Towards Sustainable Tourism

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Sustainable tourism development. 3. Basics of sustainable tourism planning. 4. Sustainable tourism and international action. 5. NGOs on sustainable tourism. 6. Natural tourism resources of India. Appendices. Glossary. Bibliography. Index.

"Sustainable tourism and ecotourism are much debated these days when tourism activities have adversely affected the environment, ecosystem  and sociocultural heritage of destination countries/localities.

The present book is an effort in the direction of gathering fundamentals of sustainable tourism and allied issues. The information is analysed rationally and a unique synthesis is presented herein." (jacket)