Sustainable tourism has become a priority strategic program in many countries. This is because sustainable tourism development can simultaneously grow the economics of a nation, drive the wheels of business, and encourage efforts to preserve natural resources, social, and cultural values in the current generation so that the future generation can take benefit. This chapter reveals in detail various lessons learned in an integrated and organized effort to develop the quality of life by regulating the supply, development, utilization, and maintenance of resources sustainably. The role of sustainable tourism in a nation's sustainable economic development and the negative impacts of overtourism are important to debate in
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