Tourism is one of the world’s largest economic sectors. Ecotourism is its fastest growing component (United Nations World Tourism Organization 2007), and a promising strategy for sustainable development. Rural Central America and the Caribbean are in need of sustainable development and contain promising ecotourism sites. Despite their empirical importance and potential, tourism and ecotourism a...

In 2010, the Mediterranean basin experienced Portuguese Man-of-War (Physalia physalis) swarms that had dramatic consequences, including the region's first recorded human fatality attributed to a jellyfish sting. Despite the impact of jellyfish on coastal economic activity and the importance of the tourism industry for the Mediterranean region (accounting for 15% of global tourism), no scientifi...

the purpose of the present study was to investigate the viewpoints of managers and experts on sport tourism development in khorasan razavi province. the statistical population consisted of managers and experts of tourism and sport in this province. the present study was of analytic descriptive kind. with regard to the lack of a standardized questionnaire complying with the goals of this study, ...

The amount of marine debris in the environment is increasing worldwide, which results in an array of negative effects to biota. This study provides the first account of macrodebris on the beach and microplastics in the sediment (shoreline and infralittoral) in relation to tourism activities in Slovenia. The study assessed the quality and quantity of macrodebris and the quality, size and quantit...

The devastating Haiti earthquake rightly resulted in an outpouring of international aid. Relief teams can be of tremendous value during disasters due to natural hazards. Although nobly motivated to help, all emergency interventions have unintended consequences. In the immediate aftermath of the earthquake, many selfless individuals committed to help, but was this really all in the name of reach...

Eutrophication process and, more recently, global warming have been considered major factors in disturbing aquatic ecosystems dynamics, leading to a shift in plankton communities and to the dominance of cyanobacteria worldwide [1]. As a consequence of cyanobacterial blooms, the impairment of water quality has lead to high costs in economy, mainly due to losses in fisheries and tourism industrie...

extended abstract 1. introduction in recent years, so many countries have paid many attention to tourism as a strategy to make money and benefit for the local communities. many researchers consider tourism an appropriate strategy for economic and social development of developing countries know. despite all the benefits of community-based tourism, in most developing countries, little authority i...

sustainable tourism development is a process that interacts with host life quality, visitor′ demands and preservation of natural and human environment. in the sustainable tourism approach, with an emphasis on the key function of hosts and guests' perception to understand and constantly evaluate their beliefs and imaginations toward tourism development in destination, subjective indicator...