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Tourism, Development, and Sustainability

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Reframing Sustainable Tourism

Part of the book series: Environmental Challenges and Solutions ((ECAS,volume 2))

Abstract

This chapter approaches sustainable tourism by first conceptualizing tourism as a form of development that depends on conservation of the resources that attract tourists. With this lens, sustainability becomes a top priority as tourism destinations attempt to maintain and enhance their attractiveness to tourists. Concurrently, tourism is an economic activity and is a driver of and is driven by global capitalism. As such, there exists a tension between tourism and sustainability. That tension is explored in this chapter through the question: What is to be sustained? The answer to this question is explored in the context of socio-ecological systems and ideas of resilience. The chapter concludes with a discussion of how re-framing sustainable tourism could be implemented through a set of tools.

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  1. University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA

    Keith Bosak

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  1. University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, USA

    Stephen F. McCool

  2. University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, USA

    Keith Bosak

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Bosak, K. (2016). Tourism, Development, and Sustainability. In: McCool, S., Bosak, K. (eds) Reframing Sustainable Tourism. Environmental Challenges and Solutions, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-7209-9_3

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