Travel and tourism are considered the most popular form of individual enjoyment in the countries of origin of the visitors. Despite this fact, the consequences of the steady growing tourism are often criticised by the citizens of these same countries. The ephemeral nature of the tourism phenomenon is a cause of insecurity; moreover, it is often subject to misleading, emotional and even ideologi...

The tourism sector accounts nowadays for about 10% of world GDP (source: World Travel & Tourism Council – WTTC) and it is widely acknowledged that tourism activities depend highly on the quality of natural resources (see, among others, Inskeep, 1991). Thus, the aim of sustainable tourism development plans, in order to reach sustainable development goals, should be the decoupling of economic gro...

Rural tourism can make full use of tourism resources in rural areas to adjust and optimize rural industrial structures, extend the agricultural industrial chain, develop rural tourism services, promote nonagricultural employment, increase the incomes of farmers, and create a better economic base for the new rural construction. This paper uses the method of SWOT analysis to make a comprehensive ...

Since coastal tourism is one of the fastest growing sectors of tourism industry, coastal areas have become increasingly vulnerable in case of flooding. Yet, coastal tourism is a seasonal phenomenon, with variations according to climate, holiday seasons and seasonal traditions. Despite its relevance in environmental issues, the effects of seasonal tourism have only scarcely been studied in coast...

This paper deals with the status of solid waste pollution in touristic spots of North coastal Andhra Pradesh. Case studies of Eco tourism, cultural tourism and pilgrim tourism are elaborately discussed and the study is based on both primary and secondary data. Data collection includes field collection of solid waste, semi structured interviews and observation of tourists. Results indicate gener...

The problem of destination accessibility is a vital concern in the sustainable tourism development in the emerging regions due to the increasing numbers of tourism business growth in the recent times. Tourism is one of the potential foreign exchange earning sectors, which place sustainability as one of the main success metrics for benchmarking the industry’s overall development. On the other ha...

The economics of tourism is a well-known concept in the theory of tourism. However, scientific positions which have attempted to define the concept in different periods have not only differed, but have even been contradictory. In the countries of East Europe, the concept of economics of tourism has existed since the end of World War II. Western tourism literature began to use the term only at t...

As geodata are the lifeblood of tourism, the representation of tourism resources on maps (geovisualisation) and the wide use of web 2.0 for creating and discussing geovisualised data (geocollaboration) are heavily adopted in tourism. Consequently, managing geodata needs to be incorporated into tourism curricula and pedagogies to assist graduates with career options. Although research in geovisu...

The challenge facing developers of Tourism Information Systems (TIS) is the need to evolve more intelligent and dependable tourism support services. However, this kind of information systems has largely identical functionalities and delivers almost similar services. The systems differ mostly in the customized information contents they deliver and the scope of the tourism interest that is being ...

This paper analyzed the characteristic of the tourism destination ecosystem from perspective of entropy in Dunhuang City. Given these circumstances, an evaluation index system that considers the potential of sustainable development was formed based on dissipative structure and entropy change for the tourism destination ecosystem. The sustainable development potential evaluation model for touris...