Sustainable tourism

Les vastes effets de la pandémie de COVID-19 ont inclus d’immenses pertes de vies et de graves conséquences sanitaires et économiques pour les communautés et les écosystèmes. Le tourisme, qui a lui-même subi de fortes perturbations durant la pandémie, fait partie des industries ayant un fort intérêt à réduire les risques et à accroître la résilience vers un modèle plus durable, conforme à une approche « Une seule santé ».

Los amplios efectos de la pandemia de COVID-19 han significado una inmensa pérdida de vidas y graves consecuencias sanitarias y económicas en comunidades y ecosistemas. El turismo, que a su vez  sufrió una fuerte ruptura en la pandemia, se encuentra entre las industrias que tienen un gran interés en reducir los riesgos y aumentar la resiliencia hacia un modelo más sostenible en consonancia con el enfoque Una Sola Salud.

The wide-reaching effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have included immense loss of life and serious health and economic consequences across communities and  ecosystems. Tourism, which itself suffered a sharp disruption in the pandemic, is among the industries that have a strong interest to reduce risks and increase resilience toward a more sustainable model in line with a One Health approach.

This second edition of Environment and Tourism reflects changes in the relationship between tourism, society and the natural environment in the first decade of the new century. Alongside the updating of all statistics, environmental policy initiatives, examples and case studies new material has been added. This includes two new chapters: one on climate change and natural disasters and the other on the relationship between tourism and poverty.

This book provides an authoritative, state-of-the-art review of tour guiding scholarship and research and aims to foster best practice and to stimulate further study and research on tour guiding across a range of disciplines. It explores how tour guiding theory and practice has evolved over time and what factors have contributed to this.

This publication contains references to existing guidelines on sustainable tourism as well as many other useful materials on developing and managing sustainable tourism.  It is relevant to wetland site managers, tourism and wetland policy-makers and planners, and the private sector (including those investing in, operating or developing tourism in wetlands).

Globally rainforests are under threat on numerous fronts, yet they have a crucial role in biodiversity conservation, climate change mitigation and providing other ecosystem services. Rainforests are also attractive tourist spaces and where they have been used as a tourism resource they have generated significant income for local communities. However, not all use of rainforests as a tourism resource has been sustainable.