Indicators Of Sustainable Development For Tourism Destinations

This new guidebook is the most comprehensive resource on policy-making, planning, and management processes at tourism destinations. It describes over 40 major sustainability issues, ranging from the management of natural resources to development control, satisfaction of tourists and host communities, preservation of cultural heritage, seasonality, economic leakages, climate change, etc. This publication also contains a procedure to develop destination-specific indicators and their use in tourism policy and planning processes, as well as applications in different destination types (e.g. coastal, urban, eco-tourism, small communities). Numerous examples and 25 comprehensive case studies provide a wide range of experiences at the company, destination, national, and regional levels for all continents.World Tourism Organization Staff is the author of 'Indicators Of Sustainable Development For Tourism Destinations ' with ISBN 9789284407262 and ISBN 9284407265.