Sustainability of tourism
Subtitle: cultural and environmental perspectives
By: edited by Metin Kozak and Nazmi Kozak
Contributors: Kozak, Nazmi
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Pub.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Newcastle upon Tyne
Language: eng
Number of pages: 343
ISBN-13: 9781443832069
Subjects: Sustainable tourism; Tourism; Environmental aspects; Culture and tourism; Nachhaltigkeit; Tourismus
Description: "[...] This book examines policies and practices associated with the introduction of various methods in order to maintain a sustainable tourism development. The list of policies and practices is based on a selection of most recent topics by providing many real-world examples and cases in relation to culture and nature-based environmental issues representing both individual businesses and tourism destinations with an international focus, namely Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Portugal, South Korea, Taiwan, Turkey, USA. Structured with 14 chapters altogether, the principles and guidelines discussed apply equally to different product levels in tourism such as museums, cities, regions, and countries"--Dust jacket.
Table of contents: title: Social and Environmental Impacts of Tourism Development in Turkey / Muammer Tuna; title: I Want This Ramses' Statue: Motives and Meanings of Tourist Souvenirs / Alain Decrop and Julie Masset; title: Tourism Impact among the Cave Dwellers of Cappadocia: From Troglodytes to Modern Houses / Eda Elif Tibet; title: Attractiveness of Gyeongbok Palace as a Cultural Heritage Site / Eunkyung Park and Byung-Kil Choi; title: Innovations and Sustainability: Use of Alternative Energies in Tourist Resorts / Katia Ivankova; title: Representation of Bulgaria In and Through Tourism: The Dynamics Traditionality vis-a-vis Transitionality / Milka Ivanova; title: Nationalist Cultural Identity and Tourism during the Portuguese Estado Novo / Cândida Cadavez; title: Institution-based Approach in Sustainable Tourism: Emerging Importance of Environmental Associations in Turkey / Hilal Erkus-Öztürk; title: Mountain Resort Sustainability in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, USA / Jerry Johnson; title: Partnership and Sustainable Rural Tourism / Jung-Chen Chang; title: Water Sustainability in Tourism Accommodation / La Vergne Lehmann; title: Hosts' Perceptions of the Impact of Tourism in an Urban Area / Maria João Carneiro and Celeste Eusébio; title: Battleless Battlefields: A Discussion of Cold War Tourism in Britain / Inge Hermann.