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

This report presents critical insights regarding biological diversity on partnerships and concessions for tourism in protected areas.

This collaborative IUCN, WCPA, TAPAS Group, and GSTC webinar describe the guidelines for tourism concessions and partnerships in protected areas including examples of good practice.

This report presents guidelines that aim to assist protected area authorities in the development and use of tourism partnerships and concessioning to contribute financially and technically to protected areas through sustainable tourism. Case studies within the report include: South Africa, Brazil, Ontario, Mozambique, China, and the United States.

With over 50 international expert contributors, this Handbook provides a user-friendly toolkit and step-by-step guide for investigating and addressing realistic challenges with modest timeframes and resources in sustainable tourism development and management.

This South Africa Department of Tourism set of guidelines explains community-based tourism and provides basic guidance to help businesses establish and operate commercially viable community-based tourism ventures in South Africa while showcasing best practices.

This Luc Hoffmann Institute report brings together knowledge generated on COVID-19 and nature-based tourism, focusing on tourism that uses natural resources in a wild or undeveloped form for the purpose of enjoying undeveloped natural areas or wildlife.

This report provides an overview of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on society and economies. It focuses on the nature-based tourism sector profiling wildlife economies in Africa.

This article presents a synthesis of cutting-edge issues, best practices, and inspiring initiatives relating to sustainable tourism. The paper highlights the role of different stakeholders from different corners of the world in promoting sustainable tourism practices.

This paper shares experiences from around the world on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on protected area tourism; and considers how to build resilience within protected area tourism as a regenerative conservation tool.