Tourism
By: by Rufus Bellamy
Series: Sustaining our environment; Sustaining our environment
Publisher: Franklin Watts
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 44
ISBN-13: 9780749688240
Subjects: Tourism; Juvenile literature; Ecotourism; Environmental aspects; Environmental protection; Nature; Effect of human beings on
Description: This book brings together case studies from all over the world to show how people, both individuals and governments, are trying to limit environmental damage which can done by tourists. It shows how tourism does not always need to have a negative effect and how sustainable tourism can benefit some areas and help limit the damage in others.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Tourism; title: the world's biggest industry; title: The transport question; title: Travelling light; title: The resource challenge; title: A smaller footprint; title: Loved to death; title: The big clean-up; title: Reducing the impact of tourists; title: Greening the tourist; title: Cultural impact; title: Tourism, wildlife and people; title: Eco-tourists; title: a new type of traveller?; title: Tourism and sustainable development; title: Fair trade tourism; title: Awarding sustainable tourism; title: A sustainable future for tourism?