Sustainable Hospitality and Tourism as Motors for Development: Case Studies from Developing Regions of the World

ISBN-13: 9780123851963 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 496 str.

Willy Legrand

Opis

It is now widely agreed that the climate is changing, global resources are diminishing and biodiversity is suffering. These changes pose huge challenges on nations, organizations, businesses, communities and ultimately individuals. Developing countries, many of them considered by the World Tourism Organization to be Top Emerging Tourism Destinations (UNWTO, 2009), are already suffering the full frontal effect of environmental degradation with the UN recently reporting the existence of nearly half a million climate refugees in Africa and Asia in addition to huge swathes of the world's farming land and oceans becoming infertile. The challenge for developing countries is a triple-edged sword, how can economic prosperity be achieved without the perpetual depletion of nature's reserves, the destruction of rural habitat and the dislocation of traditional societies? Many emerging nations are looking increasingly to the tourism industry as the motor for economic development with hospitality businesses at the forefront. In line with this increasing economic necessity is the growth of concern in the West for environmental and societal stewardship. Expectations are high, Western consumers want classy lodgings and unspoilt landscapes in the knowledge that the room maid has enough money to feed and educate her family. This book is designed to give students and practitioners a guide for best practices of sustainable hospitality operations in developing countries. Based on case studies, it provides a road map of how to achieve the goals of sustainability giving benchmark examples. The book not only taps in a contemporary business subject but provides readers with a better understanding on how sustainable theories can be operationalized in hospitality and tourism business practices in developing countries.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. The Case of Inkaterra: Pioneering Ecotourism in Peru  3. Integrated Circuits as a Tool for the Development of Sustainable Tourism in the Amazon  4. Bringing Sustainability to the Brazilian Hotel Industry  5. Preferences Regarding Restoration and Development at Copan Archeological Park  6. Mamirauá: Community Based Ecotourism in a Sustainable Development Reserve in the Amazon Basin  7. Ecuador: Huaorani Ecolodge  8. Tourism in the Peruvian Amazon: Experiences of a Private-Communal Partnership  9. Key Issues and Challenges to the Development of Community-Based Ecotourism in Guatemala  10. Tourism Cluster among Livestock: The Case of Bonito (MS), Brazil  11. Diversified Nature Tourism on St. Vincent  12. Can Ecotourism Support Coral Reef Conservation? Experiences of Chumbe Island Coral Park Ltd in Zanzibar / Tanzania  13. Blossoms & Butterflies, Waterfalls and Dragonflies: Integrating Insects in the Hospitality and Tourism Industries through Swarm Supposition  14. Sustainable Tourism Development in the Masai Mara National Reserve Kenya: Stakeholder Perspectives  15. Ecotourism in Vulnerable Regions: Opportunities and Obstacles to Development – The Case of Cantanhez, Guiné-Bissau  16. Minimission-Tourism in Ethiopia: A New Subspecies of Sustainable Volunteer Tourism?  17. Botswana: The Selinda Reserve  18. Sustainable Development of a Remote Tourist Destination: The Case of Soomaa National Park, Estonia  19. Challenges in Rural Ethnic Tourism Development: A Case Study from Yunnan, China  20. Hotel Management Education in Bhutan: Teaching Sustainable Principles  21. Investigating Potential Benefits of Proposed Eco-retrofits to an Existing Tourist Lodge in the Sundarbans, India  22. Urban Green Parks: Sustainable Tourism, Biodiversity and Quality Of Life: A Case Study  23. Philippine Sustainable Tourism Initiatives: Issues and Challenges  24. Turtle Night Watch Nature Tourism: Sharing Benefits to Sustain Local Community and Sea Turtles in Rekawa Sanctuary, Sri Lanka  25. Six Senses Hideaway Ninh Van Bay, Vietnam: Where Luxury Meets Sustainable Tourism  26. Tourist Destinations with Planned Interventions: The Success of Kumily in Kerala, India  27. The Development and Promotion Guidelines of Organic Farms for Sustainable Tourism