ABSTRACT
As the tourist industry becomes increasingly important to communities around the world, the need to develop tourism in a sustainable manner has also become a primary concern. This impressive collection of international case studies addresses this crucial issue by asking what local communities can contribute to sustainable tourism, and what sustainability can offer these local communities in return. The role of the community in environmental, cultural and economic sustainability is highlighted in an extraordinary variety of contexts, ranging from inner-city Edinburgh to rural northern Portugal and the beaches of Indonesia.
Individually, the investigations in this text present a wealth of original research and source material, while collectively, they illuminate and clarify the term 'community' - the meaning of which, it is argued, is vital to understanding how sustainable tourism development can be implemented in practice.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
Part 1 Community participation and identity
chapter 2|19 pages
Approaches to sustainable tourism planning and community participation
part |2 pages
Part 2 Sustainable tourism and the community
chapter 7|18 pages
Establishing the common ground
part |2 pages
Part 3 Developing community enterprise
chapter 11|15 pages
Gili Trawangan—from desert island to ‘marginal’ paradise
part |2 pages
Part 4 Rural communities and tourism development