Tourism and Sustainable Community Development [Paperback]

As the tourist industry becomes increasingly important to communities around the world, the need to develop tourism in a sustainable manner has also become a primary concern. This impressive collection of international case studies addresses this crucial issue by asking what local communities can contribute to sustainable tourism, and what sustainability can offer these local communities in return. The role of the community in environmental, cultural and economic sustainability is highlighted in an extraordinary variety of contexts, ranging from inner-city Edinburgh to rural northern Portugal and the beaches of Indonesia.

Individually, the investigations in this text present a wealth of original research and source material, while collectively, they illuminate and clarify the term 'community' - the meaning of which, it is argued, is vital to understanding how sustainable tourism development can be implemented in practice.

1. The Community; A Sustainable Concept in Tourism Development? Part 1: Community, Participation and Identity  2. Approaches to Sustainable Tourism Planning and Community Participation: The Case of the Hope Valley  3. Residents' Perceptions of the Socio-Cultural Impacts of Tourism at Lake Balaton, Hungary  4. Identity, Community and Sustainability: Prospects for Rural Tourism in Albania  Part 2: Sustainable Tourism and the Community  5. Environmental Standards and Performance Measurement in Tourism Destination Development  6. Developing Sustainable Tourism in the Trossachs, Scotland  7. Establishing the Common Ground: Tourism, Neighbourhood and Environmental Quality in Edinburgh, Scotland  8. Local Agenda 21: Reclaiming Community Ownership in Tourism or Stalled Process?  Part 3: Developing Community Enterprise  9. Fair Trade in Tourism - Community Development or l½