Destination Management and Sustainable Tourism Development: A Cross-Country Analysis - Softcover

Klimek, Katarzyna

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3659456462 ISBN 13: 9783659456466

Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2013

Synopsis

Globalization with its associated tendencies towards integration of services and concentration of capital has put pressure on tourism destinations to better position their tourist offers in a highly competitive market. Hence, Destination Management Organizations (DMOs) should constantly re-engineer and adapt their product diversification and commercialization strategy to the changing patterns of “post-modern” tourists’ demand. At the same time, tourism development pressures destination areas through increased resource consumption, waste generation and land fragmentation while policy measures to promote more sustainable tourism are progressing only slowly due to local resistance. Therefore, finding the right balance between economic development of tourism destinations, conservation of their resources and well-being of the local population has become a challenging task for many Destination Management Organizations. The aim of this book is to present the results of exploratory research done in 2011 in six Alpine countries (i.e. CH, A, D, I, F, SLO) and in Poland, to evaluate and compare the efforts of 72 DMOs concerning sustainable management of a tourism destination.

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About the Author

Katarzyna Klimek is PhD researcher in Institute of Tourism at the University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland - Valais and Associate Professor in the Cracow University of Economics.Her scientific interests are focused on: integrated management,Swiss, Polish & international tourism market and MICE sector.

Edition details

• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3659456462
• ISBN 13: 9783659456466
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 84