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fashion and by the marketing policies of the
multinational companies that dominate the
tourism industry.
Attempts to reduce negative impacts have led to
a search for more sustainable approaches towards
tourism. But real-world examples show that, how
ever desirable the concept, it is extremely difficult
to develop a completely sustainable approach in
practice. In addition, the idea of establishing new,
sustainable types of tourism to stand alongside, or
even replace, more traditional mass forms is
unrealistic (Wheeller 1991). Nevertheless, some
success has been achieved in gradually introducing
a range of more sustainable measures to
all
types of
tourism activity. These should be pursued in order
to contain or even reduce damage to host areas, to
increase visitor satisfaction and to achieve at least
some of the aims of the industry.
So the introduction of sustainable approaches is
a serious and urgent problem. As an interdisciplinary
subject, its resolution will require inputs from a
variety of fields of study. Nevertheless, geographers
have an important role to play in researching and
applying their knowledge and skills to many of the
controversial and compelling issues that arise in the
pursuit of more sustainable tourism activity. The
distillation and application of best practice gathered
from a wide variety of locations would be a useful
starting point on this quest.
of sustainable tourism, with a wide-ranging
collection of relevant readings.
Shaw, G. and Williams, A.M. (1994)
Critical Issues in
Tourism. A Geographical Perspective.
Oxford:
Blackwell. A good geographical approach to
tourism issues, including impacts and mass tourism.
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GUIDE TO FURTHER READING
Burns, P.M. and Holden, A. (1995)
Tourism. A New
Perspective.
Hemel Hempstead: Prentice-Hall. A
useful survey of tourism, including both its
impacts and potential solutions, like sustainable
tourism and planning.
Cater, E. (1994) Ecotourism in the third world:
problems and prospects for sustainability. In
E.Cater and G.Lowman (eds)
Ecotourism. A
Sustainable Option?
Chichester: Wiley, 69-86. A
thorough survey of ecotourism, with a wide range
of case studies.
France, L. (ed.) (1997)
The Earthscan Reader in
Sustainable Tourism.
London: Earthscan. An outline
