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UNINA9910785742203321 |
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Titolo |
Sustainable hospitality and tourism as motors for development : case studies from developing regions of the world / / edited by Philip Sloan, Claudia Simons-Kaufman and Willy Legrand |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-136-00137-9 |
1-283-60624-0 |
9786613918697 |
1-136-00138-7 |
0-12-385197-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (497 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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LegrandWilly |
Simons-KaufmanClaudia |
SloanPhilip |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Sustainable tourism - Developing countries |
Hospitality industry - Developing countries |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures and tables; Contributors; Foreword; Editors' preface; Editors' biography; An overview of the book; How to use this book; 1 Introduction: scarcity of natural resources or 'Cockaigne'?; Part 1: What do we mean by development?; Part 2: Sustainability in tourism and hospitality; 2 The case of Inkaterra: pioneering ecotourism in Peru; 3 Integrated circuits as a tool for the development of sustainable tourism in the Amazon; 4 Bringing sustainability to the Brazilian hotel industry |
5 Preferences regarding restoration and development at Copan Archeological Park, Honduras: linkages between setting, visitor experiences and sustainability6 Mamirauá: community based ecotourism in a sustainable development reserve in the Amazon Basin; 7 Ecuador: Huaorani Ecolodge; 8 Tourism in the Peruvian Amazon: experiences of a private-communal partnership; 9 Key issues and challenges to the development of community-based ecotourism in |
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Guatemala; 10 Tourism cluster among livestock: the case of Bonito (MS), Brazil; 11 Diversified nature tourism on St. Vincent |
12 Can ecotourism support coral reef conservation? Experiences of Chumbe Island Coral Park Ltd in Zanzibar/Tanzania13 Blossoms & Butterflies, Waterfalls & Dragonflies: integrating insects in the hospitality and tourism industries through Swarm supposition; 14 Sustainable tourism development in the Masai Mara National Reserve Kenya: stakeholder perspectives; 15 Ecotourism in vulnerable regions: opportunities and obstacles to development - the case of Cantanhez, Guiné-Bissau; 16 Minimission-Tourism in Ethiopia: a new subspecies of sustainable volunteer tourism?; 17 Botswana: The Selinda Reserve |
18 Sustainable development of a remote tourist destination: the case of Soomaa National Park, Estonia19 Challenges in rural ethnic tourism development: a case study from Yunnan, China; 20 Hotel Management education in Bhutan: teaching sustainable principles; 21 Investigating potential benefits of proposed eco-retrofits to an existing tourist lodge in The Sundarbans, India; 22 Urban green parks: sustainable tourism, biodiversity and quality of life: a case study; 23 Philippine sustainable tourism initiatives: issues and challenges |
24 Turtle night watch nature tourism: sharing benefits to sustain local community and Sea Turtles in Rekawa sanctuary, Sri Lanka25 Six Senses Hideaway, Ninh Van Bay, Vietnam: where luxury meets sustainable tourism; 26 Tourist destinations with planned interventions: the success of Kumily in Kerala, India; 27 The development and promotion of guidelines for organic farms for sustainable tourism; Glossary; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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It is now widely agreed that the climate is changing, global resources are diminishing and biodiversity is suffering. Developing countries - many of them considered by the World Tourism Organization to be 'Top Emerging Tourism Destinations' (UNWTO, 2009) - are already suffering the full frontal effect of environmental degradation. The challenge for developing countries is a triple-edged sword, how can economic prosperity be achieved without the perpetual depletion of nature's reserves, the destruction of rural habitat and the dislocation of traditional societies? Many emerging nations are l |
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