Evaluation of Tourism Policies Towards Sustainable Development

Gis in Sustainable Tourism Development

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Tourism Organization (WTO) define sustainable tourism as a “„Tourism that takes full account of its current and future economic, social and environmental impacts, addressing the needs of visitors, the industry, the environment and host communities”. It requires informed participation of relevant stakeholders and strong political lead...

Tourism , Culture and Sustainable Development

This study has been carried out as a part of the programme " Culture, tourism and development " of the Division of cultural policies and intercultural dialogue, Section culture and development by Pr Mike Robinson and Dr David Picard. The views expressed by the author, the selection of facts presented and the opinions stated with regard to the facts are the responsibility of the author and do no...

Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Tourism Development

Community-Based disaster risk Management towards Sustainable Development

Background and Purpose:With the rise of natural disasters, different societies have continually sought to discover solutions to control or minimize the damage caused by unexpected events and to actually manage disasters. In the past few decades, the need for social participation to reduce disasters has increased. The community-based disaster  risk management framework is growing. Therefore, thi...

Evaluation Indicators of Tourism Development In The City of Kashan

Today, tourism is the high level of development to the economies of most countries in the world have provided, as the basic unit of economic development is considered. In the meantime, the attributes or characteristics of tourism resources to be able to perform activities of tourism, destination guides. On the other hand Kashan city with a long history and its historical Each year, has attracte...