1st Edition

Tourism, Climate Change and Sustainability

304 Pages 31 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

304 Pages 31 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

304 Pages 31 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

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This book addresses many of the key themes that are seen as challenges to achieve sustainability and to mitigate climate change impacts in the near future, in the tourism sector. In particular it focuses on the economic drivers for growth in tourism as they relate to sustainable development, low-carbon travel and climate change impacts. A major feature is the integration of climate change and... Read more

Foreword by Luigi Cabrini, UN World Tourism Organization

Part I: Sustainability, Climate Change and Tourism: Conceptual Issues

1. Tourism and Sustainability: Transition to a Green Economy

Maharaj Vijay Reddy and Keith Wilkes

2. Social Representations of Climate Change: Exploring the Perceived Links between Climate Change, the Drive for Sustainability and Tourism

Gianna Moscardo

3. Facilitating Sustainable Innovations for SMEs in the Tourism Industry: Identifying Factors of Success and Barriers to Adoption in Australia

Robyn Bushell and Bruce Simmons

4. Tourism Industry Responses to Climate Change in Hawaii: An Exploratory Analysis of Knowledge and Responses

Shelly Rowell and Harold Richins

Part II: Responses and Initiatives of Regional, National and International Agencies

5. Sustainable Tourism Development and Climate Change: Opportunities in UNESCO Biosphere Reserves

Natarajan Ishwaran

6. Interpreting Climate Projections for Tourism Planning in South-West England

Emma Whittlesea and Bas Amelung

7 Climate Change Policy Responses of Australian and New Zealand National Governments: Implications for Sustainable Tourism

Nadine Elizabeth White and Jeremy Buultjens

8. Key Players in the Environmental Performance of Tourism Enterprises

David Leslie

Part III: Emerging Techniques and Research Implications

9. Tourism Sensitivity to Climate Change Mitigation Policies: Lessons from Recent Surveys

Ghislain Dubois, Jean-Paul Ceron and Paul Peeters

10. The Importance of Visitor Perceptions in Estimating how Climate Change will Affect Future Tourist Flows to the Great Barrier Reef

Marine Ramis and Bruce Prideaux

11. Tourism Adaptation to Climate Change in the South Pacific

Min Jiang, Terry Delacy, Louise Munk Klint and Emma Wong

12. Scenarios of Climate Change and Impacts on Brazilian Tourism: A Case Study of the Brazilian North Coast Tourism Region

Gilson Zehetmeyer Borda, Elimar Pinheiro Do Nascimento, Helena Araújo Costa, João Paulo Faria Tasso and Leticia Ramos

13. The Role of Climate Change in Tourism Development Strategies: A Sustainability Perspective In Tourism Strategies in the Nordic Countries

Kaarina Tervo-Kankare and Jarkko Saarinen

14. Tourism and Climate Change in Southern Africa: Sustainability and Perceived Impacts and Adaptation Strategies of the Tourism Industry to Changing Climate and Environment in Botswana

Jarkko Saarinen, Wame Hambira, Julius Atlhopheng and Haretsebe Manwa

15. Contradictions in Climate Concern: Performances at Home and Away

Scott A. Cohen and James E. S. Higham

Index