Coastal Areas Sustainable Tourism Water Management in the Mediterranean

Coastal Areas Sustainable Tourism Water Management in the Mediterranean is the first Interreg MED project supporting sustainable tourism policies & practices on water efficiency in coastal areas, has the overall objective to support sustainable tourism water management in Med coastal areas, by improving the monitoring and assessment of the water sustainability performance of the tourism sector.

PANORAMA Solutions for a Healthy Planet

Through the National Marine Sanctuaries Visitor Counting Process (NMS-COUNT), marine protected area (MPA) resource managers gain valid and reliable data and methods to advance predictive capability and understanding of visitors. The NMS-COUNT process is an iterative framework that allows local management and stakeholders to add knowledge of visitor use at an NMS unit through each […]

National Marine Sanctuaries Visitor Counting Process

This paper focuses on the development of a systematic data collection effort that allows managers to better understand the visitors to marine resource areas managed by NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (NMS). Through the National Marine Sanctuary Visitor Counting Process (NMS-COUNT), resource managers will gain valid and reliable data and data collection methodologies to […]

Best Practice Model for Low-Impact Nature-Based Sustainable Tourism Facilities in Remote Areas

This CRC report presents a design and assessment model to assist tourism operators to manage low-impact nature-based sustainable tourism facilities in remote areas. Derived by studies conducted in Australia and informed by indigenous groups, the report provides design guidelines for facility infrastructure, and a framework for environmentally sustainable technology for energy, water and waste management […]

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.

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.

Land Management for Investment Project |Cabo Verde

The MCC Land Project report is an authoritative management information source, created to help private and public sector decision makers to reduce the time and cost of land transactions and registration protocols in Cabo Verde. This report also provides an economic analysis focused on tourism development in Cabo Verde.

Sustainability in the Hospitality Industry: Principles of Sustainable Operations

This foundational textbook investigates the economic, environmental and social sustainability issues facing the hospitality industry today, and explores ideas, solutions and strategies of how to manage operations in a sustainable way. This updated fourth edition features: nature-based solutions and zero-carbon approaches, DEI and employee wellbeing, over 100 case studies, practical exercises, discussions questions and research project […]