This e-book investigates the implications of evolving patterns of travel annd tourism for developing nations. It … relevant variables. Specifically, what are implications for emerging economies and for tourism-dependent developing economies …

Purpose – The paper aims to provide a holistic perspective on various dimensions of sustainable tourism. The discussion … tourism, strengths of the industry, challenges faced and policy implications for the government. Findings – The paper explores … the economic importance of sustainable tourism by outlining the strengths and challenges of the Indian tourism industry …

channel. This paper aims to explore the role of the internet as a tool for sustainable tourism in India, especially as … strategies to use the internet as a tool for sustainable tourism.  …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the tourism sector in the Amazon regions of Bolivia …, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Suriname and then discuss the manner in which tourism activity assists the … protection of the Amazon rainforests. The paper also describes the manner in which the first World Hospitality and Tourism Themes …

whole. Originality/value – The Bolivia tourism strategy clearly has some unique characteristics in the context of the Amazon … Bolivia to develop sustainable tourism both as a means of protecting the Bolivian Amazon and a mechanism for the realization … the principal trends in Bolivia within the last decade and then discusses the main tourism destinations of the Bolivian …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a number of premises to develop sustainable tourism in the Amazon … picture of tourism and then focuses on the development of tourism at the national level over the last decade, paying … particular attention to some of the strategies needed to pursue sustainable tourism development. This is followed by a discussion …

that have been designed to advance the development of tourism and expand the impact of sustainable ecotourism as a strategy …Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present an overview of tourism policy in Colombia and explain the measures … being adopted to enhance the competitiveness and the economic contribution of the tourism sector. Design …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the work in progress by the Ministry of Tourism (MINTUR) in … Ecuador, in collaboration with other national and international entities, to develop a sustainable tourism product in the … Amazon region of the Republic of Ecuador. Design/methodology/approach – The paper discusses the main tourism trends in …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the potential of sustainable tourism as a vehicle for the … initiatives that are employed. Design/methodology/approach – The paper examines the development of community‐based tourism …, protected areas, birding tourism, utilisation of protected areas for research and development through initiatives by the …

to the challenge of the management of the development of sustainable tourism in the Amazon region of Peru. Design …‐diversity protection, as employed by the government of Peru and then discusses the centrality of sustainable tourism to this effort … the management of sustainable tourism in the Amazon region. Findings – The management entity model is presented as an …