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These UNESCO "how-to" guides present best practice approaches to sustainable economic development through tourism which offer direction and guidance to managers of World Heritage tourism destinations and other stakeholders to help identify the most suitable solutions for circumstances in their local environments and aid in developing general know-how for the management of each destination.

This G Adventures, Planatera, and GW IITS set of guidelines are for travel companies that work with indigenous communities around the world to encourage responsible conduct and guide good business practices that serve and protect the interests of indigenous communities and travel companies as well as produce visitor experiences that are authentic, respectful and rewarding.

This quick start guide provides an easy-to-follow action plan on carbon reduction and offsetting, with practical examples and tips for other tourism businesses to follow.

This CLIA resource provides information on the cruise industry and how it can contribute to sustainable tourism practices of the industry including case studies.

This research provides an overview of the tourism industry in The Gambia and the current state and potential for ecotourism as an alternative to mass tourism.

This CREST Fact Sheet considers the intersection of coastlines and ecosystems with tourism to give a brief overview of the current situation, issues, and potential solutions, particularly in Grenada and the greater Caribbean.

This paper proposes a development project to map the compatibility and interplays among various regulatory approaches, and their consequences for sustainable protected area tourism. The project takes the first steps toward a concession-related theory of regulation. Four regulatory aspects are conceptualized in this paper: approaches to PA planning, the types of monitoring undertaken, the methods of concession allocation and the design of environmental requirements in concession contracts.

This SPREP publication provides general guidance on the environmental impact assessment (EIA) process for coastal tourism development in the Pacific Island countries and territories. These guidelines are a practical instrument for measuring impact to coastal areas, coral reefs, marine and other terrestrial ecosystems and biodiversity with the goal to support sustainable and resilient development goals.

This CREST Fact Sheet considers the intersection of sustainable coastal development and tourism to give a brief overview of the current situation, issues, and potential solutions in Mexico, Nicaragua, Grenada, and the greater Caribbean.

This IUCN global standard aims to equip users with a robust framework for designing and verifying nature-based solutions (NbS) that yield the outcomes desired, in solving one or several societal challenge(s). The Standard is designed to support users to apply, learn and continuously strengthen and improve the effectiveness, sustainability and adaptability of their NbS interventions.