Managing and co-ordinating tourism in a destination requires the organization and co-operation of a large number of sectors, businesses, local authorities and individuals. Since tourism is an important driver in many economies, destination governance in tourist destinations needs to be done well to achieve economic aims and maintain sufficient infrastructure.

This book provides a guide to the theoretical and methodological understanding of how to implement best practice governance procedures, with case studies illustrating good performance.

Discusses the diversity of perspectives, interaction and role of tourism within an interdisciplinary context of communities, the creation of mountain tourism experiences, impacts, development issues and approaches, planning and governance within a mountain tourism and natural environmental context. The book has wide geographic coverage of mountain areas, which include coverage of areas within Europe, Asia-Pacific and North America.