Historically, tourism in India has been important and in fact is encouraged by Hindu scriptures. Nevertheless …, international tourism to India and South Asia generally has languished in recent times in contrast to the growth of international … help liberalise their economies some of their previous impediments to international tourism will be reduced. Both in India …

Rapid growth in tourism has occurred in Yunnan Province since 1979 with several destinations being popular. Mass … tourism in Kunming City and the central area of Yunnan is shifting to other areas such as Xishuangbanna in the south and Dali … and Lijiang in the northwest because of growing interest in ecotourism, cultural tourism and ethnic tourism. A comparison …

There has been much discussion of sustainable tourism and there is in fact an international academic journal entitled … Sustainable Tourism. However, there appear to be few, if any, rigorous definitions of the concept of sustainable tourism. This is …. The above problem exists despite the fact that the concept of sustainable tourism is closely linked by many to definitions …

Provides background on the development and nature of Antarctic tourism and associated environmental issues, as well as … tourists favour an expansion in tourism to Antarctica and why. An overall assessment completes the study. …

article considers how the economic value of the tourism stimulus provided by World Heritage listing can be measured in …

estimated that as a result of the presence of these species and their use for tourism, expenditure of over $100 million annually … has been remarkable expansion in wildlife tourism on the Otago Peninsula and its economic impact in the Dunedin region in … are likely to hamper its future expansion. However, wildlife tourism on the Otago Peninsula will still have a huge …

To a large extent, economic factors explain the global growth of the tourism industry, the concentration of tourism in … high-income countries, and the high degree of cross-border tourism between higher income countries themselves. This is … discussed. In doing so, shortcomings of tourism statistics reported by the World Tourism Organisation are examined. These …