Towards Appropriate Tourism: The Case of Developing Countries
The Case of Developing Countries
Published in December 1989
Book
Paperback/Softback
356 pages
978-3-631-40794-3 (ISBN)
Description
Scientists from developed and developing countries, with varying backgrounds, have contributed to this anthology to outline the costs and benefits of different types of tourism in developing countries, to unravel the methodological problems encountered in evaluating its impacts, and to try to develop a shared vision of what should in a third world setting constitute sustainable or appropriate tourism.
Reviews / Votes
«It is well worth reading for many reasons: Firstly it opens our eyes to forms of tourism that one hardly suspected you could find in an organised way... A second reason is that it explodes the theory of the economic benefits of tourism... But perhaps the most compelling reason for reading the book is its analysis of alternative tourism and its effect.» (Artemis Coudounaris Yiordamlis, Tourism Today)More details
Content
Contents: a.o.: Pros and Cons of Third World Tourism - Assessing the Socio-Cultural Impact - Tourism and Dependency - Alternative Tourism - Appropriate Marketing and Development - Effects of Scale - Organized versus Non-Organized Tourism - Domestic Tourism - Sex Tourism.