Protected Areas and tourism dynamics in southern Africa: An overview / MOREN T. STONE, LESEGO S. STONE, GOEMEONE E. J …. MOGOMOTSI AND PATRICIA K. MOGOMOTSI -- Protected Areas and Tourism Development: A Historical Analysis of the Southern African … Experience / BOGA MANATSHA AND BONGANI GLORIOUS GUMBO -- Community perceptions of protected areas and tourism amidst poverty …

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 …

; Systems and tools to measure the social, economic, and environmental sustainability of rural tourism; Integration between … public tourism policies and private strategies in the promotion and implementation of sustainable practices; Policies for … promoting public participation in the planning and development of sustainable rural tourism; The impacts of tourism on …

Bangladesh's international image is not as a popular tourism destination, and many people might be surprised to learn … circuits for cultural and religious tourism, and has demonstrated potential for sports tourism. The objective of this working … paper is to critically test the assertion that pro-poor "green" tourism is one of the best development options for the …

This paper analyses the impact of Rural Development Program (RDP) measures focusing on tourism have on the growth of … tourism and on the economy in rural areas. We first explored tourism in NUT2 regions in the EU with a spatial data analyses … and then we applied spatial econometric analyses on tourism where we take into account the RDP spending on the measures …

Using the example of a development project to increase tourism and improve artisan production in a Maya community, the … handicraft production in Yucatán and describes in how the national tourism industry is taking advantage of segments of the …

partnership undertook initiatives to stimulate the regional economy by creating a tourism infrastructure. This paper presents a …. In 2004, the regional partnership also applied for the pilot measure to implement the EU Initiative Leader+. The tourism …

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 …