Tourism and sustainability: perspectives and implications.
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...However, planning for recreation and tourism is not necessarily a straightforward process (Gunn, 1988; Spink, 1994; Veal, 1994; Coccossis, 1996; Williams, 1998)....
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...Coccossis (1996) concurs with this view and argued that until very recently one of the activities relating to tourism planning, environmental conservation was seen as being a threat to economic and social development....
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...In the fairly recent past, the aims of environmental conservation and tourism development were viewed as incompatible (Coccossis, 1996)....
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...This adaptive approach has been advocated by several other authors whose definitions range from being weak (emphasising satisfaction of tourists) through to strong (whereby tourism may only be allowed to operate at a small scale) (Carlsen, 1997; Coccossis, 1996)....
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