Product Description: The role of governance has only recently begun to be researched and discussed in order to better understand tourism policy making and planning, and tourism development. Governance encompasses the many ways in which societies and industries are governed, given permission or assistance, or steered by government and numerous other actors, including the private sector, NGOs and communities...read more

Product Description: This book explores the concept, techniques and implications of establishing stakeholder collaboration in sustainable tourism. The importance of involving a wide range of stakeholders in tourism planning and management is increasingly recognised...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This book examines the development of mass tourism in coastal regions of Southern Europe, with implications for similar regions across the world. It provides a critical assessment of two influential policies intended to promote sustainable development, these being attempts to make mass tourism resorts more sustainable, and the development of smaller-scale, alternative tourism products...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This book explores the concept, techniques and implications of establishing stakeholder collaboration in sustainable tourism. The importance of involving a wide range of stakeholders in tourism planning and management is increasingly recognised...read more

Product Description: There is now growing interest in many countries in developing tourism in rural areas. This book examines both the theory and practice of sustainable rural tourism: it discusses a range of conceptual frameworks, case studies and techniques of implementation...read more