The paper discusses the policy approach for facilitating sustainable development of the tourism and recreation sector inside the Netherlands. Taking a national perspective, it reflects on the sustainability challenges facing the sector, and how the currently used governance and policy styles address them. It observes that a mismatch exists between the preferred governance policy-making style of...

within the broader category of rural tourism, agrotourism is a type of tourism carried out in avery specific environment, mixed livestock and tillage farms. its importance resides in the fact that it offers the possibility of complementing the income generated by the farm with income generated from tourism while at the same time carrying out an activity that promotes the conservation of nature....

Robbie Robertson is a development historian, currently Professor and Director of Development Studies at the University of the South Pacific. Sustainable economic growth requires both vertical and horizontal linkages. In Fiji these linkages have often been missing, with the result that the impact of even significant economic sectors has been more palliative than energising. Combined with politic...

One of the primary challenges facing ecotourism management is to establish a profitable and ecologically sustainable industry, while simultaneously achieving a satisfying experience for visitors and raising standards of living in the host community. This paper analyses the management practices and challenges faced by two ecotourism attractions on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia, namely ...

Sumbertempur Lor that has potential natural resources are used for food needs and as a religious tourism object. This rural the develop both in terms of infrastructure basic other facilities. The structure or economic level village community affects dynamics development civilization. Community Based Tourism concept by involving placing local communities who have authority to manage their own ar...

This paper explores the concept of sustainable tourism in rural areas and relationship with social dimension. In particular we address issue people disabilities, above all physical, starting from statement that number disabilities willing to practice it’s always increasing over years will continue increase due aging population. The work focuses on one hand exploratory analysis this category con...

This chapter examines a values-based approach to teaching sustainable tourism management and the related student assessment and feedback mechanisms that reinforce it. The chapter considers and describes how this values-based approach is pedagogically activated by employing critical thinking, self-directed and experiential learning techniques. It draws upon a number of subjects taught by two Uni...