Tourism and biodiversity
Subtitle: achieving common goals towards sustainability
Contributors: World Tourism Organization
Publisher: World Tourism Organization
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Madrid, Spain
Language: eng
Number of pages: 66
ISBN-13: 9789284413713
Subjects: Tourism; Environmental aspects; Biodiversity conservation; Ecotourism; Sustainable development
Description: The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) is the only inter-governmental organization that serves as a global forum for tourism policy and issues. Its Members include 161 countries and territories as well as over 400 Affiliate Members from the public and private sectors. UNWTO's mission is to promote and develop tourism as a significant means of fostering international peace and understanding, economic development and international trade. --Book Jacket.
Notes: "The research and writing has been undertaken for the UNWTO by Richard Tapper"--Foreword and acknowledgements.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 65-66).
Table of contents: title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. The value of biodiversity for tourism; title: 3. Impacts of tourism on biodiversity; title: 4. Biodiversity and sustainable tourism; title: 5. Role of the tourism in protection of biodiversity; title: 6. The links between tourism, poverty alleviation and biodiversity; title: 7. Recommendations for actions on biodiversity and tourism by governments, international organisations, the tourism private sector and NGOs; title: 8. Conclusion