This chapter begins by noting that culture as an element in economic development in the Third World has been largely … neglected in traditional development economics, most writers either seeing culture as an obstacle to development or ignoring it … altogether. Recently a shift in thinking has occurred whereby culture is now more widely seen as being more central to the …

Tourism has a wide range of impacts on the economy, the natural environment and the people living in a destination. In … the context of poor, rural societies, many scholars have emphasized the positive impacts of tourism on local economic … growth. Concern has been voiced, however, about the social and cultural impacts of tourism due to observed changes in local …

students from Juraj Dobrila University in Pula studying tourism. The implementations of methods in teaching cross culture …There is need to advance cross-cultural educations to better prepare tourism students for the nuances of a modern … students who attend cross-cultural tourism and foreign languages course at the beginning of the first year and at the end of …

Tourism is a multi-faced activity that links the economic, social and environmental components of sustainability …. Firstly, this research analyses residents’ perceptions of the impact of tourism development and examines the factors that … influence the support for sustainable tourism development. Secondly, the research discusses Community Based Tourism (CBT) and …