Advanced Introduction to Sustainable Tourism.
Weaver, David.
Advanced Introduction to Sustainable Tourism. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (166 pages) - Elgar Advanced Introductions Series . - Elgar Advanced Introductions Series .
Front Matter -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introducing the era of tourism -- 2. The dawn of sustainable tourism -- 3. Mass and alternative tourism: from dichotomy to amalgamation -- 4. In pursuit of sustainable mass tourism -- 5. Selected sustainable tourism contexts -- 6. Emerging trends in sustainable tourism -- 7. Conclusion -- References -- Index.
This critical review of sustainable tourism, from its beginnings in the late 1980s to the present, examines the pressing challenges posed by the effects of global warming and the persistence of deep poverty and social unrest in many regions. David Weaver explores the convergence of mass and 'alternative' tourism as a dominant theme. Originally perceived as two incompatible forms of tourism, they are positioned in this book through enlightened mass tourism as unified components of a single global 'tourisystem' with the power to achieve sustainable tourism.
9781788979726
Sustainable tourism.
Sustainable tourism-Economic aspects.
Electronic books.
G156.5.S87 .W438 2020
338.4791
Advanced Introduction to Sustainable Tourism. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (166 pages) - Elgar Advanced Introductions Series . - Elgar Advanced Introductions Series .
Front Matter -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introducing the era of tourism -- 2. The dawn of sustainable tourism -- 3. Mass and alternative tourism: from dichotomy to amalgamation -- 4. In pursuit of sustainable mass tourism -- 5. Selected sustainable tourism contexts -- 6. Emerging trends in sustainable tourism -- 7. Conclusion -- References -- Index.
This critical review of sustainable tourism, from its beginnings in the late 1980s to the present, examines the pressing challenges posed by the effects of global warming and the persistence of deep poverty and social unrest in many regions. David Weaver explores the convergence of mass and 'alternative' tourism as a dominant theme. Originally perceived as two incompatible forms of tourism, they are positioned in this book through enlightened mass tourism as unified components of a single global 'tourisystem' with the power to achieve sustainable tourism.
9781788979726
Sustainable tourism.
Sustainable tourism-Economic aspects.
Electronic books.
G156.5.S87 .W438 2020
338.4791