Sustainable Hospitality and Tourism as Motors for Development: Case Studies from Developing Regions of the WorldPhilip Sloan, Claudia Simons-Kaufman, Willy Legrand Routledge, 2012 - 450 էջ 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. Provides an enhanced view on sustainability beyond the borders of developed countries Case studies include hands-on activities, creative business practices and applied sustainable development strategies Includes case study questions, advanced reading list and online resource features |
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scarcity of natural resources or Cockaigne? | 1 |
pioneering ecotourism in Peru | 24 |
3 Integrated circuits as a tool for the development of sustainable tourism in the Amazon | 37 |
4 Bringing sustainability to the Brazilian hotel industry | 56 |
linkages between setting visitor experiences and sustainability | 69 |
community based ecotourism in a sustainable development reserve in the Amazon Basin | 93 |
Huaorani Ecolodge | 114 |
experiences of a privatecommunal partnership | 131 |
a new subspecies of sustainable volunteer tourism? | 242 |
The Selinda Reserve | 263 |
the case of Soomaa National Park Estonia | 276 |
a case study from Yunnan China | 296 |
teaching sustainable principles | 312 |
21 Investigating potential benefits of proposed ecoretrofits to an existing tourist lodge in The Sundarbans India | 327 |
sustainable tourism biodiversity and quality of life a case study | 343 |
issues and challenges | 359 |
9 Key issues and challenges to the development of communitybased ecotourism in Guatemala | 140 |
the case of Bonito MS Brazil | 150 |
11 Diversified nature tourism on St Vincent | 163 |
12 Can ecotourism support coral reef conservation? Experiences of Chumbe Island Coral Park Ltd in ZanzibarTanzania | 176 |
integrating insects in the hospitality and tourism industries through Swarm supposition | 198 |
stakeholder perspectives | 213 |
opportunities and obstacles to development the case of Cantanhez GuinéBissau | 227 |
sharing benefits to sustain local community and Sea Turtles in Rekawa sanctuary Sri Lanka | 377 |
where luxury meets sustainable tourism | 390 |
the success of Kumily in Kerala India | 402 |
27 The development and promotion of guidelines for organic farms for sustainable tourism | 422 |
Glossary | 437 |
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