Essay title
What is Sustainable Tourism? What are the problems with applying the concept of sustainable tourism in practice? Illustrate your answer with specific examples from your reading.
List of references
- Akama, J. S. (1996). Wildlife Conservation in Kenya: A Political- Ecological Analysis of Nairobi and Tsavo Regions. Washington, DC: African Development Foundation
- Andereck, K. L., and C. A. Vogt (2000). “The Relationship between Residents’ Attitudes toward Tourism and Tourism Development Options.” Journal of Travel Research, 39 (1): 27–37
- Ap, J., and J. Crompton (1998). “Developing and Testing a Tourism Impact Scale.” Journal of Travel Research, 37: 120–30
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Archer, B. H., and J. Fletcher (1996). “The Economic Impact of Tourism in the Seychelles.” Annals of Tourism Research, 23 (1): 32–47.
Essay outline - work in progress
Introduction:
Recent decades have seen an increased awareness of tourism which has been advocated widely. Having its roots in the ancient history of civilizations, tourism has developed to become one of world’s most important industrial sectors, growing twice as fast as the world’s gross domestic product (GDP) for the last 30 years (Budeanu, A. 2005). In particular, sustainable tourism is an important form of tourism which also plays a significant role in our contemporary life by affecting individual behavior and attitude.
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- Sustainable tourism is the concept of visiting a place as a tourist and trying to make a positive impact on the environment, society, and economy.[1]
- Tourism can involve primary transportation to the general location, local transportation, accommodations, entertainment, recreation, nourishment and shopping. It can be related to travel for leisure, business and what is called VFR (visiting friends and relatives).[2]
- There is now broad consensus that tourism development should be sustainable; however, the question of how to achieve this remains an object of debate.[3]