Environment and Tourism

by Andrew Holden

This second edition of Environment and Tourism reflects changes in the relationship between tourism, society and the natural environment in the first decade of the new century. Alongside the updating of all statistics, environmental policy initiatives, examples and case studies new material has been added. This includes two new one on climate change and natural disasters and the other on the relationship between tourism and poverty. These themes have direct relevance, not only to tourism, but are reflective of the wider relationship between nature and society, a thesis that contextualizes this book. Tourism is also analyzed as an interconnected system, linking the environments of where tourists come from, with the ones they go to. Taking a holistic view of the tourism system and how it interacts with the natural environment, this volume illustrates the positive and negative effects of this relationship, and importantly how tourism can be planned and managed to encourage natural resource conservation and aid human development. It is an invaluable tool for all those studying human geography, tourism and environment studies.

Genres: Environment

304 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2000

Reviews

[Penny · Rating 3 out of 5]

Obviously an academic read. Good resource for a ho hum topic.

[Eva Evangelisious · Rating 3 out of 5]

you need to have the basic knowledge of terms and definitions about tourism before reading this book. For someone without a tourism background it will be difficult to follow up the chapters.

[Bousonchhay]

good