Tourism as a Tool for Development: 4 (Tourism Today) - Hardcover

P. Diaz

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1845648129 ISBN 13: 9781845648121

Publisher: WIT Press, 2013

Synopsis

Some researchers perceive tourism as a process which creates dependency and causes loss of socioeconomic and environmental control, and is harmful to traditional sociocultural structures. For others it is clearly an opportunity for development and convergence among societies. The main consequences of tourism are economic, sociocultural and socio-ecological ones. These directly affect the natural and cultural landscape, as well as the inhabitants of the destinations. 'Proper management' can unite the local community; strengthen the historical memory and promote the recognition that the landscape is a legacy worth preserving. If local people can learn to appreciate the need for regulation and careful development of cultural tourism then it is possible to have an alternative to the strategies of convenience, based upon the view of tourism only for profit. Designing tourism to serve heritage and local sustainable development not only helps to conserve the resources that make it possible, but also complies with the ethical duty to guide social perception towards awareness and respect, which in turn will lead to sustainability. By means of case studies and theoretical developments, the authors attempt to present methods designed to minimise the impacts of tourism and encourage its positive effects. Some ideas in the book discuss the role of local communities, their participation in development management, the singularities of community tourism, planning, local governance and the relationship between socio-economic benefits and impacts.

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About the Author

Pablo Diaz has a law degree (2005) and cultural anthropology (2007). Master in social research applied to the environment and specialist in quantitative research methodology. PhD candidate in environmental studies in the Pablo de Olavide University of Seville, is member of a transdisciplinary research team from universities Complutense of Madrid and Tourism Institute of La Laguna (Canary Islands) specialized in tourism and environmental research as applications of anthropology, environmental sciences and law. He develops analytical applied work related to tourism, environment, patrimonialization processes and its socioecological effects. Among the projects in which he has participated may be mentioned the Study for the Natural Resources Management Plan of the National Park of Fuerteventura (2007-2012) or the Characterization of the ecological connectivity in the Spanish National Park network (2008-2010), among others projects of anthropology. He has edited specialized books in responsibility and tourism. Author of several book chapters (Island Sustainability, Sustainable Tourism, Tourism and Heritage,...) and of a significant number of articles in some journals (Asian J. of Tourism & Hospitality Research, Internat. J. web Based Communities, Pasos, Gaudeamus, Altre modernita, RBTUR,...).

Edition details

• Publisher: WIT Press
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1845648129
• ISBN 13: 9781845648121
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192
• Editor: P. Diaz