Sustainable tourism V
By: editors, F.D. Pineda & C.A. Brebbia
Contributors: Pineda, F. D.; Brebbia, C. A.
Series: WIT transactions on ecology and the environment -- v. 161; WIT transactions on ecology and the environment -- v. 161.
Publisher: WIT Press; Computational Mechanics Incorporated
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Southampton; Billerica, Massachusetts
Language: eng
Number of pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9781845645946; 9781845645953
Subjects: Ecotourism; Congresses; Tourism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Emergent strategies for tourism development. Hotel certification and its relevance for sustainable development: examples from the European Alps; Proposing strategies for a sustainable tourism: a case study of El Sargento and La Ventana, BCS, Mexico; Emergent strategies for sustainable rural tourism development of Gashaka-Gumti National Park, Nigeria; Earthquake's influence on inbound tourism: voices from the travel blogs; title: Tourism strategies. New mobility strategies for the development of tourism in Sicily; Achieving corporate social responsibility based on human resources dimension: a case study approach, Porto Marina resort in Egypt; Comparative analysis of carrying capacity indices for the central Aegean islands; Tourism, vulnerability, and economic crisis within APEC: responses from international destinations; title: Phuket, Thailand and Los Cabos, Mexico; title: Environmental issues; Sustainable tourism in an urban desert; Making 20 2020 happen: is the hospitality industry mitigating its environmental impacts? The barriers and motivators that German hoteliers have to invest in sustainable management strategies and technologies and their perceptions of online self help toolkits; Sustainability and the traditional tourism model in Baja California Sur, Mexico; Is ecotourism a viable option to generate wealth in brittle environments? A reflection on the case of the Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve, México; Sustainability of team building offers: survey of a growing market; Economic benefits of sport fishing in Los Cabos, Mexico: is the relative abundance a determinant? Degradation and environmental risk at the Diamond Zone, Acapulco, Mexico; A conceptual framework for environmental governance networks: an analysis of small island destinations in Indonesia and the Coral Triangle; title: Tourism as a tool of development. The impact of tourism in a fragile wetland ecosystem in Angola: the Arco (Namibe) case study; Ancol Jakarta Bay City as a sustainable destination park: assessing crowd based on tourism carrying capacity; Food and wine tourism in post-war Lebanon; title: Climate change and the effects of natural hazards in tourism. Perception, attitude and opinion of the Spanish tourists about the episodes of extreme heat; Carbon offsetting programs in North America: assessing the involvement of the hospitality and tourism industry; title: Community issues. Operators' attitudes on educational tourism in agriculture; Revitalization measure in Suzu city based on questionnaire; A myth? Sustainable tourism as a tool for rescuing traditional spaces: a case study from Turkey, Ankara; Adapting community-participatory wildlife conservation model to management of Nigerian national parks for sustainable tourism; title: Art, architecture and culture. Eco friendly service buildings and facilities for sustainable tourism and environmental awareness in protected areas; Resort hotels in transition: Antalya, Turkey; Re-defining wall painting of the Yoruba of south-west Nigeria for cultural tourism; title: Heritage tourism. From Greek antiquity to the middle ages: a possible incursion on special interest tourism in the Danube delta; How do tourists look at Sintra's world heritage?; The virtual history of tourism: from the remnants of life in Penghu Hua-Zai village; The role of intangible assets in the conservation of Bam and its cultural landscape as a World Heritage site.