Sustainability of tourism: cultural and environmental perspectives

The subject of sustainability has become central to the discussion of succeeding a stable development of the tourism industry due to an uncontrollable nature of supply and demand over the past few decades. Thus, this book examines policies and practices associated with the introduction of various methods in order to maintain a sustainable tourism development. The list of policies and practices is based on a selection of most recent topics by providing many real-world examples and cases in relation to culture and nature-based environmental issues representing both individual businesses and tourism destinations with an international focus, namely Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Portugal, South Korea, Taiwan, Turkey, USA. Structured with 14 chapters altogether, the principles and guidelines discussed apply equally to different product levels in tourism such as museums, cities, regions, and countries. The editors envision this book being considered as a supplementary textbook to readings. In addition, the editors also believe that the book will gain attention from colleagues worldwide because of particular courses on sustainable tourism, environmental tourism and cultural heritage management in many departments.