Tourism Enterprises and Sustainable Development: International Perspectives on Responses to the Sustainability Agenda

ISBN-13: 9780415993326 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 268 str.

Leslie David

Opis

This indispensable contribution provides a comprehensive, state of the art perspective on progress towards the objectives of sustainable development within the tourism sector across the globe by focusing on the environmental performance and adoption of environmental management systems by tourism enterprises.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Global Environmental Change and Tourism Enterprise  2. Asian Tourism – Green and Responsible?  3. Large-Scale Links between Tourism Enterprises and Sustainable Development  4. Sustainable Tourism Development in the United States of America: An Intricate Balance from Policy to Practice  5. Argentina and its Approach to Environmental Quality in Tourism – From Hotels to Destinations  6. Strata Titled Tourist Development in Australia – Calling in the Sorcerer’s Apprentice?  7. Tourism Enterprises and Sustainable Development in Australia  8. Environmental Performance of Tourism Enterprise in Ghana - A Case Study of Hotels in the Greater Accra Region (GAR)  9. Owner/Manager Perspectives on Environmental Management in Micro and Small Tourism Enterprises in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand  10. Southern Africa, Policy Initiatives and Environmental Performance  11. Turkey’s Tourism Policy and Environmental Performance of Tourism Enterprises  12. Environmental Performance and Tourism Enterprises in the U.K.: Progress towards Sustainability? Conclusion

O autorze

David Leslie is Reader in Tourism at Glasgow Caledonian University. He was responsible for the introduction of the tourism programmes at the University in 1993 and for their subsequent development.