This multidisciplinary volume dicusses the impact of tourism on sustainable development in the Caribbean, the Pacific, and the Mediterranean. Bringing together scholars, development practitioners, international experts, and professionals, the contributors discuss the issues from a holistic and transnational perspective. This work provides a much-needed, thorough understanding of the interplay among economic, cultural, environmental, and public health parameters.
The contributors provide a workable definition of sustainable development that can be understood, conveyed, and implemented by...
This multidisciplinary volume dicusses the impact of tourism on sustainable development in the Caribbean, the Pacific, and the Mediterranean. Bring...
Despite the trends towards other, more exotic destinations, the growth of the tourism industry in the Mediterranean is unprecedented. There is no area in the world where travel and tourism so extensively affect policy-making, employment, the culture, the physical environment, political stability and the balance of payments, but so far, there has been no detailed examination which looks at the tourism industry in this region as a whole.
Despite the trends towards other, more exotic destinations, the growth of the tourism industry in the Mediterranean is unprecedented. There is no area...