ABSTRACT

The Business of Sustainable Tourism Development and Management provides a comprehensive introduction to sustainable tourism, crucially combining both theoretical and practical approaches to equip students with the tools to successfully manage a sustainable tourism business or destination.

Covering a range of crucial topics such as mass tourism, alternative tourism, human capital management, and many more, this book incorporates a global curriculum that widens the sustainable tourism debate to include theoretical perspectives, applied research, best-practice frameworks, business tools, and case studies, facilitating a more comprehensive sustainable tourism educational strategy. Information on how to effectively implement strategies that can be applied to business environments, entrepreneurship, and job skills to enhance career preparation is at the forefront of this textbook.

Highly illustrated and with an interactive companion website including bonus learning materials, this is the ideal textbook for students of tourism, hospitality, and events management at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

chapter Chapter 1|23 pages

Introducing sustainable tourism

chapter Chapter 2|21 pages

Understanding capital

chapter Chapter 3|21 pages

Globalization, localism, and sustainability

chapter Chapter 4|24 pages

Governance of sustainable tourism

chapter Chapter 5|19 pages

The sustainable traveler

chapter Chapter 6|24 pages

Mass tourism

chapter Chapter 7|22 pages

Alternative tourism

chapter Chapter 8|25 pages

Marketing for sustainability

chapter Chapter 9|22 pages

Supply and value chain management

chapter Chapter 10|22 pages

Certification

chapter Chapter 11|21 pages

Human capital management

chapter Chapter 12|21 pages

Visitor management

chapter Chapter 13|21 pages

The future of sustainable tourism