Best Practice for Tourism Concessions in Protected Areas; Cases from Latin America
This report offers best practices and case studies for concessions in protected areas in Latin America.
The Cruise in Mallorca: Economic Dream and Social Problem Towards Turismophobia
This article analyzes the visitation issues created by cruise tourism. The article investigates how cruise tourism generates significant income as well as unchecked massive visitation to destinations in the Mediterranean with high impacts on local interests and environment.
Sustainable Tourism Implementation Framework and Toolkit
This ETC handbook provides European National Tourism Organisations (NTOs) at all levels with resources, toolkits and an implementation framework to support the development of national approaches that advance sustainable tourism development and management.
Ecotourism Handbook for Ireland
This Failte Ireland ecotourism handbook provides practical steps and guidance and resources for ecotourism businesses development and management.
Private Standards and Certification in Fisheries and Aquaculture: Current Practice and Emerging Issues
This technical paper addresses the growth of private standards and certifications for fisheries and aquaculture businesses to meet current good practices and prepare for emerging issues in the marine industries.
Ripple Score
This GAdventures tool provides information on the Ripple Score, a tool used for tour operators and destination managers to calculate and evaluate economic leakages from tour operator led trips.
GSTC Destination Criteria
The GSTC Destination criteria presents a comprehensive list of certification standards, indicators, criteria, and best practices for tourism stakeholder to use as basic guidelines for sustainable destination development and management. The GSTC criteria is organized into four main categories: management, socioeconomic, culture, and the environment.
GSTC Industry Criteria for Hotels & Tour Operators
The GSTC criteria for hotels and tour operators provides business owners with standards and indicators to effectively conduct sustainable planning while maximizing social and economic benefits for the local community, enhancing cultural heritage, and reducing negative impacts to the environment, as a basis for certification for sustainability.
Malawi Tourism Concession Guidelines 2001
This Government of Malawi set of guidelines focus on the creation and management of tourism concessions within Protected Areas with the development of a progressive relationship between co-management partners including local communities and tour operators.
Marine Wildlife and Tourism Management
This book provides an overview of scientific approaches to understanding the impact of tourist interactions with marine wildlife, consumer demand and management and legislative implications for marine conservation and tourism researchers and practitioners to achieve sustainable marine wildlife tourism.