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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461848403321

Autore

Travis Anthony S

Titolo

Planning for tourism, leisure and sustainability [[electronic resource] ] : international case studies / / Anthony S. Travis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : CAB International, c2011

ISBN

1-283-26772-1

9786613267726

1-84593-743-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (356 p.)

Disciplina

910.68/4

Soggetti

Sustainable tourism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. International and national scales -- pt. 2. Regional tourism planning and natural resource planning -- pt. 3. Coastal and maritime planning and management -- pt. 4. Historic cities and sustainable tourism planning -- pt. 5. Local and site scale of tourism and leisure services planning -- pt. 6. 'Slicing the cake differently' - resorts, spas, pilgrimages and city tourism.

Sommario/riassunto

Providing a wide range of case studies in sustainable tourism planning, this authoritative work presents cases at both international and national levels as well as on a regional, sub-regional, urban, local and site scale. Drawing on the author's world-wide experience and with contributions from professionals in the field, this book takes a comparative approach relating to different economic, political and temporal dimensions, examining established initiatives both in the context of the standards of the time and from a modern perspective looking back. With an emphasis on sustainability, this un