Sustainable Tourism Futures: Perspectives on Systems, Restructuring and Innovations (Routledge Advances in Tourism)

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. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 Figures......Page 10 Tables......Page 14 Abbreviations......Page 16 Preface......Page 18 1 Sustainable Tourism Futures: Perspectives on Systems, Restructuring and Innovations......Page 22 Part I Theoretical Foundations: Re-thinking the Tourism System......Page 38 2 Thirty Years of Sustainable Tourism: Drivers, Progress, Problems—and the Future......Page 40 3 Reflections on Sustainable Tourism and Paradigm Change......Page 54 Part II Restructuring the Tourism System: Practical Examples......Page 62 4 Inaction More than Action: Barriers to the Implementation of Sustainable Tourism Policies......Page 64 5 Transport and Tourism in Scotland: A Case Study of Scenario Planning at VisitScotland......Page 79 6 Tourism and Climate Change Mitigation: Which Data is Needed for What Use?......Page 105 7 Theory and Practice of Environmental Management and Monitoring in Hotel Chains......Page 123 8 Sustainable Ski Resort Principles: An Uphill Journey......Page 152 9 Piloting a Carbon Emissions Audit for an International Arts Festival under Tight Resource Constraints: Methods, Issues and Results......Page 173 10 Voluntary Carbon Offsets: A Contribution to Sustainable Tourism?......Page 190 Part III Innovation: Sustainable Tourism Futures......Page 222 11 The Implementation of Sustainable Tourism: A Project-Based Perspective......Page 224 12 Carbon Labelling and Restructuring Travel Systems: Involving Travel Agencies in Climate Change Mitigation......Page 243 13 Moving Towards Low-Carbon Tourism: New Opportunities for Destinations and Tour Operators......Page 261 14 Sustainable Transportation Guidelines for Nature-Based Tour Operators......Page 279 15 Tourism Firm Innovation and Sustainability......Page 303 16 Synthesis and Conclusions......Page 320 Glossary......Page 328 Contributors......Page 332 Index......Page 336 Uniquely bridging theory and practice, this text introduces and overviews the various domains associated with the term critical pedagogy in the field of TESOL/ELT. Critical pedagogy addresses concepts, values, curriculum, instructional and associated practices involved in language teaching for social justice. Bringing critical pedagogy to classroom practitioners in a practical and comprehensible way, the text is designed to help teachers get started on critically grounded work in their own teaching Theoretical Foundations: Re-thinking The Tourism System -- Restructuring The Tourism System: Practical Examples -- Innovation: Sustainable Tourism Futures. Edited By Stefan Gössling, C. Michael Hall, And David B. Weaver. 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]. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.