amerika
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Tourismus
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Nachhaltigkeit
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Amerika
;
Sanfter Tourismus
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