1st Edition

Managing Tourism Impacts A Comprehensive Practical Guide for Destination Managers, Policymakers, Researchers, Practitioners, and Tourism Stakeholders

By Maksim Godovykh Copyright 2027
194 Pages 19 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

194 Pages 19 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Managing Tourism Impacts offers a practical, data driven framework that helps destinations understand, measure, and manage the full spectrum of tourism impacts to support resilient, community-centred, and sustainable development. This book provides actionable tools, metrics, governance models, and management strategies that move beyond growth indicators to focus on real impacts on residents’... Read more

Introduction

 

Part I. Rethinking Tourism Impacts

 

1. Tourism Development and its Consequences

 

2. From Growth Metrics to Impact-Based Thinking

 

3. Tourism Management vs Tourism Governance

 

Part II. Understanding Tourism Impacts

 

4. Economic Impacts Beyond Revenue 

 

5. Social and Cultural Impacts on Communities

 

6. Environmental Impacts and Resource Pressures

 

7. Psychological, Health, and Well-Being Impacts

 

Part III. Measuring Tourism Impacts

 

8. Objective vs Perceived Impacts

 

9. Developing Impact Indicators and Composite Metrics

 

10. Resident Surveys, Experiments, and Behavioral Data

 

11. Modeling Tourism Impacts Over Time

 

Part IV. Managing and Governing Impacts

 

12. Governance and Institutional Frameworks for Impact Management

 

13. Stakeholder Collaboration and Community Engagement

 

14. Policy Tools for Managing Tourism Impacts

 

15. Crisis, Resilience, and Adaptive Impact Management

 

Part V. Applying the Framework

 

16. Classifying Destinations by Impact Profiles

 

17. Designing Destination-Specific Strategies

 

18. International Case Studies and Best Practices

 

19. Implementing Impact Monitoring Systems

 

Part IV The Future of Tourism Impact Management

 

20. Smart Destinations and Data-Driven Governance

 

21. Rethinking Success in Tourism Development

 

Conclusion: A New Paradigm for Tourism Impact Management

 

References

Biography

Maksim Godovykh brings more than 20 years of leadership experience across business, research, government, and international organizations. He has led global research projects, published extensively in academic journals, books, encyclopaedias, and industry outlets, developed government programs, and organized more than 300 large-scale events.