Sustainable tourism futures : perspectives on systems, restructuring, and innovations / edited by Stefan Gössling, C. Michael Hall, and David B. Weaver.

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ISBN:

9780415996198

Title:

Sustainable tourism futures : perspectives on systems, restructuring, and innovations / edited by Stefan Gössling, C. Michael Hall, and David B. Weaver.

Author:

Gossling, Stefan.

Publication Information:

New York : Routledge, 2009.

Physical Description:

xix, 319 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Series:

Routledge advances in tourism ; 15.

Series Title:

Routledge advances in tourism ; 15.

General Note:

"This book is in great part the result of an expert meeting on sustainable tourism, which took place in Helsingborg, Sweden in September 2007"--P. [xvii].

Subject Term:

Ecotourism -- Congresses.

Added Author:

Gossling, Stefan.

Hall, Colin Michael, 1961-

Weaver, David B. (David Bruce)

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Books

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Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0903/2008029065.html

Publication Date:

2009

Publication Information:

New York : Routledge, 2009.

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A global industry and an important tool for economic development, international tourism is facing an increasingly uncertain future. Global environmental change, including climate change; increasing fuel prices; and growing criticism from environmental and social interest groups are posing substantial challenges to the belief that international tourism can be sustainable at current rates and patterns of growth. This book therefore aims to answer the questions of if and how tourism can be a sustainable industry. The book concludes that sustainable tourism is possible but that it requires fundamental shifts in operations, systems and philosophies. The various contributions identify a number of means by which this can be accomplished but stress that sustainable tourism still has a long way to travel before it can reach its destination.

Author Notes

Dr. Stefan Gössling is research coordinator at the Centre for Sustainable- and Geotourism, Western Norway Research Institute, and an Associate Professor at the Service Management programme, Lund University/Sweden. He has been contributing author to the IPCC's 4th Assessment Report and has recently contributed to Climate Change and Tourism: Responding to Global Challenges (published by UNWTO-UNEP-WMO).

Dr. C. Michael Hall is a Professor in the Department of Management, University of Canterbury, New Zealand and Docent in the Department of Geography, University of Oulu, Finland. Co-editor of Current Issues in Tourism he has published widely in the fields of tourism, environmental history and gastronomy, including research on social marketing, climate change and sustainable consumption.

Dr. David B. Weaver is Professor of Tourism Research at Griffith University, Australia. He is author or co-author of over 80 refereed journal articles and book chapters as well as ten books on tourism management, sustainable tourism and ecotourism.

1 Sustainable Tourism Futures: Perspectives on Systems, Restructuring and InnovationsStefan Gwssling and Michael C. Hall and David B. Weaver

Part I Theoretical Foundations: Re-thinking the Tourism System

2 30 Years of Sustainable Tourism: Drivers, Progress, Problems - and the FutureBernard Lane

3 Reflections on Sustainable Tourism and Paradigm ChangeDavid B. Weaver

Part II Restructuring the Tourism System: Practical Examples

4 Inaction More than Action: Barriers to the Implementation of Sustainable Tourism PoliciesRachel Dodds and Richard W. Butler

5 Transport and Tourism in Scotland: A Case Study of Scenario Planning at VisitScotlandStephen Page and Ian Yeoman and Chris Greenwood

6 Tourism and Climate Change Mitigation: Which Data is Needed for What Use?Jean-Paul Ceron and Ghislain Dubois

7 Theory and Practice of Environmental Management and Monitoring in Hotel ChainsPaulina Bodhanowicz

8 Sustainable Ski Resort Principles: An Uphill JourneyTania del Matto and Daniel Scott

9 Piloting a Carbon Emissions Audit for an International Arts Festival under Tight Resource Constraints: Methods, Issues and ResultsPaul Upham and Philip Boucher and Drew Hemment

10 Voluntary Carbon Offsets; a Contribution to Sustainable Tourism?John Broderick

Part III Innovation : Sustainable Tourism Futures

11 The Implementation of Sustainable Tourism: A Project Based PerspectiveTim Coles

12 Carbon Labelling and Restructuring Travel Systems: Involving Travel Agencies in Climate Change MitigationGhislain Dubois and Jean Paul Ceron

13 Moving Towards Low-Carbon Tourism: New Opportunities for Destinations and Tour OperatorsPaul Peeters and Stefan Gwssling and Bernard Lane

14 Sustainable Transportation Guidelines for Nature-Based Tour OperatorsWolfgang Strasdas

15 Tourism Firm Innovation and SustainabilityMichael Hall

16 Synthesis and ConclusionsMichael Hall and David B. Weaver and Stefan Gwssling

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