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Marketing the competitive destination of the future

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

The topic of sustainable tourism has emerged in the last decade as a result of discussions from the report Our Common Future. This paper reviews the development of the term, beginning with a discussion of the confusion arising from the imprecise and conflicting definitions of the concept, and the need to distinguish between sustainable tourism and the development of tourism on the principles of sustainable development. The paper then reviews the environmental focus of discussions of sustainable tourism and argues for the need to ensure that the concept includes and is applied to the human environment as well as the physical environment. Attention then shifts to problems of carrying capacity, control of tourism development, and the relevance of the term to mass or conventional tourism. The paper concludes with a discussion of the future direction of sustainable tourism and the likelihood of development moving in this direction.

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Sustainable tourism: A state‐of‐the‐art review

State boundaries have constituted a major topic in the tradition of political geography. Boundary analysis has focused on the international scale, since international boundaries provide perhaps the...

Fences and neighbours in the postmodern world: boundary narratives in political geography

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Sustainable tourism: research and reality

Part A Sustainable tourism - theory and planning: environmental impacts on tourist destinations - an economic analysis, D. Buhalis and J. Fletcher the environmental internalities of tourism - theoretical analysis and policy implications, H. Briassoulis new trends in leisure and tourism affecting the tourist industry and destination areas, T.Z. de Haan environmental quality and tourism and the environment, G.J. Ashworth provate and public development strategies for sustainable tourism development of island economies, H. Janssen, M. Kiers and P. Nijkamp planning for tourism at local level - maintaining the balance with the environment, J. Westlake specialization in tourism - the case of a small open economy, A. Lanza and F. Pigliaru. Part B Policy case studies in sustainable tourism: assessing the interaction between heritage, environment and tourism - Mykonos, H. Coccossis and A. Parpairis sustainable tourism development - a case study of Lesbos, P. Nijkamp and S. Verdonkschot the environments of coastal marinas, J.A. Edwards environmental impacts in the Loch Lomond area of Scotland, G.Dickinson rural tourism development - using a sustainable tourism development approach, B. Nitsch and J. van Straaten problems of tourism development in Spain, G.K. Priestley.

Sustainable tourism development

Contents: Part I: Methodological Issues in Respect to Defining, Measuring and Evaluating Tourism Carrying Capacity: Sustainable tourism and carrying capacity: a new context, Harry Coccossis Theoretical reflections on limits, efficiency and sustainability: implications for tourism carrying capacity, Giorgos Kallis and Harry Coccossis Tourism carrying capacity: a theoretical overview, Alexandra Mexa and Harry Coccossis Tourism carrying capacity: methodological considerations, Harry Coccossis and Alexandra Mexa The use of various tools for implementing tourism carrying capacity, Alexandra Mexa The implementation of tourism carrying capacity: policy instruments at the European Union level, Jan van der Straaten. Part II: Defining and Implementing Tourism Carrying Capacity in Selected Types of Tourist Destinations: Issues in applying carrying capacity concepts: examples from the United Kingdom, Richard W. Butler Tourism carrying capacity in areas of ecological importance, Thymio Papayannis Tourism management and carrying capacity in heritage cities and sites, Jan van der Borg Tourism carrying capacity in Mediterranean coastal tourist destinations, Ivica Trumbic Tourism carrying capacity assessment in islands, Apostolos Parpairis Tourism carrying capacity and public participation: the methodology used in the case of the Island of Rhodes, Greece, Michael Scoullos Managing the impacts of tourism in European destinations: using carrying capacity, Alexandra Mexa and Anna Collovini Tourism carrying capacity: future issues and policy considerations, Harry Coccossis and Alexandra Mexa Place index Subject index.

The Challenge of Tourism Carrying Capacity Assessment: Theory and Practice

The Water Framework Directive institutionalises participatory processes in river basin planning across the European Union. This paper reports on three case studies from southern Europe where conflicts over water exist. In each a different method for participation was experimentally employed: scenario workshops, mediated modelling, and social multicriteria evaluation. Scenario workshops and mediated modelling proved well suited to the early stages of a planning process (problem solving and identification of goals and alternatives) and to be good at educating participants and supporting capacity building. Their performance was less satisfactory with respect to resolving long-standing conflicts and achieving consensus. In comparison, social multicriteria evaluation was better able to address the evaluation of alternatives, reveal trade-offs, and aid convergence between divergent stakeholders' views, but it relied more heavily on experts and allowed less participation and deliberation in goal-setting than the other two methods. These results show complementarities amongst methods which imply that hybrid or combined approaches would be best for aiding the water planning process. They also reveal problems confronting the use of participatory approaches and constraints which prevent theoretical promise from being converted into practical results.

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Participatory Methods for Water Resources Planning

Tourism and sustainability: perspectives and implications.

Tourism and sustainability - perspectives and implications, H. Coccossis et al environmental degradation in the countryside - Loch Lomond, Scotland, G. Dickinson recreation and tourism management in an area of high conservation value - the Gower Peninsula, South Wales, R. Ballinger landscape and tourism - the new national forest in the United Kingdom, P. Nicholls tourism and local awareness - Costa Brava, Spain, A. Morris waterfronts, tourism and economic sustainability - the United Kingdom experience, J.A. Edwards structural dynamics of tourism and recreation related development - the Catalan coast, G.K. Priestley decline of a tourist area and restructuring strategies - the Valencian region, F. Vera and R. Rippin tourism and environmental degradation - the Northern Adriatic sea, G. Zanetto and S. Soriani tourism and carrying capacity - Mykonos, Greece, H. Coccossis and A. Parpairis sustaining local cultural identity - social unrest and tourism in Corsica, G. Richez European perspectives on sustainable tourism, H. Coccossis et al.

Harry Coccossis

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Sustainable tourism development

The Challenge of Tourism Carrying Capacity Assessment: Theory and Practice

Participatory Methods for Water Resources Planning

Tourism and sustainability: perspectives and implications.

Sustainable tourism? European experiences.