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This book introduces the concept of recreation programming with an in depth look at the relationship between tour operators and tourists and provides a practical basis for integrated ecotourism programme planning including design, implementation and evaluation.

This Gambia Information Site provides a range of information and resources for travel and tourism, flights, attractions and accommodations with a particular focus on eco-friendly accommodations, tour operators, organizations and shopping outlets.

This USAID and EnterpriseWorks report is a guidance tool, presenting green market trends using the language, research findings, and market segmentation of U.S. based markets.

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 report is designed to give an in-depth view of the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) travel and tourism (T&T) industry. This report serves as a benchmarking tool for policy-makers, companies and complementary sectors to advance the future development of the T&T sector by providing unique insight into the strengths and development areas of each country/ economy to enhance industry competitiveness in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A comprehensive set of regulations for the tourism industry in The Gambia reopening in times of the COVID-19 pandemic, including airlines accommodations, tour operations, restaurants, attractions, experiences, and all aspects of visitor management.

This handbook for accessible tourist site management includes strategies, best practices, and key benchmarking in accessible site construction, experiences, transportation, and service standards. It also provides case studies from sites around the world.

This collaborative IUCN, WCPA, TAPAS Group, and PUP Global Heritage Consortium webinar offers insight to the design of visitor experience opportunities and the outcomes of interpretation as a heritage management tool.

The UK Marine Strategy provides the framework for delivering marine policy at the national level and sets out how to achieve a sustainable ocean via a marine assessment tool.