Sustainable tourism: a regional perspective

Implementing sustainable tourism: A multi-stakeholder involvement management framework

“…These issues were associated with mistrust of government policy, poor administration, failure to involve local rural communities and unclear lines of communication (e.g. Berry & Ladkin, 1997;Ioannides, 1995). Similar attitudes were identified in later studies.…”

An Assessment of Morro Bay Residents' Attitudes Toward and Knowledge About Tourism: Setting a Foundation for Sustainable Tourism Development

“…The WCED helped establish a general understanding of sustainable development in the international community and set the foundation for future progress. In 1992, the United Nations Conference on the Environment and Development (UNCED) Earth Summit in development (Berry & Ladkin, 1997). A product of the Summit was a comprehensive plan known as Agenda 21, which was adopted by more than 178 countries (UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, n.d.).…”

“…Recognition of sustainable tourism development has grown to the point where it is largely accepted as a desirable objective of tourism development (Sharpley, 2000). Early definitions of sustainable tourism were ambiguous and vague, leaving many researchers and practitioners confused about what the concept actually entailed (Berry & Ladkin, 1997;Choi & Sirakaya, 2005;Gunn, 2002;Johnston & Tyrrell, 2005;Sharpley, 2000). As sustainable tourism has progressed, a more widely accepted definition has been…”

The role of natural conditions in qualified agritourism - case of Poland

“…Rural tourism focuses on homestays, local foods, handicrafts, small businesses and low-impact transportation (Park and Yoon 2011). It strengthens the economic and social advantages of rural areas while limiting any negative impact on the natural, historic, cultural or social environment (Bramwell and Lane, 1994;Berry and Ladkin 1997;Hall and Richards 2003;UNEP and UNWTO 2005: 11-12). Many people are trying to make use of the rural space also in the active way, undertaking various forms of physical recreation.…”