This paper is based on a field study carried out in 2015 in two coastal ecotourism areas in The Gambia - Kartong and Tanji. The study investigated sustainability communication by tourism service providers in the context of climate change and ecovillage design education (EDE). With an inclusive...

Sustainable tourism is seen as a major development opportunity for regions with pristine nature and biodiversity hotspots, particularly in developing countries. The economic advantages of sustainable tourism are supposed to convince local persons that use restrictions and regulations set within...

Die Bedeutung des Kulturtourismus in ländlichen Regionen nimmt seit mehreren Jahren erfreulicher Weise zu und trägt zur Belebung vieler kleiner Orte bei. Katja Drews stellt mit ihrer hier vorgelegten Studie drei kulturelle Angebote aus diesem Bereich vor und fragt danach, wie stark und in...

This study aimed to investigate the nature of energy applied in hotel industry in Macedonia. It explored the indicators for resources application in three, four and five star hotels. The data were collected by means of an online survey conducted among 45 managers and department supervisors. It...

Destination presents a set of different organizations and individuals who can work towards realising the same objectives or their objectives can be diametrically opposed. Harmonisation of such objectives in a unique strategic development of the entire destination is usually taken over by...

"This book explores poverty reduction in the least developed or developing economies through the creation of livelihood options and economic growth created by private sector activities. It examines the private sector's role in creating the wealth needed to substantially and sustainability reduce...

Ex-ante economic impact analyses are required to demonstrate the development impact and economic viability of loans and grants extended by multi-lateral development banks. These assessments are performed under tight time constraints and often in data poor environments. This paper develops a...

The challenge of sustainably managing tourism on a finite planet -- Managing a spider web : the tourism industry supply chains & sustainability -- Economic development of tourism in emerging economies -- Hotels : the backbone of the tourism industry -- I'll fly away : airlines, airports and the...

Introduction on tourism in Europe and in the cross-border Italy-France -- Objectives and methodology of the ART Project for the Tourism Competitiveness -- Map of the scientific competences on tourism and in the priority sectors in the Italy-France cross-border area -- European funds and...

Impact of Advertising and Public Relations on Tourism Development in Da Nang, Vietnam / Xuan Tran Tran, Minh Nguyen, Ha Kieu Tan Luu, Ny Ngo, My Tran, Ngoc Bich Nguyen, Hai Tran -- Environmental protection and Tourism : Tourism in the Protected area in Mongolia / Navchaa Tugjamba, Amarbayasgalan...

Introduction : International Tourism Development and the Gulf Cooperation States / Marcus L. Stephenson -- Part One. Tourism Development and the Gulf Cooperation Council Region. Theoretical Approaches to the Political Economy of Tourism in the GCC States / Matthew Gray -- Tourism and Geopolitics...

Introduction: the spectacle of nature and circuits of capitalism -- 1. Making, managing, and marketing East African nature -- 2. A landscape that functions ecologically and economically? -- 3. Seeing the world to save the world -- 4. Wise exchange, convention space, and transnational tournaments...

The doctoral thesis deals with future challenges that the tourism market has to face on a global level. The problem is treated from different perspectives and with different thematic foci. Thematically, the thesis approaches both global changes in the tourism market and further developments of...

Tourism is multi-faceted phenomenon and various stakeholders, levels of government, and sectors are closely interlinked. Governmental and non-governmental institutions, local communities, diverse professionals, and different sectors and tourists do show various perspectives about the management...

Tourism is booming on global level since many decades and developing countries often capture tourism as a lever to push up their economy. Many regions in Vietnam invest lots of money in this development hoping to change the traditional economic structure. Located in the North Central Vietnam,...