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This World Bank Group report presents fourteen key characteristics displayed in most successful tourism concessioning programs.

This World Bank report presents the main achievements and lessons learned during the 15 years of implementation of the Transfrontier Conservation Areas (TFCA) Program in Mozambique and how they led to the 2015 launch of the new MozBio Program. The main themes of this project include economic growth and rural development, landscape approach, innovative partnerships, legal frameworks, and engaging communities.

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.

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.

This Conservation International and George Washington University report provides a guide for field practitioners to perform a rapid assessment and analysis of tourism potential in a destination. It incorporates sustainability concepts that aim to optimize tourism development in an effort to protect natural and socio-cultural resources and improve the welfare of local people, while enhancing monetary gains and market access.

This STI Pacific Sustainable Tourism Alliance (PSTA) is an innovative regional partnership that engages local leaders from the business community, NGOs and local governments to ensure tourism is a positive force for change in the Pacific.

This article examines residents' perceptions of sociocultural impacts in the North Cape community in Norway, finding that residents believe the benefits of tourism outweigh the costs.

The publication draws on the insights and expertise of the two UN agencies to analyze the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their respective sectors and suggest solutions.

This United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization report contains case studies to highlight the intersection of World Heritage sites and SIDS.